Job summary
- Main area
- Patient Safety
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A)
- Job ref
- 202-7331636
- Employer
- South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hybrid - Trust HQ or St James
- Town
- EXETER or BRISTOL
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Quality Investigations Officer
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
A rare and exciting opportunity to join the Patient Safety team as an Investigating Officer has arisen. The successful candidate will support the delivery of quality for the Trust, ensuring safe and high quality services and learning from experience with the welfare of patients and staff at the heart of this role. Collating and analysing data from a variety of sources you will complete reviews of incidents, in line with the principles of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF). Utilising these skills you will complete a wide variety of investigations for a number of audiences. Your excellent communication skills will be utilised in many forms and you can develop these skills to successfully communicate with patients, families, staff, external organisations and other stakeholders. You would be joining an extremely supportive, proactive team with an opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of this role is the collation and analysis of data, to produce high quality incident investigations and also provide resilience across the Directorate in other roles. The successful candidate will need to have a really 'can do' attitude to their role and responsibilities. We are looking for someone who can integrate with an established and successful team, who are hard-working, resilient and have the most amazing ability to question data, identify learning for the organisation and push for improvement. The successful candidate will have to manage the duties detailed in the job description with empathy, integrity and a positive outlook. If you demonstrate excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills alongside experience in administration, writing high quality reports, great inter personal skills and a really inquiring mind then this may be the job for you.
Working for our organisation
Working for us is an experience like no other. We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.
We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.
The role is hybrid, and can be based in either Exeter or Bristol.
If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples’ lives, then we would love to hear from you.
In return we will equip you with the skills and resources you need to thrive in your role.
You will have opportunities to progress to roles across the Trust and enjoy continuous professional development.
Benefits
- Competitive NHS salary
- A standard working week of 37.5 hours
- Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Career and salary progression
- Car leasing scheme
- Free parking across Trust sites
- Staff networks
- Wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the main responsibilities of this role, please see full job description attached.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSE’s (Grade A-C including Maths & English).
Desirable criteria
- Degree or equivalent experience.
Previous experience (paid/ unpaid relevant to job)
Essential criteria
- Significant administration experience
- Experience of conducting Investigations, including those which are complex
- Microsoft Office experience
- Significant experience of writing high quality, comprehensive reports
- Experience of communicating directly with patients and bereaved families.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in within a healthcare setting
- Trained in a systems based approach to investigations. Using SEIPS (System Engineering Initiative for Patients Safety) methodology
- Experience of working in a customer care environment.
- Experience of communicating with vulnerable people.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Hutchings
- Job title
- Quality Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07525044222
- Additional information
Can also contact Gemma Chapman, Quality Lead on 07971393894
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