Patient Safety & Risk Lead

NHS; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

An independent healthcare charity is seeking a Patient Safety & Risk Lead to advance patient safety initiatives. You will oversee a team and ensure compliance with national standards, while contributing to risk management strategies. Ideal candidates must have extensive experience in patient safety and clinical governance, alongside strong leadership skills. This role offers a hybrid working model with a competitive salary.

Benefits

34 days annual leave

Life assurance at 3x salary

Defined contribution pension scheme

Access to GP 24/7

Mental fitness app and counselling support

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional with current NMC/HCPC registration.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Significant specialist knowledge in patient safety and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of patient safety and risk function.
• Oversee the Clinical Quality and Risk team.
• Produce and present assurance reports to Board sub-committees.

Skills

Registered health professional

Extensive experience in patient safety

Leadership skills

Conducting incident investigations

Excellent communication skills

Understanding of national safety standards

Education

Post-graduate degree

Job description

Job Summary

BPAS is an independent healthcare charity that has been advocating & caring for women & couples for over 55 years, supporting over 100,000 women annually across more than 50 healthcare clinics nationwide.

We are currently looking for a Patient Safety & Risk Lead to join the Senior Operational Team.

As the Patient Safety & Risk Lead, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our patient safety agenda. You will lead the delivery of a robust patient safety & risk function, ensuring that BPAS continues to meet & exceed national & regulatory standards.

Main Duties of the Job

• Deliver clinically informed analyses of patient safety issues
• Oversee the line management of the Clinical Quality and Risk team
• Contribute clinical and analytical expertise to all aspects of patient safety and risk intelligence, including developing the skills of colleagues
• Work with colleagues across BPAS to ensure intelligence and information on the safety of services and any emerging patient safety issues are used as the basis for wider patient safety improvement initiatives, advice and guidance
• Lead the identification, development, implementation and management of the organisations risk strategies and policies
• Ensure compliance with national, regional, and local policy requirements and adherence to reporting deadlines
• Produce and present assurance reports to relevant Board sub-committees, summarising issues, analysing trends, and interpreting data

About You

We're looking for a registered health professional registered with the NMC or HCPC, with extensive experience in patient safety, clinical governance, and incident management. You'll have strong leadership skills, demonstrated through managing teams & delivering complex safety & risk strategies.

You’ll also need:

• Experience in conducting incident investigations, including Root Cause Analysis
• A deep understanding of national safety standards
• Excellent communication skills, enabling you to influence and guide senior leaders
• Ability to embed learning from incidents into practice

About Us

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK's largest independent reproductive healthcare charity, providing evidence-based, not-for-profit reproductive healthcare. We work mainly on behalf of the NHS, offering abortion care, contraception, and STI testing and treatment across the country.

When you join BPAS, you become part of a values-driven organisation where compassion, professionalism, and choice guide everything we do. You will help remove barriers to safe reproductive care while supporting people to make informed choices about their health and futures.

Benefits

• 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Life assurance at 3 salary
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Access to GP 24/7, 365 days a year
• MyMindPal mental fitness app and 24/7 counselling support
• Online discounts, discounted gym membership, and other lifestyle benefits
• Family-friendly policies to support work-life balance

Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity

BPAS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services, and all staff share this responsibility. Recruitment follows safer-recruitment principles and includes appropriate pre‑employment checks.

We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We are proud to be an inclusive employer and will make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair and accessible recruitment process for all candidates.

Person Specification – General Essential

• What are your views on abortion? How do you feel about patients returning multiple times for abortion care?
• What does Values Driven Leadership mean to you and how has this shaped your career to date?

Supporting Statement – Essential

• Your statement should outline your motivation for applying and what you believe you can bring to the role and if desired, an opportunity to elaborate further on how your skills and experience align with the role description and candidate profile.

Skills and Experience – Essential

• Extensive management experience and supervision of staff, and experience of working at senior management level
• Wide-range clinical insight into frontline processes of womens health, reproductive health, extending beyond single specialties or departments
• Significant specialist knowledge within the past years of patient safety, incident management, Root Cause Analysis, Risk Management, NPSA, CQC
• Knowledge of the requirement of the LePSE reporting systems is essential in reporting to Committees of the Board, & Commissioners
• Knowledge of the Patient Safety Incident reporting framework including AAR, SWARMs.

Desirable

• Proven experience of writing comprehensive accurate reports for Board and Senior Level Committees
• Knowledge of Human factors methodology and its application in clinical practice

Qualifications – Essential

• Registered Healthcare Professional with current NMC/HCPC registration – please state PIN
• Educated to post graduate degree level or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development

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.

Job Details

Salary: £56,100 – £63,240 per annum depending on skills and experience

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time, Home or remote working; 36 hours per week (Monday to Thursday 09:00‑17:00 & Friday 09:00‑15:30)

Location: Hybrid – home working with travel required to Head Office in Leamington Spa and other BPAS units as required. Office address: Orion House, Athena Drive, Warwick, CV34 6RQ.

On Call

All members of the Senior Operating Team will be required to participate in an on‑call rota. You may need to respond up to 9 pm Monday to Friday and on Saturdays and Sundays approximately four times per year.