Job responsibilities
Leadership
As
a member of the Senior Leadership Team, to develop and implement the strategic
direction of TCT, in partnership with the Board of Trustees.
Provide
professional and clinical leadership to all nursing and care staff, fostering a
culture which values Continuing Personal and Professional Development and
motivates staff to strive for excellence in all aspects of the delivery of
care, safety, dignity, and child/young persons experience.
Provide leadership for the Senior Pharmacist in the delivery of a high-quality pharmacy service that meets the needs of the children
resident at TCT.
Take the lead
on Care Quality Commission
and Ofsted (Care) registration of clinical services provided by TCT.
Provide
overarching leadership for the clinical governance portfolio as well as
advising the Clinical Governance and Safeguarding Committee and Board of
Trustees, in relation to all seven pillars of clinical governance and
regulatory compliance.
Assume
the role of Director of Infection Prevention and Control, in liaison with the lead nurse.
Assume the role of the executive lead
for Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU), and to line manage the FTSU guardian.
Undertake the statutory role of Chief
Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) and report as required contributing to the
broader digital agenda and strategy within the organisation.
Undertake the statutory role of
Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer (CDAO) and ensure quarterly reporting is
completed and recorded accurately.
Undertake the role of medical records
lead and provide leadership within the digital agenda from a clinical
perspective.
Support the delivery of the National
Specialised Commissioning rehabilitation contract and compliance with NHSE requirements on nursing and care staffing
and information governance.
Ensure that quality and clinical
governance measures are appropriately negotiated, embedded and monitored within
NHS contracts (through schedule four) and other contracts within the quality
section.
Play a key role in shaping
the policies and strategies for developing and modernising nursing and care practice and services
throughout the organisation to ensure high quality, safe health nursing and
care services.
Ensure
appropriate senior clinical staff are present on site through a managed rota
system in and out of working hours.
Continuously
review and develop the MDT model of care within rehabilitation and residential
settings and embed in practice in partnership with the other frontline clinical
Directors.
Lead
the operational management of nursing, care, and quality improvement, to ensure
and effective, responsive, and integrated service provision.
Positive role model and reinforce the TCTs Promises
(values), always celebrating success and be a proud ambassador for nursing and for TCT.
Establish and maintain effective
stakeholder relationships with regulators, commissioners, safeguarding bodies
and the wider health and care system. As
the clinical leader for nursing and care, establish and maintain relationships
with the CNO team led by the NHS England CNO, providing vital insight into the
professional bodies, national strategic direction and innovation and growth
within patient safety, clinical governance and nursing and care as well as
across allied health professions.
Develop and maintain relationships
within the senior nursing network across the health and social care system in
the South East and nationally.
Participate
in the Director on-call rota and maintain competency in line with on-call
operational requirements and major incident management.
Lead
on the succession and talent management as well as leadership development
programmes within the nursing and care directorate.
Provide
leadership to workforce planning for registered and unregistered Nursing and
AHP staffing, with creative recruitment initiatives, including ethical overseas
recruitment programmes. Where appropriate working with external bodies.
Provide
leadership to develop and implement Nursing and AHP workforce modernisation,
supporting and encouraging innovation in practice and the way services are
delivered.
Develop
and maintain relationships with higher education, other relevant educational
institutions to ensure the commissioning of appropriate training and
development for nursing and staff. Influence thinking about the future of
professional education and training in the new NHS.
Provide
leadership for the pathways to further qualifications and registered nurse
qualifications within nursing and care ensure links across clinical education,
the people team and external training / higher education providers.
Undertake other
or additional duties
that are within your skills
and abilities, as the organisation may require from time to
time.
Clinical Standards and Governance
Undertake the role of Nominated
Individual (Care Quality Commission) and Responsible Individual (Ofsted Care),
establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with regulators
alongside the registered manager.
Coordinate and maintain the delivery of services ensuring safe practice and adherence to Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards and Childrens Home
Regulations 2015.
Lead
on the seven pillars of clinical
governance for the organisation including the
management of complaints, incidents, inquiries, and investigations (through PSIRF framework)
ensuring that the outcomes from
these inform continuous improvement in the quality of services provided.
Lead
on the organisational attendance and content at all external reviews following
incidents within TCT including child death processes, serious incident closure
panels and inquests.
Lead
the continuous development and implementation of the quality improvement and
quality assurance programmes for the organisation, in consultation with other
frontline Directors.
Review regularly and maintain a robust approach
to clinical governance, ensuring that systems, processes, and assurances are in
place to deliver continuous improvement in clinical services,
facilitating outstanding standards of care.
Through PSIRF, promote a transparent
culture in the management of complaints, incidents, inquiries, and
investigations ensuring that the outcomes from these inform continuous
improvement in the quality of services provided.
Ensure
there is a robust programme of clinical audit across all front line and
clinical services which monitors the quality-of-service delivery and informs
quality improvement.
Coordination of the ongoing
development of the clinical risk register and information governance processes.
Regularly review innovative methods
of monitoring the quality of care of the children
and families experience
across clinical services.
Ensure
all nursing and care staff have clear development goals and the necessary
knowledge and skills, including mandatory training to provide excellent
services for children.
Lead
on the clinical education agenda across all frontline and clinical services,
developing the annual education plan and managing the clinical education lead
and wider education team.
Be the executive
lead for safeguarding of children and adults, ensuring
that all statutory
duties relating to safeguarding are actively managed
and always fulfilled through the Named
Nurse and Designated
Safeguarding Lead for clinical and education services, respectively.
Ensure completion and publication (where
required) of statutory annual reports including annual quality account, annual
safeguarding report, annual FTSU report, annual learning from deaths report,
annual complaints report, annual infection prevention and control report.
Management
Provide professional and strategic
leadership and support to nurses and carers at TCT and support operational
delivery of high-quality care in line with the NMC Codes of Practice and Competencies.
Overarching responsibility for all care provided by TCT.
Through the implementation and
management of a FTSU framework, create a culture of openness and transparency
where staff can raise concerns and know they will be listened to and where they
will be able to get feedback.
Plan and organise
own work schedule
and the work of the team to ensure that activities are completed within agreed timescales,
to deliver an effective and efficient service.
Accountable for the setting
of and management of financial budgets of all nursing and care
services and houses.
Be responsible for the management,
maintenance and development of clinical information and Key Performance
Indicators within TCT to support the clinical governance agenda.
Provide regular 1:1 supervision and
appraisals for the direct reports, identifying objectives and Continuing
Professional Development needs.
Financial Responsibilities
Support
the financial governance of nursing and care staff within the organisation by embedding
strong budgetary management practices.
Act as a delegated budget holder and be
accountable for expenditure of the Nursing and Care directorate.
Lead on the Nursing and Care
establishment review process, leading on workforce redesign where required, underpinned by appropriate
activity and dependency tools.
Monitor the use of temporary nursing and
ensure alternate methods of utilisation of the nursing and related workforce
are used.
Lead
bids for funding
as they arise.
Prepare
an annual business
plan to meet the nursing
and care objectives.
Other Responsibilities
Identify, research, and develop
opportunities to expand and improve
The Childrens Trust services and to encourage staff to
identify opportunities for service development.
