Head of Nursing and AHPs in MHLDA

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Lead internal process for CQC self-assessments across the Directorate to ensure the 5 CQC domains are achieved in all areas and develop robust monitoring processes to address areas of variation.
• Accountable for the delivery of clinical quality, safety, and risk management in all service areas
• Provide leadership in fostering a safety culture throughout all clinical areas through training and increasing knowledge and awareness.
• Translate national policy into clinical practice, horizon scanning and benchmarking to inform the key priorities for the Directorate.
• Work in collaboration with Service leads to ensure safe staffing establishments are triangulated to achieve the annual workforce plans, offering robust challenge to underpin service activity and demand. Provide expertise in skill mixing to inform workforce planning.

Work in collaboration with Practice Development staff to manage the training plan and pipeline to ensure appropriate education, training

Person specification

Behaviours & Values

Essential criteria

• Able to work in a flexible way and be responsive to changing priorities
• Calm and reliable with consistency in approach, demonstrating empathy and an open communication style with all team members, fostering this culture across the team.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and inspire the team effectively exercising sound judgement.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and inspire the team effectively exercising sound judgement

Desirable criteria

• Build positive working relationships, respecting and valuing the contributions made by others and acting in a considerate, helpful and inclusive manner at all times.

Skill & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Highly competent in applying expertise within a multi professional arena. This will include the use of analytical thinking, decision making, leadership and other specialist skills to work with others towards the goal of improving the quality of the service user's experience
• Drive a quality culture from 'ward to board' by leading by example and fostering local ownership of patient safety and oversight embedded at local level.
• Day to day leadership responsibilities may require the post holder to deal with personal staff issues.
• Excellent communication skills to engage and influence staff, peers and partners across all areas.
• Accountable for driving improvements to close gaps in variation including timely clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of complex patients in line with local and national guidelines
• To communicate a range of complex, sensitive and contentious information in a range of formats including one to one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication including small databases.

Desirable criteria

• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills to translate national policy into local implementation
• Advocate and champion patients' rights, including dignity, equality, diversity choice and respect and provide high quality care based on best practice. Act as the patient's and relatives' advocate when necessary
• Able to maintain high levels of prolonged concentration including analysing and producing performance information, scrutinising delivery plans, writing reports and formulating future strategies in climate with many competing priorities.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Registered Health Care professional including AHP or Registered Mental Health or LD Nursing.
• Experience of leading CQC preparation and inspections
• Excellent understanding of CQC 5 Domains and how to measure compliance.
• Ability to interpret and understand complex data, analysis and assimilate into action plans.
• Line management of staff including performance management
• Production of high-quality written reports for assurance and board reporting

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate degree level or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Up to date awareness of national initiatives relating to nursing and AHP's.
• In-depth knowledge of safeguarding.

Important Information

Applications will be transferred to the TRAC system, by completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Headf of Nursing and AHPs in MHLDA (PDF, 792.5KB)
• Benefits (PDF, 570.7KB)