Job summary

This pivotal Band 8a role will champion a culture of high-quality care, robust governance, and continuous learning. You will lead on patient safety, quality improvement, and assurance frameworks, ensuring our services meet national standards, deliver excellent outcomes, and promote a culture of openness and transparency.

There will be access to learning and development regarding formal systems-based investigation training where needed. This generally includes2 to 3 days of specialised training focusing on systems thinking, human factors, non-judgmental interviewing, and compassionate engagement with affected families and staff. You will need to complete Levels 1 and 2 of the National Patient Safety Syllabus to be conversantwith SEIPS

If this role appeals to your skill set please do get in touch or apply.

Main duties of the job

• Overseeing governance and assurance systems, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory frameworks.
• Coordinating high-quality incident investigations under PSIRF and ensuring meaningful learning is embedded.
• Producing investigation reports (AAR and PSII level) in line with the expectations of the Trust embedding of PSIRF.
• Leading on the analysis of complex data to identify trends, highlight risks, and inform strategic priorities.
• Delivering specialist training and education programmes to strengthen organisational capability in governance and patient safety.
• Supporting workforce development through visible leadership, effective communication, and fostering psychological safety.
• Keeping abreast of emerging best practice, research, and innovation to advance governance and quality standards.
• Managing complex and sensitive information with professionalism, empathy, and clarity.
• Contributing to research, audit, evaluation, and quality improvement projects at service, Trust, and system levels

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!