Go back Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Ophthalmology Failsafe Officer
The closing date is 24 September 2025
2 full time (37.5 hours per week) posts to work within the Ophthalmology Department at Hull Royal Infirmary. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible and motivated person to join the Ophthalmology Department as a Failsafe Officer. The successful applicant will be instrumental in maintaining failsafe procedures and will have responsibility for process monitoring, and data validation.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will also assist in improving the quality and system for the collection of data used within the department to indicate performance against local commissioning targets and KPI's. To participate in information retrieval to support research and the audit programmes.
The Failsafe officer will be responsible for reporting functions for patients within the Ophthalmology Service for patients that are referred to the service or patients who are retained for treatment / monitoring.
In addition, the Failsafe Officer has a responsibility for monitoring treatment timelines for intravitreal injection patients and patients on the Outpatient Waiting List whose timelines differ from the 18 week RTT pathway, plus other failsafe reports.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job responsibilities
The Trust is undergoing service transformations and review, therefore there may be a requirement in future for weekend work. The successful candidate must be able to travel to their base of work, travel expenses are not provided. The successful candidate must be able to travel across sites if required.
The post is an excellent opportunity to join an award-nominated, efficient and cost effective department that focuses on developing its personnel whilst providing excellent quality patient care.Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills, together with an ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly under pressure to achieve deadlines.
For further details with regards to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to diploma level or NVQ Level 4 or equivalent or relevant experience and significant NHS experience
Experience
* Experience of managing high volumes of work and delivering tight deadlines
* Significant experience in the use of data management and administration systems
* Good keyboard skills with experience of using databases and MS office and excel
* Experience using Lorenzo and Medisoft/Medisight electronic patient record system
* Good working knowledge of Ophthalmology operational processes
* Understanding of failsafe officer role
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
* Ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines without supervision and on own initiative
* Ability to analyse data and generate reports (e.g. use of excel spreadsheets)
* An ability to ensure accuracy and maintain patient records
* Knowledge of RTT targets
Other Requirements
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
* Evidence of continued professional development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
#J-18808-Ljbffr