Patient Safety Learning Officer | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

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.

Key duties

• Provide a full and effective comprehensive range of administrative support which will enable the Patient Safety Team to fulfil its function to a high quality standard.
• Require knowledge of all aspects of incident management, expertise in use of the Trust’s risk management systems and the Learning from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) platform.
• Liaise with a multi-disciplinary team including clinicians, managers and other administrative staff in a professional manner and provide guidance to all levels of staff on Trust requirements for incident review.
• Facilitate completion of tasks and support Divisional teams in meeting internal and national standards.
• Support the maintenance of data captured within the Trust’s Risk Management (DCIQ) system and the LFPSE platform.
• Co‑ordinate agendas for Trust’s Executive and Director‑led incident review groups and capture outcomes from discussions at the meetings.
• Provide a professional approach when dealing with sensitive issues.

In pursuing these duties the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution and be familiar with the NHS England Guidance ‘Understanding the new NHS’.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications and there is no VISA sponsorship available for this role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Dec 2025.