Human Factors for Patient Safety Staffordshire University

Overview

The Human Factors for Patient Safety degree at Staffordshire University is ideal for existing health professionals – from both clinical and non-clinical backgrounds - who want to specialise in care safety, risk, improvement and system transformation and advisory roles. These highly transferable skills are also relevant to many other sectors.

The work could range from the design of job tasks, equipment, care processes and procedures through to better training and clearer communication. You’ll be able to make a real difference to the lives of patients, service users, families, carers and staff.

It’s also about creating an organisational environment where staff feel they can speak up about issues of concern.

Careers

Successful completion will provide part of your evidence to show your suitability to lead or contribute to human factors developments within your health or social care organisation and to move into roles such as:

• Incident Investigator

• Human Factors Specialist

• Healthcare Manager

• Clinical Information Officer

• Director within an NHS Trust

• Patient Safety and Quality Leader

• Leader of transformational change programmes

• Leader of clinical improvement programmes