Job overview
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS POST IS CURRENTLY ONLY OPEN TO EMPLOYEES OF CPFT - Band or a only, or PA for doctors
Are you a reflective, improvement-focused clinician who wants to influence patient safety beyond your immediate clinical role?
We are recruiting a Mortality & Learning from Deaths Professional to join our senior review team within the Mortality & Learning from Deaths Team. This is a unique opportunity to shape safer care across the organisation, reduce future avoidable deaths, and improve services for the communities we serve.
This role supports the Trust delivery of the National Learning from Deaths Framework () and works closely with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer.
Why Apply?
·Develop senior-level experience in patient safety and quality improvement
·Full training in Structured Judgement Reviews (SJR)
·Strengthen your appraisal, revalidation and leadership portfolio
·Influence Trust-wide and system (ICB) learning
·Protected time – ( PA/ hours per week) built into job planning
Agreement with your current line manager is essential prior to application to ensure protected time within your working week.
If you are passionate about improving care, strengthening safety culture and making a measurable impact at organisational level, we encourage you to apply.
Main duties of the job
The Role
·Undertake Structured Judgement Reviews (training provided)
·Lead on learning from deaths relating to either physical or mental health
·Contribute to Mortality & Learning from Deaths MDT scrutiny
·Support and develop Morbidity & Mortality (M&M) meetings
·Present key themes at the Learning from Deaths Group
·Contribute to in-depth case reviews and complex MDT discussions
You will work closely with senior medical leadership and the Patient Safety, Risk and Mortality Team, helping ensure that every death leads to meaningful learning and measurable improvement.
Working closely with senior clinical leaders and multidisciplinary teams, you will help ensure that learning is translated into real improvements in practice. The role includes participation in mortality review forums, supporting Morbidity & Mortality meetings, contributing to in-depth case reviews, and helping identify themes that drive safer, more effective care.
This position offers valuable professional development, with dedicated time agreed in your job plan, clear objectives, and opportunities to present, influence change, and engage in Trust-wide governance processes. It is an excellent opportunity to broaden your leadership, quality improvement, and patient safety experience while making a tangible difference to patient outcomes.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
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