Safety Insights Analyst

Job overview

HSSIB is an independent arm's length body, of the Department of Health and Social Care. Our purpose is to improve patient safety across healthcare through safety investigations.

We are recruiting two Safety Insights Analysts to work as part of a dynamic Investigations and Insights Team, to deliver investigations that drive improvements in patient safety across England. Reporting into the Head of Patient Safety Insights and working within multi-disciplinary teams, you would be responsible for the identification and analysis of patient safety issues in the healthcare system; propose potential investigations for HSSIB to investigate and present the evidence to a panel; engage with a wide range of stakeholders including patients, families, healthcare staff, providers, integrated care boards, and national organisations; use research methods to gather and analyse safety intelligence from a wide range of sources; undertake qualitative analysis of written information and interview data to identify safety themes, and apply safety science methods; contribute to HSSIB investigations reviewing and corroborating safety intelligence and contributing to the writing of investigation reports.

We are looking for candidates with a strong academic background, with demonstrable experience applying research methods. We manage complex, sensitive patient safety data and emotional resilience is essential. 

Main duties

As a Safety Insights Analyst, you will:

• be responsible for the identification and analysis of patient safety issues in the healthcare system;
• propose potential investigations for HSSIB to investigate and present the evidence to a panel;
• engage directly with a wide range of stakeholders including patients, families, healthcare staff, providers, integrated care boards, regions and national organisations;
• review feedback from public consultations and identify key themes;
• use research methods to gather and analyse safety intelligence from a wide range of sources including literature reviews, incident reporting systems, prevention of future death reports, investigation reports, and interviewing stakeholders using semi-structured question sets;
• undertake qualitative analysis of written information and interview data to identify safety themes,.
• contribute to HSSIB investigations reviewing and corroborating safety intelligence and contributing to the writing of investigation reports.
• be responsible for providing analysis, insights and influential commentary to key internal groups to support recommendations and decision making;
• develop analytical frameworks and processes and advise on continuous improvement of HSSIB methodologies;
• prepare performance planning reports for the senior leadership team;·demonstrate competencies relevant to the role level and be a role model for HSSIB’s values.

Working for our organisation

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.

To ensure this we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Safety Insights Analyst, you will:

• be responsible for the identification and analysis of patient safety issues in the healthcare system;
• propose potential investigations for HSSIB to investigate and present the evidence to a panel;
• engage directly with a wide range of stakeholders including patients, families, healthcare staff, providers, integrated care boards, regions and national organisations;
• review feedback from public consultations and identify key themes;
• use research methods to gather and analyse safety intelligence from a wide range of sources including literature reviews, incident reporting systems, prevention of future death reports, investigation reports, and interviewing stakeholders using semi-structured question sets;
• undertake qualitative analysis of written information and interview data to identify safety themes, and apply safety science methods such as SEIPS, AcciMaps, thematic analysis;
• contribute to HSSIB investigations reviewing and corroborating safety intelligence (e.g., analysing incident reporting systems and learning from investigations / quality improvement programmes), and contributing to the writing of investigation reports.
• be responsible for providing analysis, insights and influential commentary to key internal groups to support recommendations and decision making;
• develop analytical frameworks and processes and advise on continuous improvement of HSSIB methodologies;
• prepare performance planning reports for the senior leadership team;
• demonstrate competencies relevant to the role level and be a role model for HSSIB’s values.