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• Job title: Patient Safety and Risk Co-ordinator (Internal Applicants Only)

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• Employer: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

• Location: Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7SX, England.

• Salary: Advertised at around £39,959–£48,117 per annum (pro rata), NHS AfC Band 6.

• Employment type: Not specified in the supplied listing.

• Work arrangement: On-site, part-time (22.5 hours per week).

• Contract: 12-month secondment.

• Application deadline: 26 November 2026.

Job overview:

The Patient Safety and Risk Co-ordinator will play an important role in supporting patient safety, risk management and quality improvement across Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will work within the Trust’s Quality Team, particularly the Safety and Investigation division, helping to ensure that patient safety incidents are properly reported, investigated and reviewed, with lessons learned shared across the organisation.

The position involves supporting incident investigations, monitoring risk management arrangements, maintaining effective reporting systems and ensuring that corrective actions are implemented and monitored. The postholder will also contribute to the development of the Trust’s Datix incident management system and work closely with colleagues across different departments to strengthen governance, compliance and patient care standards.

Important: This vacancy is explicitly advertised for internal applicants only.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of patient safety and quality improvement initiatives across all directorates within the Trust.

• Help maintain effective patient safety incident reporting processes and ensure incidents are appropriately recorded and managed.

• Support investigations into patient safety incidents and other learning responses, ensuring that appropriate lessons are identified.

• Contribute to the development and improvement of incident investigation procedures and organisational learning mechanisms.

• Assist with the management and monitoring of risk management arrangements across the organisation.

• Support the ongoing development, maintenance and effective use of the Datix incident management system.

• Ensure that learning from patient safety incidents is communicated and shared with relevant departments and healthcare professionals.

• Monitor safety improvement actions to ensure they are implemented, embedded into working practices and completed within agreed timescales.

• Provide appropriate assurance that completed safety actions have achieved their intended outcomes.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Quality Team, including those responsible for complaints, claims, coroners, compliance and patient experience.

• Build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and use strong negotiating and influencing skills to encourage improvements in patient safety.

• Contribute to the Trust’s wider quality governance agenda and support continuous improvements in healthcare delivery.

Requirements

Essential requirements

• Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience in a relevant role.

• Evidence of continuous professional development and a commitment to maintaining professional knowledge and skills.

• Previous experience working within a governance team.

• Practical experience of working with risk management and assurance processes.

• In-depth knowledge and experience of using the Datix system.

• Understanding of national healthcare policies and their implications for quality, patient safety and clinical governance.

• Knowledge of relevant patient safety policies and strategies, including the implementation of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy.

• Experience collecting, reviewing and analysing data to support organisational decision-making and quality improvement.

• Good report-writing skills, with the ability to prepare clear and accurate reports for different audiences.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present information effectively to internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to develop professional relationships, negotiate effectively and influence colleagues to support organisational improvements.

Desirable requirements

• A qualification in leadership and management in health and social care or equivalent professional experience.

• Previous experience managing or coordinating projects within an NHS environment.

• In-depth knowledge of healthcare regulatory frameworks, particularly Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements.

• Understanding of healthcare quality reporting requirements and how organisations demonstrate compliance with regulatory standards.

The successful applicant will also be subject to the appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks because the role involves access to vulnerable people.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work within the Quality Team of an established NHS Foundation Trust.

• NHS Agenda for Change Band 6 salary, ranging from £39,959 to £48,117 per annum, pro rata.

• Opportunity to develop specialist experience in patient safety, clinical governance, risk management and quality assurance.

• Exposure to different areas of NHS quality management, including incident investigations, complaints, claims, coroners and patient experience.

• Opportunity to contribute directly to improvements in patient safety and healthcare service delivery.

• Professional development through involvement in organisational quality improvement initiatives and patient safety programmes.

• Opportunity to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement, negotiation and project management skills.

• A 12-month secondment offering experience in a specialised patient safety and risk management position.

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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