Risk Administrator

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Risk Administrator to support the Risk Management Team within the Patient Safety Directorate. This 6‑month secondment involves incident reporting, investigations, Duty of Candour and Datix database maintenance.

You will act as a first point of contact for enquiries, help coordinate meetings, maintain accurate records, and ensure data quality standards are met to support safe and well-governed services.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Risk Management Team, handling enquiries and triaging inboxes.
• Maintain incident and risk data in Datix and support data quality processes.
• Assist with meeting administration, including agendas, minutes and distribution of documents.
• Produce and share Datix reports and support user access and basic system queries.
• Support Patient Safety Incident Investigations and liaise with stakeholders.
• Manage documentation per Trust Records Management Policy.
• Prioritise workload and contribute to efficient risk management across the team.

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Risk Administrator to provide comprehensive administrative support to the Risk Management Team within the Patient Safety Directorate. This is a secondment opportunity for 6 months. Working under the direction of the Risk Manager, you will contribute to the effective administration of all risk management processes, including incident reporting, investigations, Patient Safety Reviews, Duty of Candour, and maintenance of the Risk Management Database (Datix). The role involves acting as the first point of contact for enquiries, supporting the coordination of meetings, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring data quality standards are met. You will play a key role in supporting safe, effective, and well-governed services by ensuring timely and accurate handling of risk management information.

• Provide administrative support to the Risk Management Team, including handling enquiries and triaging inboxes.
• Maintain accurate incident and risk-related data on Datix and support data quality processes.
• Assist with meeting administration, including agendas, minutes and document distribution.
• Produce and share Datix reports and support user access and basic system queries.
• Support the administration of Patient Safety Incident Investigations and liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage documentation in line with Trust Records Management Policy.
• Prioritise own workload and contribute to efficient risk management processes across the team.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance. To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk We continually review our recruitment processes to ensure they are supporting us achieving an inclusive and representative team.