Clinical Lead for Patient Safety

Job overview

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join  the Incident, Inquest and Legal Team. The post will be part time for 1 day per week for a fixed term of  12 months.

Main duties

• Provide leadership and expert professional advice to managers and staff within the Trust on patient safety incident responses, assurance processes and risk management.
• To review and oversee the management of patient safety incidents reported across the Trust  liaising with operational services to ensure appropriate review is completed, lessons learned are identified, actions have been taken and appropriate attention is given to those incidents meeting the criteria of a serious incident.
• Coordinate and, where required, lead robust investigation of serious in accordance with PSIRF, Trust policies and procedures. Ensure that appropriate local review, quality assurance and sign off procedures have been completed  prior to submission to the  Incident Review Meetings
• Support the work around inquests

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 11/03/2026 and the proposed interview date is 25/03/2026.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of a robust patient safety incident response framework across the Trust, in order to support the delivery of  high quality, safe and supportive services and the fulfilment of the Trust’s integrated governance priorities.

The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating all patient safety incident activity including the development and / or implementation of policies, risk management strategies, training programmes and audit activity.

To provide clinical leadership for the review and implementation of effective systems and procedures for the management of patient safety incidents, claims and inquests within the Trust.

To promote learning from patient safety incidents, claims and inquests at a care group and trust wide level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [email protected] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!