Patient Safety Officer

1 week ago

Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Part-time permanent position
- Senior Registered health professional with current practicing

certificate
- An integral member of the Serious Event Review TeamMō te tūnga | About the role
Here at the Specialist Mental Health Services, we
believe that by practicing the principles of quality improvement and patient
safety, we enhance the health care services we deliver, increase job
satisfaction of our staff and overall improve organisational effectiveness. We
are passionate about continuous improvement and learning from serious adverse
events in order to improve care delivery. Based at Hillmorton Hospital, you
will be part of the Quality and Patient Safety team, working with quality
coordinators and clinical teams to investigate serious adverse events and
improve consumer outcomes.
Pehea | About You
You will be a member of our Serious Adverse Event
Team and required to lead serious event reviews. You'll have a proven ability
to communicate calmly and effectively with tāngata
whaiora (consumers), their whanau (family), and clinicians affected by
serious adverse events. With initial mentoring and support, you will be required
to integrate and analyse information from families, staff, clinical records and
guiding documents, facilitate a review panel for the incident and write a
robust report which will be disseminated to the consumer's family, staff and
external agencies.
Your ability to build and maintain professional working
relationships will be essential as you work with other members of the Serious
Adverse Event Team, Family-Whānau
Advisor - s, Service leadership, Quality and Patient Safety Team and lead a review panel of clinicians from multiple
disciplines.
Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience
You will be a Senior Registered Nurse, or Allied
Health professional with a current APC and scope to practice in Mental Health
with a minimum of 7 years of clinical experience.

**Essential experience required**:

- Significant experience in Mental Health
- Knowledge of and a commitment to Te Tiriti O Waitangi
- Engaging and working with tāngata whaiora (consumers) and

their whanau (family)
- High standard of written, communication, report writing and
analytical skills
- Ability to lead and coordinate a team of health professionals

**through a review processDesirable**:

- A broad understanding of Mental Health systems and clinical

practice in New Zealand
- An understanding of Quality and Patient Safety systems and
standards
- Experiencing in advance technical or report writing
- Post graduate Qualification
- Understanding of incident investigations Mō mātou | About Us
Specialist Mental Health Services are an
interdisciplinary team that forms part of Te Whatu Ora - Waitaha (Canterbury).
We are committed to working and partnering with tāngata whaiora and their
whanau. Constantly striving to work within our philosophy; we develop
therapeutic, supportive and empowering relationships with our consumers,
enabling them to achieve their personal goals and aspirations.
Applications are only accepted online so please

**Enquiries**: Shannon Le Roux - Recruitment Specialist

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail,
please contact Liam McKenny Acting Quality Manager at Liam Mckenny

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