Isobel Smith

Isobel works as a Welsh Risk Pool Service Clinical Assessor and Advisor and has been in this role for ten years.  Isobel is a Registered Nurse and also qualified as a Midwife in 1982.  Her responsibilities include risk management assessment and review of Cardiff and Vale and Powys Health Boards in Wales and performing Claims Reviews as dictated by the Welsh Risk Pool Committee in clinical negligence and personal injury claims and also delivering risk management training to NHS bodies throughout Wales.  The role involves communicating with staff at all levels in support of evidence based practice and risk management to safeguard patient safety.  In her previous employment Isobel was Anaesthetics/Recover Sister in BUPA, she was promoted to Regulatory Compliance Manager and was instrumental in the implementation of the ISO9002 quality standard in three hospitals within the group and successfully led a team in the Health Service Accreditation Programme.  She also spent a brief period in Cyprus working as the Quality Assurance Director as part of a British commissioning team for a new General Hospital on the island.

Contact Details 

Email: Isobel.Smith@wales.nhs.uk