Lead for Quality & Safety


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£67,583 to £78,530 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Abercynon, CF45 4SN
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Sept 2026
Closing date:	22 Sept 2026

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Summary

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac. This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. Whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above.Have a look at our Croeso Candidate booklet below for more information. If you have these Welsh language skills, please apply. This post reports directly to the Assistant Director of Quality and Safety and provides leadership support across the Patient Safety Team, contributing to the delivery of organisational quality and safety priorities within CTM UHB. The role applies specialist expertise to manage departmental staff and support the provision of safe, high-quality care. The post holder is accountable for ensuring robust systems and processes are in place to meet all statutory and regulatory requirements, including compliance with Listening to People guidance and NHS Wales arrangements for complaints, incidents, and redress. This includes oversight of patient safety incident investigations, ensuring findings are thoroughly reviewed, lessons are embedded, and corrective actions are implemented and sustained across the organisation. The role provides expert advice on clinical governance and patient safety, leading the implementation of the Incident Management Framework and supporting the effective management of incidents, Serious Incidents, and Never Events. The post holder works collaboratively with Care Groups to promote a strong learning culture and may lead or contribute to the production of Learning from Event reports where required. Working in partnership with the Executive Team and senior leaders, the post holder contributes to the development and implementation of policies, strategies, and best practice in patient safety and concerns management. The role also requires maintaining a visible and authoritative presence across the organisation, alongside the preparation of regular, high-quality reports for Board, committees, and scrutiny panels to support assurance and governance. Work with Care Groups to ensure compliance with all patient Safety solutions issued by Welsh Government and as well as historical patient safety alerts and notices.Ensuring systems are in place to ensure that all relevant statutory, mandatory and legal obligations relating to the patient safety agenda are met.Produce regular board, committee and scrutiny panel reports as well as ad hoc reports where required. KEY RELATIONSHIPS Patients and their families (occasionally). Assistant Director Quality & Safety. Executive and Independent Board Members. Corporate Departments, including Information Management and Technology, Finance, Performance, Organisational Development, Clinical Governance and Quality & Safety. Care Group Triumvirates and their teams. Clinical Support Staff across the UHB. Coroner and Coroners officers. Other UHBs and NHS Trusts. Welsh Government. NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NHS Wales JCC). NHS Wales Performance and Improvement. * The term Concerns is used throughout to mean complaints, claims and litigation, and reported patient safety incidents, consistent with the Listening to People guidance.*

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