Senior Lead – Patient Safety Incident Management

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave

NHS discounts

Job summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a skilled Lead for Patient Safety Incident Management to provide expert leadership for patient safety investigations and learning across an allocated Care Group. The role focuses on embedding a just, learning culture and ensuring incidents drive meaningful improvements.

Working within the Quality and Safety Directorate, you will support PSIRF implementation, mortality reviews, and learning from deaths while guiding clinicians and managers to deliver

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading patient safety investigations and associated reviews.
• Ability to apply systems thinking and human factors to improve care.
• Strong communication with clinical and governance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead on incident review, coding, investigation and follow up
• Facilitate Patient Safety Incident Reviews
• Attend governance meetings – for patient safety matters, and incident review meetings
• Coordinate management of Patient Safety Alerts
• Undertake and support Quality Improvement projects
• Presentations and report writing
• Support Legal Services re cases for HM Coroner review
• Support Patient Safety Partners in their role

Skills

Leadership

Patient safety

Governance

Incident management

Job description

North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a skilled Lead for Patient Safety Incident Management to provide expert leadership for patient safety investigations and learning across an allocated Care Group. The role focuses on embedding a just, learning culture and ensuring incidents drive meaningful improvements.

Working within the Quality and Safety Directorate, you will support PSIRF implementation, mortality reviews, and learning from deaths while guiding clinicians and managers to deliver