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Fatigue among the health and social care sector is seldomly acknowledged as a risk to workforce wellbeing and patient safety, whereas other safety-critical industries have established systematic approaches to fatigue risk management. This pilot seeks to co-create and test a comprehensive organisational approach to fatigue risk management in the absence of a regulatory NHS framework. The Project Co-ordinator role is to assist in the development and implementation of the pilot focused on identifying, assessing and managing the risks associated with occupational fatigue across six sites of the Bristol NHS Group (central Bristol, Southmead and Weston).
This 12-month fixed term post is funded by NHS Charities Together and NHS England. The postholder will be required to work Monday to Friday, which may occasionally include evenings, nights, and weekends.
This is vacancy is open to internal candidates at NBT and UHBW. One-hour interviews will take place in-person in Bristol. The date, times, venue and title of presentation are yet to be confirmed. Please direct enquiries to Claire Haley, Workplace Wellbeing Manager or Laura Pickup, Head of Human Factors: laura.pickup@uhbw.nhs.uk
The role of Project Co-ordinator is to support an evolving internal programme directed by the Head of Human Factors (Patient Safety), reporting to the Project Manager and multidisciplinary leads to develop and implement a pilot project focused on colleague health and wellbeing by identifying, assessing and managing the risks associated with occupational fatigue across six pilot sites of Bristol NHS Group (central Bristol, Southmead and Weston).
The post holder will assist in the co-creation of a comprehensive and sustainable Fatigue Risk Management (FRM) programme to support the organisation in enabling colleagues to remain safe, alert, and able to perform their duties safely, efficiently and with compassion while maintaining a high standard of personal and team health and wellbeing. This includes addressing control measures aimed at mitigating fatigue, which includes shift and rota scheduling, workload management, and environmental factors, as well as education and resources. A data-driven approach will be applied to the review of monitoring systems, incident reports, and colleague feedback to address risks of fatigue that are prevalent within the health and care sector.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.