Quality & Patient Safety Co-ordinator

Are you passionate about improving patient care and driving quality standards? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment, working across teams to deliver real change? If so, we invite you to apply for the role of
Co-ordinator - Quality and Patient Safety
within the Medical Director's Quality and Patient Safety Team at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

As a key member of our Quality and Patient Safety Team, the post holder will support senior managers within the Medical Director's Quality and Patient Safety Team and will contribute to delivering high-quality patient safety initiatives and ensuring effective collaboration across the Health Board.

The role focuses on managing and co-ordinating Quality and Patient Safety performance assurance functions, embedding quality and safety within care provision, and promoting a culture of learning and improvement.

Additionally we welcome applications from registered healthcare professionals who bring expertise, innovation, and a commitment to patient safety (registration is not mandatory for this role).

• Co-ordinate and monitor clinical audit programmes, ensuring compliance with national standards and local priorities.
• Support the implementation of NICE and Health Technology Wales guidance, patient safety solutions, and mortality review processes.
• Analyse and interpret complex data from national audits and internal systems, producing reports, dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership.
• Support the Deteriorating Patient and Sepsis Strategy.
• Act as a key liaison between clinical teams, divisional leads, and corporate functions to promote shared ownership of quality and patient safety outcomes.
• Maintain confidentiality and compliance with GDPR and Health Board policies at all times.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post;
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac

• Able to work as part of a team to achieve success
• Self-motivated and ability to work unsupervised effectively
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to work on own initiative within guidelines
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and check own work in an objective manner
• Flexible in approach and able to respond to sudden, unexpected demands
• Satisfactory Standard/Enhanced DBS clearance including Adults and Children's Barred List check
• Ability to be independently mobile to meet the requirements of the post, including travelling to different Health Board sites

• Degree or equivalent demonstrable level of knowledge and experience
• ECDL or equivalent level of proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and other standard business management systems used by the Health Board
• Evidence of Continual Professional Development
• An appropriate qualification and/or Health Board experience in audit methodologies

• Clinical Audit Theory and Practice
• Knowledge of Evidence Based Guidance and Practice, Clinical Effectiveness, Clinical Governance
• Evaluation and analysis of data
• Experience of using ABUHB Information Systems, including Myrddin, CWS and Datix
• Involvement in quality improvement project
• Writing reports and presenting data
• Literature searches
• Understanding of the NHS
• Statistical Process Control theory
• Model for Improvement Methodology for Improvement
• Experience in providing training and developing workshops
• Experience in presenting to groups with audio-visual aids
• Participation in wider clinical governance issues

• Ability to convey highly complex statistical or technical information to a small group of multidisciplinary staff
• Excellent communication skills,…