Job summary
- Main area
- Patient Safety
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (from start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 311-H906-26-A
- Employer
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Headquarters
- Town
- Ashton-under-Lyne,
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Patient Safety Learning Lead
NHS AfC: Band 7
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values
Job overview
An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen in the Patient Safety Team for a Patient Safety Learning Response Lead to support how the Trust identifies, analyses and shares learning from patient safety events. The postholder will work collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical teams, using subject matter expertise to interpret findings and contribute to recommendations that strengthen organisational learning and patient safety.
The postholder will also support the development of a positive, restorative and learning‑focused culture, producing learning bulletins, safety alerts and contributing to patient safety policy and guidance, including PSIRF‑related documents.
Main duties of the job
- Contribute to provision of advice, support and guidance when serious patient safety events occur
- Produce learning bulletins, safety alerts and notices and ensure they are communicated across the Trust
- Collate, analyse and interpret and report on patient safety related qualitative and quantitative data and information, identifying and analysing trends or themes
- Work collaboratively with the Network Quality teams, legal team and complaints team to ensure triangulation of all incidents within the Trust and analyse findings to highlight quality and safety priorities ensuring that quality, risk and safety related data contributes to the whole system view of care
- The post holder will be communicating with staff and patients regarding areas of patient safety learning and presenting detail from analysis of safety data for high level forums and groups
- Communicate complex and sensitive information to staff, patients, senior leaders and external agencies, and present learning at high‑level forums and groups
- Develop programme plans to progress learning and improvement work, ensuring delivery within agreed timeframes.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- To be educated to degree level, or have equivalent level qualification plus short courses and/or experience to post-grad diploma level
- Evidence of continuing education and professional development specific to patient safety, clinical risk management, quality improvement and quality assurance
- Professional and specialist knowledge in patient safety, safety culture and PSIRF
Desirable criteria
- Use of Ulysses Risk/ Incident Management Systems
- Experience within a governance related area (e.g. clinical risk management, incidents, complaints, clinical effectiveness, quality and safety)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working with sensitive/confidential information involving patient safety
- Experience with data analysis and presentation of data analysis
- Experience of managing multiple projects, deadlines and fluctuating workloads
- Use of governance management systems / databases
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Professional and specialist knowledge in Patient Safety, Safety culture and PSIRF
- Patient Safety theory and methodology. Learning response and learning framework methodologies.
- Quality/ continuous improvement methodology
Desirable criteria
- A working knowledge of the Duty of Candour.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent report writing skills. Demonstrable negotiation skills to ensure challenging groups work together.
- Track record of successful policy, procedures and guideline development. Able to use Microsoft Office software.
- Ability to interpret highly complex and sensitive data and create further sustainable improvement processes from the analysis
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to interpret highly complex and sensitive data and create further sustainable improvement processes from the analysis
Work Related Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katy Fisher
- Job title
- Head of Patient Safety & Clinical Effectiveness
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Hamida Deemer
Deputy Head of Patient Safety (interim)
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