MSE Patient Safety Facilitator

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Southend-on-Sea is seeking a Patient Safety Facilitator to enhance patient safety processes across its sites. The role involves supporting incident management, ensuring compliance, and providing expert guidance to staff. Candidates should possess a background in nursing or an allied health profession along with significant experience in patient safety within the NHS. This position offers a salary of £47,810 per year, promoting a culture of care and improvement.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience of the NHS, patient safety, and clinical governance agenda.
• Significant experience in using risk management systems.
• Experience of supporting and teaching multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Promote a just culture focused on continuous improvement in incident reporting.
• Support the management of the serious incident process.
• Provide assurance to internal and external bodies.

Skills

Patient Safety Training - PSIRF

Excellent written English

Interpersonal skills

Education

Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional

A level or diploma level with equivalent significant experience

Tools

Variety of IT and software packages

Risk management systems

Job description

Go back Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

MSE Patient Safety Facilitator

The closing date is 11 January 2026

Do you have what it takes or are you looking for a new challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with the right experience to join the MSEFT Patient safety Team. We are a small team with a real focus on the patient and staff experience.

The Patient Safety facilitator will be key in supporting and developing the embedding of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) across the Trust, in addition to supporting processes for patient safety including the response to and management of incidents, investigations, never events, Duty of Candour and compliance with national patient safety alerts.

The role is required to work leading patient safety across all sites within the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust footprint.

So, if you want to use your expertise to ensure excellent patient care and safety across our trust, please apply today.

**Previous candidates need not apply**

The use of AI as part of the application process is to be declared within the supporting information.

Main duties of the job

The Patient Safety Facilitator will work as a member of the Patient Safety Team to support an organisational safety culture that focusses on high quality care standards.

They will support managers and staff to ensure all incidents within the Trust are reviewed and that there is an appropriate response. They will:

• Promote a just culture that focusses on continuous improvement in relation to incident reporting and patient safety issues
• Support the management of the serious incident process
• Provide expert guidance and advice in incident and serious incident management and investigation in line with Trust, regional and national policy
• Provide high quality performance and aggregated incident reports
• Provide assurance to all necessary internal and external bodies or indicate to the organisation that pro-active action needs to be taken to rectify gaps.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Patient Safety Facilitator role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

**Previous candidates need not apply**

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional or educated to A level or diploma level with equivalent significant experience in a Patient Safety role
• Patient Safety Training - PSIRF

Experience

• Substantial experience of the NHS, patient safety and clinical governance agenda
• Proficient in the use a wide variety of IT and software packages
• Experience of supporting and teaching to multidisciplinary teams in relation to patient safety
• Significant experience in using risk management systems
• Significant experience in the oversight and management of incidents
• Experience in leading engagement with system partners i.e. ICB / NHSE
• Experience within a Corporate Patient Safety role

Communication

• Excellent standard of written English - demonstrated throughout application form
• High level of interpersonal skills including the ability to lead, influence and motivate - demonstrated in previous experience and supporting information
• Experience in leading communication with system partners i.e. ICB, providers

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)