Patient Safety Co-ordinator

NHS; Preston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Preston is seeking a Patient Safety Co-ordinator responsible for managing learning responses and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements. The ideal candidate will have a degree-level education, relevant experience, and skills in Microsoft Office to produce clear reports. Flexible working arrangements are available.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of patient safety, risk or governance legislation, standards and guidance.
• Experience using complex information and of developing reports.

Responsibilities

• Manage a case load of learning responses.
• Ensuring statutory requirements such as Duty of Candour are completed.
• Escalating cases of concern where required.

Skills

Highly developed use of Microsoft Office software

Able to produce concise and clear reports

Effective analytical and problem solving skills

Education

Degree level education or Equivalent qualification / experience

Evidence of relevant continuing professional development

Tools

IRIS

Job description

Overview

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Patient Safety Co-ordinator

The closing date is 03 November 2025

Overseeing the day-to-day administrative management of all learning responses across the trust. You will be responsible for a portfolio of cases and co-ordinate the management of cases from reporting through to completion of actions from learning.

You will be a flexible, well organised person, ensuring data quality, responsiveness and supportiveness are the cornerstones of your role.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a case load of learning responses
• Ensuring statutory requirements such as Duty of Candour are completed in a timely and compassionate way
• Escalating cases of concern where required

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree level education or Equivalent qualification / experience
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development

Knowledge

• Knowledge of patient safety, risk or governance legislation, standards and guidance
• Knowledge of PSIRF

Experience

• Experience using complex information and of developing reports
• Experience of using IRIS

Skills

• Highly developed use of Microsoft Office software
• Able to produce concise and clear reports
• Effective analytical and problem solving skills

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.

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust