Job summary
Join Us as Our Safe Staffing Lead - Make a Real Difference!
Are you passionate about delivering outstanding care through safe and effective staffing? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and exceptional Safe Staffing Lead to join our Corporate team and play a key role in shaping safer staffing across our Trust
What will you be doing?o Driving safer staffing improvement programmes across the Trust.o Reviewing and enhancing our establishment-setting policy in line with best practice and national guidance.o Leading benchmarking exercises to ensure our nursing establishments are efficient and comparable.o Monitoring compliance and reporting outcomes to professional groups.o Supporting the development of our long-term Workforce Strategy.o Promoting lessons learned and embedding changes in practice to improve patient outcomes.
What are we looking for? You'll bring:
o Comprehensive knowledge of safe staffing tools, such as the Safer Nursing Care Tool.o Experience of delivering safer staffing programmes at a senior level.o Excellent communication and organisational skills to engage with clinical, academic, and operational teams.This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact on patient care and staff experience, while contributing to the strategic direction of our Trust. If you're ready to lead change, share your expertise, and work in a supportive environment that values innovation and teamwork, we'd love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
In this pivotal role, you'll work closely with our Senior Leadership Team to provide clinical and strategic leadership for safe staffing. You'll lead and coordinate our approach to nursing workforce planning in line with national and regulatory standards, ensuring we deliver the very best for our patients and our people.
The postholder will support with an overview and co-ordinating function for leading and developing the Trust approach to workforce/safe staffing requiring the postholder to work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to provide senior clinical and strategic leadership for Safe staffing.
The postholder will be responsible for reviewing current establishment setting policy in line with best practice and National policy, implementing and embedding any changes to establishment setting process engaging with key stakeholders both clinical and non-clinical. Reviewing and making recommendations on improvements to safe staffing processes, alongside conducting benchmarking exercises to ensure nursing establishments are comparable and efficient. Monitoring compliance with best practise and safe staffing outcomes and report to relevant professional groups and supporting the development of the long term Workforce Strategy. Contribute to the overall strategic development and direction of the Trust, helping to develop and implement programmes of work associated with improving the staff deployment to improve outcomes of patients.
About us
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
People at the Heart
Listen and Involve
Kind and Respectful
ONE Team
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide trust wide corporate leadership for areas of responsibility,
- Representing the Trust internally and externally.
- Contribute to nurse management business planning, reviewing and agreeing nursing workforce plans.
- Be visible and accessible as a clinical leader, undertaking clinical shifts, as appropriate, to maintain clinical credibility.
- Deputise for the Director of Nursing and Chief Nurse as requested.
- Represent Chief Nurse/Director of Nursing as safe staffing expert at divisional and corporate committees, enabling a process of communication that ensures key information is disseminated to the relevant people and ensuring that any resulting action plans are progressed.
- Share learning from best practice across the Trust, locally and regionally.
- Take an active / lead role in the co-ordination and development of staffing research and audit programmes within the nursing arena and apply the outcomes to improve patient care and service delivery.
- Use clinical expertise, underpinned by theory, evidence, policy and experience to provide support to clinical teams in the arena of safe staffing.
Please Note: This role is PENDING AFC SALARY BANDING APPROVAL; therefore, salary cannot be fully confirmed until the Banding is approved.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide trust wide corporate leadership for areas of responsibility,
- Representing the Trust internally and externally.
- Contribute to nurse management business planning, reviewing and agreeing nursing workforce plans.
- Be visible and accessible as a clinical leader, undertaking clinical shifts, as appropriate, to maintain clinical credibility.
- Deputise for the Director of Nursing and Chief Nurse as requested.
- Represent Chief Nurse/Director of Nursing as safe staffing expert at divisional and corporate committees, enabling a process of communication that ensures key information is disseminated to the relevant people and ensuring that any resulting action plans are progressed.
- Share learning from best practice across the Trust, locally and regionally.
- Take an active / lead role in the co-ordination and development of staffing research and audit programmes within the nursing arena and apply the outcomes to improve patient care and service delivery.
