Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing & Quality
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 106-ICB-6335526
- Employer
- NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Kirkham House
- Town
- Worcester
- Salary
- £70,417 - £81,138 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Director – Nursing & Quality (Safeguarding)
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Within the Herefordshire & Worcestershire ICB, we are committed to providing an environment of inclusion and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marital status, religion or belief. Our goal is to be a diverse organisation that is representative, at all levels, of the communities we serve and we are especially keen to receive applications from our BAME communities and our LGBTQ+ communities. Applicants who identify as disabled who meet the minimum criteria for a post will be invited to interview.
The ICB strives to be a supportive, caring employer and expects all colleagues to behave in a professional, inclusive and respectful manner and to demonstrate the values which underpin our vision for the population of Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- People: We are inclusive, compassionate, and caring. We value, respect and appreciate each other
- Trust: We are honest, reliable and act with integrity at all times. We deliver on our promises
- Collaboration: We will work collaboratively are united in our commitment to improving lives in our community.
- Inspire: We are committed to learning and to improved ways of working. We will pursue new ideas and challenge the status quo.
- Excellence: We will deliver our best, strive for quality of care and excellence and celebrate outstanding performance
We believe that our people bring our values to life and therefore prospective employees will be expected to fully demonstrate their alignment with these values throughout the recruitment process.
Job overview
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board, we are looking for a Nurse who has experience working at a senior level, providing strategic vision and leadership in the specialist field of safeguarding and LeDeR. We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about driving improvement in the quality of care across the system.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Deputy Director of Nursing, you will take a strategic lead and be responsible for owning and driving the safeguarding and LeDeR functions. The post holder will support the Chief Nursing Officer who is the executive safeguarding lead for the ICB, in fulfilling the statutory duties for the organisation for safeguarding adults and children, (including Looked After Children) and will act as their deputy/delegated partner as required in safeguarding matters.
The Associate Director – Nursing & Quality (Designate Nurse for Safeguarding Adults and Children) will be fundamental for ensuring embedding of governance and learning systems across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The post holder will provide robust visible professional leadership to the ICB, the health economy and the wider health and social care footprint offering strategic, professional and specialist advice to colleagues.
The Associate Director – Nursing & Quality (Designate Nurse for Safeguarding Adults and Children) will provide strategic input and senior representation and leadership on at Multi-Agency meetings/ICB meetings as required. You will be responsible for producing and presenting high quality, accurate reports to boards, committee’s and other meetings of the ICB as required, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail.
You will have a proven track record of consistently achieving high standards and delivering on objectives.
Working for our organisation
Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB and its partners work collaboratively to commission, plan, monitor, deliver and improve health and care services for over 806,000 people across two counties and surrounding boundaries. With a workforce of over 300 employees and a budget of £1.19 billion to commission hospital, community and mental health services, it is a dynamic, forward-looking and vibrant place to work, set within the backdrop of some of the country's most beautiful countryside.
We provide a supportive and collaborative environment, offering opportunities for our staff to reach their full potential and develop a rewarding career. We enable our employees to achieve a positive work-life balance through a blend of collaborative workplace attendance combined with regular home working. Joining our inclusive and innovative team comes with a range of attractive benefits including:
- Employee Assistance Programmes and access to a wealth of on-line health and wellbeing support
- Competitive NHS Pension Scheme
- Comprehensive opportunities to learn new skills and to develop your career within a caring and inclusive environment.
- Generous holiday entitlement, which increases in line with service, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
- Flexible working patterns to support work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Fulfil the Statutory role of the Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children for the ICB in accordance with Working Together to Safeguard Children (DH 2018) and as defined in the Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults at Risk in the NHS: Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework (2020), Children Acts 1989 and 2004 and Children and Social Work Act 2017
Provide strategic leadership and direction in all aspects of portfolio to ensure an integrated and coordinated response across health and care organisations.
Be responsible for the development and implementation of ICB safeguarding vision and strategic plans to enable the ICB to fulfil its statutory duties in relation to safeguarding.
Provision of proactive strategic input to Programme Boards and Committees and other meetings where appropriate
To produce and present high quality, accurate reports to boards, committee’s and Governing Body meetings of the ICB as required, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail. Deliver formal presentations as requested.
Ensure the delivery of safe, effective safeguarding practice across commissioning and provider landscapes across Herefordshire and Worcestershire including providing assurance of the effectiveness of safeguarding activity.
The post holder will be a source of strategic, professional and specialist advice to colleagues.
Support those involved in Learning Reviews across portfolio who may become distressed during the receipt of highly sensitive, contentious, and challenging findings.
Lead on embedding governance arrangements and learning systems across
portfolio.
To provide strong working links with Designated and Named Professional’s in other health organisations to ensure consistent and co-ordinated processes are embedded, including supporting lead safeguarding professionals in providers to implement such findings in their organisations.
To analyse risk and actively take steps to mitigate risks and escalate through the appropriate ICB governance process.
Holding line management responsibility for the staff within Safeguarding & Learning Disability Review Programme (LeDeR) Teams
Work closely with the Chief Medical Officer to oversee systems to identify areas of avoidable or premature mortality and facilitate system learning and improvement.
To be the Strategic lead for LeDeR ensuring there are effective systems in place for the delivery of learning from death review process and that learning is shared across the integrated care system in a manner that enables meaningful change for better outcomes. This includes the production of an Annual Report, a 3 Year Strategy and Delivery Plan and regular reporting on progress to Senior Responsible Officers and
Board members.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Clinical qualification with current registration with relevant professional body
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of planning and organisation of a range of complex activities or programmes, which may require further adjustment of plans or strategies.
- Significant experience of working across professional and operational boundaries in a related role
Skills
Essential criteria
- Significant expert/specialist knowledge in safeguarding and quality improvement, system -wide transformational change and strategic development preferably in the NHS or similar complex organisation
- Specialist knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation
- Good communicator with ability to be persuasive especially when dealing with highly complex matters or in difficult situations.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to think strategically and develop option appraisals.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Dunne
- Job title
- Director of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
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