Patient Safety Lead — Risk & Incident Analytics

The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in London seeks a dedicated Patient Safety Lead to support risk management, incident investigations and policy development. You will work within the Clinical Governance team to drive improvements in patient safety and quality care.

The role requires experience with Datix and Learn from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE), strong analytical skills and a collaborative approach across multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional training.
• Experience in incident management in UK healthcare settings.
• Experience in patient safety investigations or learning responses.
• Experience using Datix or similar incident/risk systems.
• Knowledge of human factors and systems thinking in patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day incident management process in Datix with timely reviews.
• Review new incidents daily and escalate as needed to senior Patient Safety leads.
• Ensure incidents are recorded on national Learn from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE).
• Monitor open incidents, follow up overdue actions and escalate progress blocks.
• Develop and deliver patient safety training including Datix, Duty of Candour and PSIRF.

Skills

Data analysis

Incident management

Risk management

Team collaboration

Duty of Candour

Education

Degree or equivalent

Tools

Datix

Job description

The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in London seeks a dedicated Patient Safety Lead to support risk management, incident investigations and policy development. You will work within the Clinical Governance team to drive improvements in patient safety and quality care.

The role requires experience with Datix and Learn from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE), strong analytical skills and a collaborative approach across multidisciplinary teams.