Job summary
We are looking to appoint an exceptional safeguarding nurse leader to join our corporate senior team.
We can offer you the opportunity to succeed in being part of a team providing an exceptional safeguarding service, whilst developing your own professional career and also expanding your leadership potential.
You will be able to think strategically, have vision and be inspirational, proactive and delivery focused in your approach.
You will be a strong operational leader and be able to demonstrate experience of managing complex teams in a large provider organisation.
You will be integral to your own team, working with them and the wider divisional and corporate teams to ensure delivery of the Trusts safeguarding strategy.
Extensive experience of safeguarding at a senior level and relevant senior leadership experience in a complex and changing environment is essential.
Main duties of the job
Reporting directly to the Deputy Chief Nurse, the post holder will provide strategic leadership for safeguarding vulnerable people across the Trust and ensure that the Trust meets its statutory and regulatory obligations. You will ensure that the highest standards of safeguarding adults and children are delivered in line with national, regional and local policy and guidance.
You will ensure appropriate safeguarding governance systems are in place, and provide a key leadership role in responding to the requirements of the regulators including CQC and Monitor as well as professional bodies. You will work closely with the Director of Clinical Governance to oversee the Trust's compliance with CQC standards relevant to the portfolio and establish systems to ensure that the nursing care needs of vulnerable people are met compassionately in hospital and community settings.
You will be solution focused, driving improvements and ensuring robust practices are in place to deliver excellence across the safeguarding portfolio.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details of the job role.
Reporting directly to the Deputy Chief Nurse, the post holder will provide strategic leadership for safeguarding vulnerable people across the Trust and ensure that the Trust meets its statutory and regulatory obligations. You will ensure that the highest standards of safeguarding adults and children are delivered in line with national, regional and local policy and guidance.
You will ensure appropriate safeguarding governance systems are in place, and provide a key leadership role in responding to the requirements of the regulators including CQC and Monitor as well as professional bodies. You will work closely with the Director of Clinical Governance to oversee the Trusts compliance with CQC standards relevant to the portfolio and establish systems to ensure that the nursing care needs of vulnerable people are met compassionately in hospital and community settings.
You will be solution focused, driving improvements and ensuring robust practices are in place to deliver excellence across the safeguarding portfolio.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details of the job role.
Reporting directly to the Deputy Chief Nurse, the post holder will provide strategic leadership for safeguarding vulnerable people across the Trust and ensure that the Trust meets its statutory and regulatory obligations. You will ensure that the highest standards of safeguarding adults and children are delivered in line with national, regional and local policy and guidance.
You will ensure appropriate safeguarding governance systems are in place, and provide a key leadership role in responding to the requirements of the regulators including CQC and Monitor as well as professional bodies. You will work closely with the Director of Clinical Governance to oversee the Trusts compliance with CQC standards relevant to the portfolio and establish systems to ensure that the nursing care needs of vulnerable people are met compassionately in hospital and community settings.
You will be solution focused, driving improvements and ensuring robust practices are in place to deliver excellence across the safeguarding portfolio.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse and/or registered midwife
- First level degree or equivalent level of experience
- Masters degree - relevant discipline
Experience
Essential
- Teaching experience
- Track record of achievement and personal/professional development
- Demonstrate broad clinical and leadership/management experience relevant to this post
- Recent and substantial experience in senior nursing/midwifery post(s) at a minimum of divisional business unit or equivalent level
- Track record of achievement of objectives
- Evidence of robust financial and other resource management
- Experience of embedding robust clinical and corporate systems at local level, specifically relevant to nursing/midwifery
- Experience of leading and implementing change Experience of implementing nursing/midwifery quality assurance metrics
Knowledge
Essential
- Broad understanding of operational/NHS issues
- Recent and extensive clinical, managerial and leadership credibility and experience
- Recent experience of managing complex professional matters/issues
- Financially astute/business-aware
Skills
Essential
- Ability to function effectively at Trust Board and equivalent level
- Demonstrate leadership and management skills
- Ability to lead and manage complexity and unpredictability, to make difficult decisions and to solve problems
- Ability to self-start and prioritise own workload and that of others
- Ability to manage resources effectively (esp financial and human)
- Ability to work collaboratively and strategically
- Systematic and analytical
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent presentation skills in both verbal and written forms
- Evidence of effective working relationships
- Highly developed problem-solving skills
- Competent with basic IT skills (word processing, spreadsheets etc)
- Good verbal and report writing skills
- Skilled negotiator
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse and/or registered midwife
- First level degree or equivalent level of experience
- Masters degree - relevant discipline
Experience
Essential
- Teaching experience
- Track record of achievement and personal/professional development
- Demonstrate broad clinical and leadership/management experience relevant to this post
- Recent and substantial experience in senior nursing/midwifery post(s) at a minimum of divisional business unit or equivalent level
- Track record of achievement of objectives
- Evidence of robust financial and other resource management
- Experience of embedding robust clinical and corporate systems at local level, specifically relevant to nursing/midwifery
- Experience of leading and implementing change Experience of implementing nursing/midwifery quality assurance metrics
Knowledge
Essential
- Broad understanding of operational/NHS issues
- Recent and extensive clinical, managerial and leadership credibility and experience
- Recent experience of managing complex professional matters/issues
- Financially astute/business-aware
Skills
Essential
- Ability to function effectively at Trust Board and equivalent level
- Demonstrate leadership and management skills
- Ability to lead and manage complexity and unpredictability, to make difficult decisions and to solve problems
- Ability to self-start and prioritise own workload and that of others
- Ability to manage resources effectively (esp financial and human)
- Ability to work collaboratively and strategically
- Systematic and analytical
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent presentation skills in both verbal and written forms
- Evidence of effective working relationships
- Highly developed problem-solving skills
- Competent with basic IT skills (word processing, spreadsheets etc)
- Good verbal and report writing skills
- Skilled negotiator
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
