Risk Officer

Transformationunitgm; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Nottingham is seeking a Risk Officer to support effective risk management and governance. The role involves collaborating closely with clinical and corporate teams, analyzing risk data, and developing training materials. A formal qualification in risk management is required along with strong communication and data analysis skills. The position offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working model, promoting a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Personal development opportunities

Support for job applications and interviews

Qualifications

• Experience of chairing and coordinating operational meetings.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of risk management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Promote consistent application of the risk management framework.
• Provide specialist advice to support teams in managing risks.
• Produce clear, high-quality reports and presentations.

Skills

Risk management

Communication

Data analysis

Training

Education

Formal qualification in risk management

Tools

Datix

Excel

Job description

Main area Risk Management Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid Working - At least 2 days in the office) Job ref 164-7675412

Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Nottingham University Hospitals - City Hospital Trust Headquarters Town Nottingham Salary 47,810 - 54,710 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/02/2026 23:59

Band 7

Job overview

The Risk Officer is an integral member of the Corporate Patient Safety Team and plays a crucial role in supporting effective risk management and governance across the Trust. Working across all areas of organisational risk, the post holder will help embed and continually improve the risk management framework, provide subject matter expertise, and deliver high-quality analysis and assurance of risk registers.

The Risk Officer will collaborate closely with clinical and corporate colleagues, promoting a culture of safety, transparency, and continuous improvement. The role includes maintaining risk systems, coordinating routine governance processes, and supporting training and communication activities. The post holder will work with the Head of Risk and Quality Insight and the Risk and Quality Governance Manager to implement the Trust’s risk strategy, ensure alignment with national standards, and contribute to key improvement programmes.

Main duties of the job

Promote and embed the organisation’s risk management framework, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, and effectively managed.

Provide expert advice, tools, training, and guidance to support teams in managing risk.

Maintain and continuously improve risk systems, including the Risk Register and Safety & Learning System (e.g. Datix).

Analyse risk data to identify themes, learning, and opportunities to reduce exposure and strengthen controls.

Coordinate, facilitate, and chair operational risk-related meetings, ensuring clear actions, follow-up, and reporting.

Aggregate and escalate risk information supporting all colleagues.

Act as a subject matter expert and “critical friend,” offering constructive challenge and assurance to teams.

Produce clear, high-quality reports, briefings, and presentations for internal and external audiences.

Support delivery of the Trust’s risk strategy, improvement plan, audits, and continuous enhancement of risk processes.

Design and deliver risk management training, supporting organisational capability and maturity.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Risk Management, Governance and Administration

Promote consistent application of the risk management framework, ensuring organisational risks are identified, assessed, and well-managed.

Provide specialist advice to support teams in identifying, evaluating, and managing risks.

Deliver tools, templates, guidance, and training that enable effective risk management practice.

Identify and incorporate relevant best practice to strengthen the risk management framework.

Provide high-quality administrative support to the Risk and Quality Governance Team and when relevant to the wider Corporate Quality Team.

Maintain and update risk systems (e.g., Datix) and produce required reports using system dashboards, Excel, or other approved platforms.

Coordinate and facilitate meetings related to the risk process, including scheduling, virtual management, and arranging equipment.

In collaboration with the Risk and Quality Governance Manager, Chair the Risk Management Operational Group bringing together key roles from all Care Groups and Corporate Directorates supporting the effective and efficient management of risks.

Record accurate minutes, maintain action logs, and ensure timely follow-up.

Support delivery of the wider risk strategy and programme of work as required.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant policies, legislation, guidelines, and national requirements.

Review, update, and develop Standard Operating Procedures relevant to the role, ensuring alignment with organisational needs.

Collaborate with the Quality Governance Coordinator to coordinate and facilitate meetings that support the wider Quality Team in using the Health and Safety compliance toolkit and reviewing all Health and Safety risk assessments.

Data, Analysis and Improvement

Support the delivery, documentation, and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative risk assessments.

Analyse risk data to identify themes, learning, and opportunities to reduce exposure and improve controls.

Contribute to the ongoing development of data collection and reporting methods that support the organisation’s risk profile and learning.

Work collaboratively with staff across the Trust, understanding service needs and enabling the effective use of risk processes.

Maintain accurate and accessible risk information and ensure reporting is completed within agreed timescales.

Produce briefings and presentations to enhance understanding of risk management and its application.

Proactively identify and resolve issues in risk processes, escalating concerns when required.

Support the implementation of actions within the risk improvement plan and contribute to continuous enhancement of the risk management framework.

Lead on the maintenance, review and continual improvement of the Risk Register Module built within the trusts Safety and Learning System.

Collaboration, Communication and Engagement

Coordinate the aggregation and escalation of risk information to support Care Group, Corporate Directorate, Executive Leadership Team and Trust Board oversight.

Support colleagues to maintain risk registers through risk reviews, workshops, and system assurance checks, working closely with teams and risk leads.

Act as a subject matter expert and “critical friend,” offering constructive challenge to strengthen risk management activity.

Promote engagement with risk processes through clear, motivational communication tailored to all levels of staff.

Build and maintain effective working relationships across clinical and corporate teams, using a clear and common language.

Produce high-quality written reports for internal and external audiences.

Maintain close communication with line managers and team members, ensuring relevant intelligence and system issues are shared.

Represent the Risk and Quality Governance Team in internal and external forums, ensuring consistent and accurate communication regarding risk management systems and processes.

Support the development and maturity of risk systems across operational and corporate divisions.

Assist in internal and external audit activity related to the Trust’s Risk Management Framework.

Liaise effectively with clinical and support staff regarding risk systems and processes

Training and Development

Support the Head of Risk and Quality Insight and Risk and Quality Governance Manager with the design and implementation of risk training across the organisation.

Develop learning materials for face-to-face, remote, and e-learning training packages.

Provide face-to-face and remote training on the organisations adopted risk management process and the use of the Risk Management System.

Undertake personal development to maintain up-to-date knowledge of risk frameworks, legislation, and best practice.

Person specification

Communication

• Experience of chairing and coordinating operational meetings, supporting colleagues in making risk-based decisions and developing SMART action plans
• Experience of presenting risk reports to operational colleagues and senior leaders enabling decisions to be made based on risk data

Training and Qualification

• Formal qualification in risk management (Institute of Risk Management (IRM)/Management of Risk (MoR) Practitioners accreditation)
• Evidence of continuing risk management development.
• Strong knowledge of risk management methodologies, frameworks and best practice tools
• Knowledge of current clinical issues and the changing landscape of the NHS
• Experience supporting policy development and implementation.

Communication

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Effective negotiation and influencing skills.

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: If you have a disability and find online job applications difficult, you can use an easy read application form instead.

To get this form, please email [emailprotected] and ask for an easy read application.

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

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For further details, please can you contact Caroline Dale at [emailprotected] if you have any further queries regarding the vacancy.