Patient Safety Incident Investigator | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a patient safety incident investigator to enhance patient care through robust investigations. Candidates must have experience in incident management and currently be employed in an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System. The role includes supporting oversight of investigations, leading initiatives to improve service quality, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure patient safety. This position offers a unique opportunity to significantly impact patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in incident management or investigation.
• Commitment to improving patient care.
• Ability to work with a range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support oversight of patient safety incident investigations.
• Undertake investigations with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify systems learning for risk reduction and service improvement.
• Provide leadership to the patient safety and quality team.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the patient safety and governance team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a patient safety incident investigator.

The implementation of the NHS Patient Safety Incident Response Framework has led to the introduction of patient safety incident investigators responsible for investigating incidents across all three sites – Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Investigations are undertaken in line with the Trust patient safety incident response plan and use a systems‑based approach.

If you have a background in incident management or investigation and a passion for improving patient care, make a real difference to the people who use and deliver our services – please reach out for a discussion about the role.

Responsibilities

• Support the head of patient safety and risk to provide Trust‑wide oversight, assuring the quality and effectiveness of all types of patient safety incident investigations as part of the Trust’s annually agreed Patient Safety Incident Response Plan (PSIRP).
• Undertake robust patient safety incident investigations by working with a range of internal and external stakeholders to investigate, analyse and use judgement through the collation of evidence and findings using the agreed methods within the Trust’s PSIRP.
• Identify systems learning from a patient safety incident that will guide sustainable risk reduction and service improvement, ensuring a fair and learning culture and human factors principles are maintained.
• Provide senior leadership to the wider patient safety and quality team.

Eligibility

This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOWICS).

About Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites – Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally, including leading the treatment of pseudomyxoma peritonei and tertiary liver and colorectal cancers. The trust employs over 8,600 staff and has a turnover of over £450 million a year.

Values

• COMPASSION – caring about our patients and our staff
• ACCOUNTABLE – responsible, always improving
• RESPECT – for all colleagues, patients and their families
• ENCOURAGING – challenging each other to always do our best

For detailed job description, main responsibilities and person specification, see the attached documents.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025.