Associate Director of Nursing - Safeguarding

Job overview

Reporting to the Deputy chief nursing officer, 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. S/he will ensure that the highest standards of safeguarding adults and children are delivered in line with national, regional and local policy and guidance.

S/he 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. S/he 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.

S/he will provide a key leadership role in the future development of safeguarding provision across the city of Manchester, representing the Trust on partnerships and working closely with other agencies to ensure that people are safeguarded within a co-ordinated system.

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The postholder will line manage the Head of Safeguarding and be accountable for the delivery of adult and children’s safeguarding services, and for the strategic leadership and delivery of the Trust’s learning disability, autism and mental health portfolio

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse/Midwife
• Masters Degree in a health related subject/equivalent
• Extensive knowledge of safeguarding statute and regulation
• Evidence of training in compliance with Intercollegiate Guidance
• Able to demonstrate level 4 competencies as set out in Intercollegiate Guidance

Desirable criteria

• Management qualification
• Post registration qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience as a senior nurse /manager within acute or community services
• Highly experienced clinical practitioner in community settings
• Experience of leading integration of service across agencies
• Demonstrates breadth and depth of understanding of current NHS Policy and ability to interpret and implement in practice
• Significant experience across a range of health care priorities
• Experience in a management position at directorate level
• Experience in developing clinical teams
• Experience in managing change successfully
• Significant experience of safeguarding practice

Desirable criteria

• Experience in acute hospital settings
• Experience of membership of partnership boards

Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of influence and negotiating skills
• Evidence of successful change management
• Evidence of highly developed written and verbal communication skills
• Evidence of managing complex projects
• Evidence of managing conflict and deploying successful conflict resolution strategies
• Ability to work with different disciplines across the health, education, social care and voluntary settings

Aptitude/leadership

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates values and behaviours that accord with the Trust’s values and behaviours
• and behaviours. Demonstrates high degree of autonomy & decision making
• Able to work unsupervised and manage deadlines
• Ability to work at pace under pressure
• Ability to manage different projects simultaneously
• Evidence of transformational change management
• Ability to role model values and standards of the organisation to lead the profession
• Evidence of presentations

Documents

• JD & PS (PDF, 304.4KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 360.4KB)
• Inside MFT – Your Candidate Place (PDF, 306.4KB)