Job summary
The Deputy Director of Safeguarding is a key leadership role within the Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is responsible for the operational management and strategic development of safeguarding services for both children and adults, learning disabilities, dementia and the in house ISVA/IDVA service. The post-holder will be instrumental in ensuring the Trust meets its statutory safeguarding responsibilities and provides high-quality, person-centred care to individuals at risk.
This is a key trust wide strategic role leading the Trust safeguarding agenda, ensuring that safeguarding activity across the Trust is robust and in line with legislation. This includes maintaining compliance with commissioning and partnership standards, national and local guidelines, and best practice.
The post holder will act as the lead for identified areas of safeguarding practice, supporting the changing local and national safeguarding priorities and objectives. This will include the Domestic Abuse and Prevent agenda's, ensuring the Trust complies with national, regional, and local policies and initiatives.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Chief Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Officer who has executive responsibility for safeguarding, the post holder will provide a dynamic and strategic leadership for safeguarding children and adults across the Trust and ensure that the Trust meets its statutory and regulatory obligations. They will ensure that the highest standards of safeguarding adults and children, including learning disability and dementia services, are delivered in line with national, regional, and local policy and guidance and will have operational oversight and management of the corporate safeguarding team. At the same time the post holder will prepare the Trust for new developments nationally and locally aiming to trailblaze new ideas and opportunities that will strengthen the Trust's ability to safeguarding children and adults at risk.
About us
BTH are committed to fostering a positive and inclusive work environment where every individual is respected, valued, and supported. We recognise that our greatest asset is our people, and we strive to attract and retain professionals who embody our core values. To address previous challenges and promote a culture of excellence, we are seeking individuals who align with our renewed commitment to these values:
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification to ensure you meet the criteria, before applying for this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification to ensure you meet the criteria, before applying for this vacancy.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered nurse and/or midwife or social worker
- First level degree or equivalent level of experience
- Masters degree in safeguarding related subject
Desirable
- Post graduate teaching qualification
- Quality Service Improvement and Redesign (QSIR) training
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of safeguarding adults and children matters, legislative imperatives and current developments and how these fit within the wider NHS political landscape.
- Good understanding of strategic and operational NHS issues.
- Recent and extensive clinical, managerial and leadership credibility and experience
- Recent experience of managing complex professional matters/issues
- Good knowledge and extensive recent experience of managing a budget in an NHS setting.
- 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) and/or senior post as a social worker at divisional or equivalent level within an NHS Trust
- Track record of achievement of objectives
- Experience 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 and those specific to safeguarding
- Experience of presenting at Board level
- Practical experience of one or more change management models
Desirable
Skills and Ability
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 (especially financial and human)
- Ability to work collaboratively and strategically
- Able to demonstrate whole systems thinking and analysis.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent presentation skills in both verbal and written forms
- Ability to form, develop and maintain 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
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered nurse and/or midwife or social worker
- First level degree or equivalent level of experience
- Masters degree in safeguarding related subject
Desirable
- Post graduate teaching qualification
- Quality Service Improvement and Redesign (QSIR) training
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of safeguarding adults and children matters, legislative imperatives and current developments and how these fit within the wider NHS political landscape.
- Good understanding of strategic and operational NHS issues.
- Recent and extensive clinical, managerial and leadership credibility and experience
- Recent experience of managing complex professional matters/issues
- Good knowledge and extensive recent experience of managing a budget in an NHS setting.
- 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) and/or senior post as a social worker at divisional or equivalent level within an NHS Trust
- Track record of achievement of objectives
- Experience 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 and those specific to safeguarding
- Experience of presenting at Board level
- Practical experience of one or more change management models
Desirable
Skills and Ability
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 (especially financial and human)
- Ability to work collaboratively and strategically
- Able to demonstrate whole systems thinking and analysis.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent presentation skills in both verbal and written forms
- Ability to form, develop and maintain 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).
