Patient Safety Lead – Incident & Improvement

First Community Health and Care; Whitburn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Flexible working

Training & development

Job summary

First Community Health and Care is seeking an experienced leader to head patient safety processes across the organisation, including incident management, Duty of Candour, and learning from deaths. You will work with clinical and operational leaders to promote a positive safety culture and drive continuous improvement.

The role offers the opportunity to influence practice at organisational level, provide expert advice and training on patient safety, and support delivery of quality objectives.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree or equivalent level qualification.
• Post graduate level study or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through a combination of relevant experience, study and training in patient safety.
• Evidence of training to understand systems thinking and human factors in patient safety incidents and investigations.
• Clinical qualification and / or experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident management, clinical alert systems, SAR processes and Duty of Candours.
• Coordinate claims, coroners requests, and learning from deaths processes.
• Provide expert advice, training and support on patient safety policies and governance.
• Promote a culture of learning and continuous improvement across services.

Skills

Verbal communication

Report writing

Data analysis

Influencing

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Postgraduate study in patient safety

Systems thinking training

Clinical qualification/experience

Tools

Incident reporting system

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

First Community Health and Care is seeking an experienced leader to head patient safety processes across the organisation, including incident management, Duty of Candour, and learning from deaths. You will work with clinical and operational leaders to promote a positive safety culture and drive continuous improvement.

The role offers the opportunity to influence practice at organisational level, provide expert advice and training on patient safety, and support delivery of quality objectives.