CHFG Ambassadors
The CHFG Ambassador Network exists to promote and champion the CHFG manifesto aims to support safety across health and social care by building high reliability, learning from both success and failure, and promoting human factors science.
There are 3 types of CHFG ambassador: The Influencer, The Human Factors Professional, The Health/Social Care Professional.
The CHFG Ambassadors
There are 3 types of CHFG ambassador: The Influencer, The Human Factors Professional, and The Health/Social Care Professional.
The Influencer
The Influencer is a person who brings any of the following:
- Lived experience of harm
- Worked at a national or international level across pollical and organisational boundaries
- Experience of campaigning for safety and transparency in health/social care and statutory sector organisations
Human Factors Professional
The Human Factors Professional is a person who brings any of the following:
- Working as a professional Human Factors Scientist with experience of applying Human Factors in a health and social care context.
- An outstanding track record in the field of Human Factors
The Health/Social care Professional
The Health/Social care Professional is a person who brings any of the following:
- Someone who has extensive experience and status at the front-line of health/social care
- A health or social care professional who has an understanding of Human Factors for effective care, good outcomes, working environments and the benefits of their application in the health and social care context.
CHFG Ambassadors advocate for, and promote, the integration of Human Factors principles and practices in health and social care services. They engage with policy makers, decision makers, healthcare professionals, researchers, and patients by raising awareness of incorporating Human Factors into and across healthcare to improve safety, efficiency, overall quality of care and services. Our Ambassadors collaborate to share knowledge, experiences and best practices in the fields of Human Factors and healthcare to improve:
- Patient safety
- Staff wellbeing
- A positive healthcare experience for all
- Just culture
- Advocacy
- Collaboration
- Education & training
- Research & innovation
CHFG Ambassadors provide support via seminars, conferences, preparing written documents, involvement in specific projects, sense checking materials and promoting the CHFG across their networks. They also seek and provide feedback to the trustees on CHFG activity and national issues. They attend regular network meetings with other Ambassadors.
If you think you have the right skills to help promote our objectives and would like to work with us as an ambassador - please contact us.
To join the Group you need to share our mission, have demonstrated your support already, and be willing to give your time for free. To keep the group active and current we ask that you assist the Charity at least twice per year.