Key Responsibilities: Utilises a high degree of judgment, prioritization, problem-solving, and decision-making to complete a comprehensive review of quality-of-care incidents. Evaluate potential and/or actual patient harm clinical incidents to ensure a multi-disciplinary, risk-based approach is taken to effectively learn from unanticipated outcomes, patient safety events, sentinel events, and medical errors. Performs pertinent medical record and medical/nursing practice guideline reviews, provider queries, and coordinates specialty reviews, as needed, to facilitate investigation of assigned incidents. Independently reviews non-critical incidents to achieve resolution.
Regular attendance is required to carry out the essential functions of the position. Reviews and meets ongoing competency requirements of the role to maintain the skills, knowledge, and abilities to perform, within scope, role-specific functions. Leadership and Management: Oversees incident file management within the scope of Risk Management and Patient Safety processes to ensure accurate and thorough documentation of risk management investigation for the EPR Programme. Owns the analysis and clinical investigation of incidents involving patient harm that poses potential for and/or actual liability to the EPR Programme and all digital transformation projects within the organisation.
Consults on the incident reporting process that enables reporting of trends to regional leadership teams to help support the oversight of quality, safety, and shared learning. Identifies problematic practices and/or adverse clinical risk trends and partners with Operations, Quality, and/or Patient Safety teams to eliminate or decrease the risk of patient harm and liability of the professionals and the System. Communicates and collaborates with leaders from the EPR programme, via CODA and CIMDT to develop strategies to minimize risk and promote patient safety. Serves as a member on various System Risk/Peer Review/Patient Safety/Quality committees to offer input and provide consultation on risk identification and reduction strategies.
Provide guidance and advice regarding clinical risk management issues, policies, procedures, and practices to George Eliot Hospital, leadership, and staff from the risk management point-of-view. Partners within the Clinical Risk Team to assist in the orientation and training period for new Clinical Risk Management hires during the onboarding process. Deputise for the CCIO / CNIO Exec team (The CCIO / CNIO Exec team comprises of the Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Deputy Chief Clinical Informatics Officer and the Clinical Safety Officer). Professional and Clinical: Support the Clinical Safety Officer to completing Hazard Logs, Clinical Risks, Mitigations and understanding of associated NHS standards e.g.
DCB160 and DCB129 standards. Responsibility for developing and maintaining own knowledge, skills, clinical skills, and professional awareness and maintaining a professional portfolio. To participate in the setting and maintaining of high standards of evidence-based care. Digital Clinical Risk Manager role is an integral role within the EPR (Electronic Patient Record) programme, directly overseeing and leading the investigation of incidents and identifying/managing areas of potential risk management liabilities.
This position serves as an advisor to physicians, leadership, and staff on all matters related to clinical risk management #J-18808-Ljbffr