Role Purpose
The Risk Officer plays a crucial role in identifying, assessing, and managing risks within Stewarts Care. This position is responsible for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, developing risk management strategies, and providing guidance to various departments to mitigate potential risks. The Risk Officer is expected to maintain a comprehensive understanding of the organisation's operations and objectives to effectively assess and address risks.
Key Responsibilities
- In conjunction with the Risk Manager lead the implementation of change, in particular change required to implement the Organisation’s Strategic Plan 2022-2026.
- Develop and maintain risk management documentation, policies and procedures for the organisation.
- Ensure health & safety policies and procedures for the organisation are kept up to date with legislation and organisational practices.
- Contribute to the development of organisational policies and procedures to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
- Ensure a system of organisational learning is implemented regarding incident and risk management and disseminate learning to enable mitigation of future risk.
- Carry out risk / health and safety reviews and audits.
- Input into the development and maintenance of risk registers.
- Drive continuous improvement processes and promote a positive-risk culture across the organisation.
- Maintain professional standards in relation to confidentiality, ethics and legislation.
- Support the core values and the mission statement of Stewarts Care
Role requirements
- A third level qualification (or equivalent) in (a) Risk Management and/or (b) Health & Safety and/or (c) Healthcare and/or (d ) a related area.
- A qualification in Health & Safety Management would be an advantage.
- Risk management experience.
- Experience of working in the health service in a post that has involved service user safety improvement, risk management, incident management and investigations as relevant to this role is preferable but not mandatory.
- Excellent report writing skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
- Strong verbal and written skills.
- Good analytical and problem solving skills.
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