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Working for HSIB continues to be a learning journey for me. My role is varied as I'm also a Freedom to Speak Up guardian and Equality & Diversity Inclusion champion, which lets me get to know my colleagues within HSIB and their different roles.

I get to spend time with families, listen to their account of events which is lovely although it can be very emotional.

The richness of NHS staff stories is mind-blowing. I have learnt a lot about different organisations, the benefits and challenges staff are facing in trying to improve patient safety through learning from investigations.

Support from my wider team makes the job less isolating. HSIB has an important role in influencing and improving patient safety through engaging with the public and wider health and social care system

I feel proud to work at HSIB. As a healthcare professional by background, I have been investigated and undertaken investigations in my previous roles. HSIB’s new approach to safety investigations is refreshing and I find contributing to the investigation process very rewarding.

If HSIB safety recommendations are enacted, it fills me with great hope that there will be meaningful change for NHS patients and staff, substantial change that is not reliant on the latest checklist, just a protocol update or increased vigilance by staff.

I have flexibility and autonomy within my role to deliver projects. I work directly with a small enthusiastic and knowledgeable team from varied backgrounds (from academia and human factors to practicing clinicians) who have a solid understanding of the complexity of a healthcare system.

I joined HSIB in June 2019 from Royal Surrey County Hospital as a desktop engineer.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here as the work ethic was totally different and I do get enough challenges to keep my job exciting.

I was motivated to join HSIB as I was excited by the prospect of what HSIB can go ahead and achieve, and as a fairly young organisation I saw its real potential to make a tangible difference in people’s lives through the investigations that we do.

I am also an EDI champion and I strongly believe that having a diverse and all-inclusive organisation will form the bedrock of any future success. I strongly believe that we can embrace the fact that we are all different but can treat each other equally.

My clinical background is in nursing and midwifery.

I joined HSIB because I have a passion for improving safety in maternity care and, the application of human factors and safety science methodologies excited me. I get the same satisfaction now, as the day I first started with HSIB.

I feel very privileged to work closely with families after an incident. I help them to share their perspective of events and to understand what happened and do the same with clinical staff. I can support them to reflect and debrief after a stressful event.

I am extremely proud to work for HSIB! There is nothing better than switching off my computer at the end of the day; knowing that I am contributing to influencing change across the healthcare system at both local and national levels!