Patient Safety Learning Response Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Patient Safety Learning Response Lead to join the Patient Safety Team. The role involves supporting the Trust in identifying, analysing, and sharing learning from patient safety events. You will work collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical teams, using your expertise to interpret findings and contribute to recommendations that enhance organisational learning and patient safety. The postholder will also help develop a positive, restorative, and learning-focused culture by producing learning bulletins, safety alerts, and contributing to patient safety policy and guidance.
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)
- 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
- 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
- A working knowledge of the Duty of Candour.
- Skills and Abilities
- 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
- 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.
- Education / Qualifications
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- A working knowledge of the Duty of Candour.
- Skills and Abilities
- 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
- 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.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Pennine Care NHS FT
Patient Safety Learning Response Lead
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting 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 ensu
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