Assistant Staff Officer, Regional Quality & Patient Safety

The Quality & Patient Safety Function supports the implementation of the quality & safety agenda across a broad range of services that include Acute, Primary Care, Social Inclusion, Older Persons, Disabilities, Mental Health and Health & Wellbeing Services. The department supports and develops structures, systems and processes for reporting on the following functions:

· Quality, Risk and Incident Management

· Occupational Health & Safety

· Safeguarding & Protection

· Assisted Decision Making

· Infection Prevention & Control and Antimicrobial stewardship

· Service Feedback & Complaints Management

· Patient and Service User Engagement

The department also ensures correct application of current quality, safety and risk management policies and legislation across the HSE South West Region.