Safety Investigator

The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) is an independent non-departmental public body, commonly known as an arm’s length body (ALB), of the Department of Health and Social Care.

HSSIB operates within the Health & Care Act 2022. HSSIB's purpose is to improve patient safety across healthcare, by carrying out expert investigations to determine the causes of serious systemic patient safety. Our investigations don't apportion blame or liability and make safety recommendations, sharing safety learning, and improve patient safety.

Safety Investigators work as part of a dynamic team delivering an effective service and supporting Senior Safety Investigators, to deliver robust and timely investigations that drive improvements in patient safety across England. Our investigators have diverse experience of healthcare and other safety critical industries, bringing new perspectives and a unique mix of clinical and non-clinical input to every investigation.

**As a safety investigator you would**:
Conduct Investigations and produce reports that patients, families, carers and staff value, trust and respect

Generate investigation findings and recommendations which improve patient safety

Act as an exemplar for good quality investigation across healthcare provision in England.

HSSIB are looking for investigators with safety investigation experience. It would be advantageous to have a background in healthcare and an understanding of human factors principles.

**Essential functions include**:
Provide expertise to healthcare safety investigations to improve patient safety.

Work within a dynamic team with Senior Safety Investigators and other professionals to identify safety concerns, inform investigation topics and deliver investigations, learning and reports to improve patient safety.

Collect and analyse patient safety data obtained from a wide variety of sources, including research literature and integrate this with investigation findings.

Support the development of system level safety recommendations to relevant bodies in healthcare and wider safety learning.

Prepare accurate, thorough and clearly written reports with well-founded analysis and conclusions that explain the circumstances and factors of that event and be able to understand the relationship of these to systemic patient safety issues.

Engage with patients, families, carers, and staff in a professional, empathic and respectful way that develops confidence and trust.

Proactively identify safety issues and lessons learned to improve safety within healthcare.

Promote and represent HSSIB work externally, including delivering presentations on identified issues as required.

Attend events and venues across England for the purposes of HSSIB, this may require overnight stays.

Our people

In order to be successful in our goal of providing professional, high quality healthcare safety investigations and education to the system we understand our people are at the heart of this. The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate, and inclusive - and we all have our part to play.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people.

**Operational duties include**:
Undertake and complete investigation projects as delegated by the Senior Safety Investigator from initiation of the investigation through to compilation and presentation of reports, findings, recommendations and observations. This will include, but is not limited to:

- Conducting effective and efficient investigations to determine the factors of the safety incident being investigated
- Producing draft safety reports and recommendations that are well researched and effective in reducing the likelihood of a reoccurrence of the event.
- Preparing and presenting statements and evidence at legal hearings including coroners’ inquests.
- Sharing knowledge and enhancing standards of incident investigation across healthcare.
- Responsible for the day-to-day management of assigned investigations, ensuring that investigation guidance is followed consistently and that investigations are completed and published in a timely manner.
- Responsible for embedding of consistent methodologies and approaches to conducting investigations.
- Work with highly complex, sensitive and emotive information requiring analysis and interpretation to infor