Head of Patient Safety and Safeguarding

Can you provide Charity-wide leadership, expertise and oversight within Patient Safety and Safeguarding? Location: Flexible There will be a requirement to visit our site in Northampton, our inpatient hospitals in Birmingham and Essex, and to support our Outpatient and Adult Care Services in various sites across England. Salary: £59,750 to £69,250 plus excellent benefits Our Charity St Andrew's is a charity specialising in complex mental health. Its mission is to help people with complex mental health needs transform their lives. With its history dating back nearly two centuries, St Andrew's today is undergoing significant change to deliver on its mission for years to come. St Andrew's has hospitals in Birmingham and Essex, with its base in Northampton. It delivers inpatient and outpatient services, as well as dedicated care services for adults. The role This is a senior leadership role which will provide strategic leadership, professional expertise and operational oversight across the Charity's patient safety, safeguarding and public protection agenda. You will ensure robust governance, systems and processes are in place to support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care, and ensure the Charity meets its statutory, regulatory and contractual obligations in relation to patient safety, safeguarding adults and children, and public protection. Working closely with the Chief Nurse and other senior leaders, you will lead the development and implementation of patient safety and safeguarding strategies, promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement, and ensure effective systems are in place to identify, respond to and learn from incidents, safeguarding concerns and quality issues. You will act as the organisation's lead expert for patient safety and safeguarding, providing specialist advice, assurance and leadership across all services and representing the Charity with regulators, commissioners, local authorities and wider system partners. About You You will have significant leadership experience of working in patient safety, safeguarding, quality or governance and of leading organisational change and service improvement. You will bring extensive knowledge of patient safety, quality improvement, safeguarding and public protection legislation. With a Master's degree or equivalent level experience, you also will hold a relevant professional registration with NMC, HCPC, Social Work England or equivalent relevant professional body. You will bring experience of implementing national safety and quality frameworks, including PSIRF, and of safeguarding leadership within health or social care settings. Accustomed to working with regulators, commissioners and external agencies, you will have excellent communication skills and a proven ability to influence and lead across organisational boundaries. You will also be a role model for the St Andrew's CARE values and the pillars of our Leadership Commitment including compassionate, person-centred care. Reward We offer an excellent benefits package including Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 33 days annual leave (plus bank holidays); Life cover; Electric Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications. On-site facilities such as cafes. Interested? If this sounds like you then we'd love you to apply here. Please contact our Recruitment Team at recruitment@stah.org to arrange an informal discussion or for a copy of the full job description. Closing date: 4 October 2026 Assessment Date: TBC