Clinical Safety Manager

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 includes 2 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 conversant with SEIPS,

• 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
• NMC, HCPC or Social Work England
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level qualification/experience
• Evidence of ongoing post-registration education in a related field; eg enhanced risk assessment skills
• Evidence of ability to utilise and develop report writing, Up to date knowledge and application of: data protection, patient confidentiality, risk management, health & safety, safeguarding. extensive and up to date working knowledge of, the principles of change management
• Significant post-registration experience
• Managerial/operational experience at senior level
• written and veral
• Evidence of analytical skills
• Evidence of excellent organisational skills. Prioritises complex workloads
• Ability to use own initiative in complex situations

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.