- Use clinical expertise, underpinned by theory, evidence, policy and experience to provide support to clinical teams in the arena of safe staffing.
Please Note: This role is PENDING AFC SALARY BANDING APPROVAL; therefore, salary cannot be fully confirmed until the Banding is approved.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with NMC or HCPC
- Post registration master's degree or working towards.
- Evidence of professional continuous development and portfolio of learning
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in teaching
- Leadership or management qualification at post graduate level.
- Safer Staffing Fellow
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of developing and presenting comprehensive reports.
- Evidence of successfully implementing service change.
- Evidence of some strategic working both locally and at national level.
- Evidence of ability to work outside of traditional professional boundaries
- Demonstrable ability to lead, manage and develop successful and effective teams
- Ability to deal with complex time critical situations, working to deadlines and delivering targets
- Good working knowledge of clinical and quality governance, with knowledge of assurance and risk management.
- Experience of working in the NHS or a large, complex, fast moving organisation
Desirable
- Practical experience of policy development
- Audit or research experience
- Budget management
- Evidence of publication of own work.
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate and experience of database management, outlook, power point, word and excel.
- Advanced communication skills, both written and oral with the ability to deal with highly complex, contentious or sensitive issues.
- Able to form and maintain excellent professional relationships with all members of the multi professional team
- Effective communicator with proven ability to influence all levels of staff
- Strong negotiating skills, sometimes in conflicting situations.
- Proven clinical leadership and team leading skills
- Excellent project management skills, able to plan, deliver to timescales, communicate, manage expectations, report progress plans
- Able to respond to change and apply themselves to development in practice.
- Able to establish collaborative working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience at a senior level in an acute health trust
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of Allocate Rostering System
- Expert knowledge of Safe Staffing methodology and practices
- Ability to articulate NHS Strategic priorities in relation to service redesign and workforce modernisation for now and in the future
Desirable
- Evidence of Project Management success and introducing innovative ideas, ensuring sustainability.
Additional
Essential
- Ability to work both independently and within a team
- Access to transport
- Highly motivated
- Committed to continuous service development and quality improvement
- Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and targets
- Ability to synthesize information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with NMC or HCPC
- Post registration master's degree or working towards.
- Evidence of professional continuous development and portfolio of learning
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in teaching
- Leadership or management qualification at post graduate level.
- Safer Staffing Fellow
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of developing and presenting comprehensive reports.
- Evidence of successfully implementing service change.
- Evidence of some strategic working both locally and at national level.
- Evidence of ability to work outside of traditional professional boundaries
- Demonstrable ability to lead, manage and develop successful and effective teams
- Ability to deal with complex time critical situations, working to deadlines and delivering targets
- Good working knowledge of clinical and quality governance, with knowledge of assurance and risk management.
- Experience of working in the NHS or a large, complex, fast moving organisation
Desirable
- Practical experience of policy development
- Audit or research experience
- Budget management
- Evidence of publication of own work.
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate and experience of database management, outlook, power point, word and excel.
- Advanced communication skills, both written and oral with the ability to deal with highly complex, contentious or sensitive issues.
- Able to form and maintain excellent professional relationships with all members of the multi professional team
- Effective communicator with proven ability to influence all levels of staff
- Strong negotiating skills, sometimes in conflicting situations.
- Proven clinical leadership and team leading skills
- Excellent project management skills, able to plan, deliver to timescales, communicate, manage expectations, report progress plans
- Able to respond to change and apply themselves to development in practice.
- Able to establish collaborative working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience at a senior level in an acute health trust
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of Allocate Rostering System
- Expert knowledge of Safe Staffing methodology and practices
- Ability to articulate NHS Strategic priorities in relation to service redesign and workforce modernisation for now and in the future
Desirable
- Evidence of Project Management success and introducing innovative ideas, ensuring sustainability.
Additional
Essential
- Ability to work both independently and within a team
- Access to transport
- Highly motivated
- Committed to continuous service development and quality improvement
- Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and targets
- Ability to synthesize information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
