Senior Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Lead

First Community Health and Care; Redhill; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Flexible working

Excellent training and development

Staff-owned organisation

Job summary

First Community Health and Care is seeking an experienced leader to head patient safety across NHS community services in east Surrey and parts of West Sussex. You will drive incident management, Duty of Candour and learning from deaths, providing expert advice and training while promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

The role involves analysing safety data, reporting trends, and supporting across services with a focus on quality and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading patient safety processes including incident management and Duty of Candour.
• Knowledge of learning from deaths, coroners' requests and claims management.
• Ability to provide expert advice and training on patient safety policies and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the organisation's patient safety processes and incident management.
• Analyse patient safety data and produce reports to identify trends and risks.
• Support learning from incidents and ensure lessons are embedded across services.
• Line manage the Patient Safety and SARs Co-Ordinator and contribute to quality objectives.

Skills

Patient safety leadership

Incident management

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Job description

First Community Health and Care is seeking an experienced leader to head patient safety across NHS community services in east Surrey and parts of West Sussex. You will drive incident management, Duty of Candour and learning from deaths, providing expert advice and training while promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

The role involves analysing safety data, reporting trends, and supporting across services with a focus on quality and regulatory compliance.