Regional Quality & Patient Safety Lead

The Methodist Church in Britain; Slough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CHEC is recruiting a Quality Lead Nurse to provide regional professional leadership across its community hospitals and clinics. The role focuses on leading PSIRF implementation, patient safety investigations, and learning responses to drive improvements.

You will support CQC inspection readiness, govern risk management, and work with hospital managers and clinical leads to embed learning and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration.
• Significant experience in patient safety investigations, learning responses and quality improvement.
• Experience leading teams and supporting service improvement across multiple sites.
• Excellent knowledge of PSIRF, PSIRP, CQC regulations, Duty of Candour and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee patient safety incident investigations (PSIIs) and learning responses.
• Champion implementation and ongoing development of PSIRF and patient safety programmes.
• Drive quality improvement using PDSA and Model for Improvement.
• Support regional teams with CQC inspection readiness, governance and regulatory compliance.
• Lead risk management, identifying and managing emerging risks.
• Use learning from incidents, complaints, audits and patient feedback to improve services.
• Provide professional leadership and line management to the Regional Patient Safety Governance Coordinator.
• Promote a just culture and psychologically safe environment.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Report writing

Influencing stakeholders

Education

Degree-level education

PSIRF systems training

Job description

CHEC is recruiting a Quality Lead Nurse to provide regional professional leadership across its community hospitals and clinics. The role focuses on leading PSIRF implementation, patient safety investigations, and learning responses to drive improvements.

You will support CQC inspection readiness, govern risk management, and work with hospital managers and clinical leads to embed learning and continuous improvement.