Associate Director of Quality; Patient Safety

Associate Director of Quality (Patient Safety and Experience)

The closing date is 30 March 2026.

Are you ready to shape patient safety and experience across what will become one of England's largest Foundation Trusts?

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust and North Bristol NHS Trust are working together as the NHS Bristol Group, with the ambition to become a single Foundation Trust in Summer 2026. This transformation will enhance outcomes for patients, staff, and our wider communities.

We are seeking an Associate Director of Quality (Patient Safety & Experience) to provide strategic leadership across the Group. You will drive an integrated approach to human factors, patient safety, and patient experience--embedding safety science, improving experience, and generating insight that supports continuous improvement.

In this highly influential role, you will align people, policy, practice, and partnerships to strengthen how we work and the impact we make. You'll join forward-thinking, ambitious organisations that value innovation, curiosity, and learning.

It's a dynamic environment with real opportunity to shape our future direction. Are you ready to make a meaningful difference?

The Patient Safety Specialist will provide leadership, visibility, and expert support to strengthen patient safety culture, clinical risk management, and safety systems in line with NHS England PSIRF. The role depends on strong relationship-building, influencing culture, and acting as a change agent across internal teams, system partners, and external agencies. Representing the Trust at strategic forums, the post holder will help align work with wider NHS and integrated care priorities.

A core responsibility is developing and overseeing systems that collect, analyse, and act on patient feedback, ensuring insights drive learning and improvement. The role will enhance safety mechanisms and work with divisional and corporate teams to embed best practice and compliance with governance and risk standards.

Working with the Associate Director of Quality (Insight, Clinical Effectiveness & Regulation) the post holder will use technology and data-driven approaches to improve reporting, analysis, risk identification, and patient engagement, supporting the Trust's Quality Management System.

Given evolving NHS models and Group ambitions, the role requires adaptability, innovation, and awareness of emerging trends in safety science, digital safety, and patient and carer experience. The post holder will hold clinical registration and a safety-related qualification, work autonomously, and deputise for the Group Director of Quality when needed.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

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