Patient Safety Lead

*This role is on a 12 month FTC covering maternity leave

Are you passionate about patient safety and dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare services?

Do you possess strong leadership skills and a commitment to fostering a culture of continuous improvement?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Patient Safety Lead.

We are a leading healthcare organisation dedicated to providing exceptional patient care in sexual and reproductive health services. Committed to excellence and innovation, we strive to ensure the safety and well-being of all our patients.

The role involves collaborating closely with senior managers to integrate the Safety Strategy, offering guidance and setting an example of best safety practices. Leading the development of a service culture centred on transparency and continuous learning, the position requires a proactive approach to anticipate and prevent patient safety incidents, as well as to implement safety recommendations effectively.

The role will also involve providing support in managing incident responses and monitoring emerging themes and trends, and assistance in executing the Safety Strategy on a national scale.

This is a full time role, based from home with some divisional travel around the Midlands. You'll work 36 hours per week over Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

• Provide support and guidance on patient safety to divisional leaders and operational managers.
• Conduct clinical risk reviews and audits to ensure compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with senior managers to embed the Safety Strategy and promote a fair and just culture.
• Investigate incidents using human factors methodologies and identify key learning points.
• Support incident response management and provide expert advice to staff.
• Monitor incident themes and trends, conducting system analysis of safety.
• Support local teams in the development and assurance of action plans.
• Share lessons learned from investigations and contribute to national safety strategies.

About You

We are looking for someone with a Professional qualification such as RN, RM, or ODP, along with significant experience in patient safety or clinical governance within healthcare. You will have the ability to prioritise workload and work effectively under pressure while maintaining confidentiality and psychological safety.

We are also looking for:

• Knowledge of regulatory bodies and healthcare governance frameworks.
• Experience in incident investigation and risk management.
• Knowledge of CQC regulations and NHS Patient Safety Strategy
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to analyse complex data and produce detailed reports.

About us

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK's largest independent reproductive healthcare charity, providing evidence-based, not-for-profit reproductive healthcare. We work mainly on behalf of the NHS, offering abortion care, contraception, and STI testing and treatment across the country.

When you join BPAS, you become part of a values-driven organisation where compassion, professionalism, and choice guide everything we do. You will help remove barriers to safe reproductive care while supporting people to make informed choices about their health and futures.

Working with us - benefits include:

• 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Life assurance at 3 salary
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Access to GP 24/7, 365 days a year
• MyMindPal mental fitness app and 24/7 counselling support
• Online discounts, discounted gym membership, and other lifestyle benefits
• Family-friendly policies to support work-life balance

Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity

BPAS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services, and all staff share this responsibility. Recruitment follows safer-recruitment principles and includes appropriate pre-employment checks.

We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We are proud to be an inclusive employer and will make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair and accessible recruitment process for all candidates.

Job description

A full detailed job description and terms and conditions with salary information is available on the right hand side of the NHS Jobs website for you to download and review.

Further information

We may close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications, although we aim to keep it open long enough to ensure a diverse and representative applicant pool.

If you have any questions about the role or require adjustments to support your application, please get in touch, we are happy to help.

Location Home based with travel to BPAS units within the Midlands division, BIC, and Head Office as required

Contract 12 months FTC covering Maternity Leave

Salary £45,854 - £56,570 per annum depending on skills and experience

Hours Per Week 36 hours

Hours of Work Monday to Thursday 09:00-17:00, and Friday 09:00 -15:30

Interviews Thursday 12th November on Teams

Apply now Interested in making a difference? Apply today to join our team.

Values & eligibility All applicants must be pro choice and support a woman's right to choose, in line with BPAS values and mission. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Application outcome If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, unfortunately you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

References & pre-employment checks All offers of employment are conditional on satisfactory pre-employment checks. Applicants must provide three years of employment references, including reasons for leaving and details of any gaps in employment.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working in a patient safety or Clinical/Quality governance within healthcare organisations
• Knowledge of corporate governance, risk management and assurance frameworks.
• Experience undertaking incident investigations and producing learning investigation reports.
• Experience of communicating with people directly affected by incidents, including patients, patients, their families, and the staff members involved in order to ensure their experiences are represented in investigations.

Desirable

• Experience in sexual health and/or abortion services
• Experience of working within the independent sector

General

Essential

• Do you support a woman's right to choose abortion?
• Are you the family or friend of a current BPAS employee? If yes, please state the name and the nature of the relationship.
• Are you aware we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role?
• Please state your Professional body and membership e.g. NMC Midwives (RM)
• Please state your Membership/Registration number along with your expiry/renewal date
• This role is home-based with travel across our Midlands division and Head Office when required. Can you commit to this?
• Are you aware this role is on a 12 month FTC covering maternity leave?

Desirable

• Please list any other information in support of your application

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Qualification such as RN, RM, ODP.
• Educated to degree / equivalent qualification & experience.

Desirable

• Education and training or equivalent experience in Quality improvement and Change Management

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of fair and just culture
• Datix Risk Management System (Mainframe and Web) or similar risk management system
• Able to produce reports in statistical and graphical format and write detailed and accurate reports.
• Able to thematically analyse and interpret complex reports and data from national and local data sets.

Desirable

• Understanding of risks related to sexual and reproductive healthcare and in particular abortion care
• Understanding of the legal framework for abortion in Britain