Job summary
- Main area
- Safe Staffing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (FTC until 30-Sep-2025 - secondment only for current NHSE employees)
- Hours
- Part time - 7 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-NUR-6609755-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London/Leeds
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum, pro-rata (exclusive of London weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
- Provide expert support, training & scrutiny to NHS organisations in the implementation and interpretation of evidenced based Safe Staffing establishment setting tools (SNCT/MHOST) and guidance.
- Provide credible knowledge and expertise drawing on your existing safer staffing position in an NHS provider organisation to share current safer staffing evidenced-based best practice with internal teams and NHS organisations.
- Drawing on the knowledge you gained during the PgCertificate in workforce planning, delivery and assurance, support the development and maintenance of safer staffing evidence-based toolkits.
- Utilising your current provider-based knowledge and experience support the safer staffing team in the development of safe staffing policy and guidance
This a 12 month secondment opportunity for 7 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
Leading and supporting on training and support of workforce planning tools both virtual and in person to NHS organisations who require implementation of such tools as SNCT and MHOST.
Supporting, contributing and maintaining action plans to support individual projects and workstreams in conjunction with the safer staffing Clinical workforce Leads.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
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Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current UK NMC Nurse registrant without sanction and evidence of recent CPD
- Member of relevant professional body
- Educated to masters level and experience of working at a senior level in Clinical Workforce
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate qualification / professional accreditation or equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
- Quality Improvement & Service Redesign (QISR) qualification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of implementing and utilising SNCT/MHOST in practice
- Experience in the delivery of complex programmes, incorporating multiple inputs and stakeholders, management of fluctuating workflow and associated resource management
- Current/recent experience of working at senior corporate level in provider organisation
- Experience of leading and managing teams to be successful and motivated In depth knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects/programmes
Desirable criteria
- Good understanding of broader policy and regulatory issues affecting the health care sector in England
- Experience of supporting external organisations in implementing Safe staffing toolkits/Safe Staffing
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams/provider organisations
- Presenting, influencing and persuading large groups of (often senior) clinicians and managers occasionally where there are barriers to acceptance which need to be well communicated using tact.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales. Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently, work remotely and travel nationally as required
Equality and Diversity
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Avery
- Job title
- Clinical Workforce Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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