Band 8B Safer Staffing Lead inHatfield inHatfield PUBLISHED FRI 22 NOV 2024

The post holder will provide senior nursing professional advice and guidance on all aspects of the Safer Staffing agenda to the Chief Nurse and Executive Leadership Team particularly in relation to ensuring we have the right staff, with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time.

The post holder will strategically lead the safe and sustainable staffing agenda across the Trust working closely with Deputy Director of Nursing, Managing Directors and Heads of Nursing.

As one of the most senior nurses in the Trust and the lead for Safer Staffing the post holder will lead on the Safer Staffing agenda across the organisation. This will include Care Hours Per Patient Day (CHPPD) Report submission and the Mental Health Optimal Tool (MHOST) implementation.

The post holder will be responsible for generating Trust Safer Staffing reports for the Executive Leadership Team, Quality Committee and Trust Board. The post holder will be responsible for the collection, use and interpretation of information and data related to the delivery of safer staffing across the organisation's inpatient and community services developing systems and processes as required.

The post holder will provide strategic professional and visible senior nursing leadership across the trust, ensuring appropriate advice regarding Safer Staffing is provided to ensure consistency of implementation across the Operational Directorates.

To lead in driving the compliance with national guidance and quality assurance of an effective safe staffing system - such as NQB & Developing Workforce Safeguards - with the Deputy Director of Nursing and Ongoing development, delivery and monitoring of safe staffing for the Trust board and external agencies.

To lead on the training and education of the Mental Health Optimal Staffing Tool (MHOST) to all inpatient ward areas to support annual establishment setting across the trust including the inter-reliability assessment process.

Continue to lead on and improve the reporting of the Trust's NMC referrals and regulatory issues, advising the deputy director of nursing and Heads of nursing on appropriate intervention and action.

Ensure the organisation is meeting the statutory reporting requirements of local Commissioners, Department of Health, and NHSE/I.

Ensure the Information Governance aspects of dealing with patient data and reporting are recognised and where risks are identified processes are put in place to minimise these. Lead on key areas and as required.

Examine complex information and data sets to inform the nursing workforce planning. Produce written documentation including status reports and Trust Board reports which require explanations of complex issues ensuring the communication is appropriate to the target audience.

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Hold a portfolio of corporate clinical projects as agreed with the Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality which will align to the Trust Strategy of achieving Outstanding Care.

Clinical projects will be Trust wide and may require managing transformational change. In close collaboration with Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality, play a proactive role in promoting innovative and new ways of working, using workforce knowledge to influence decision making.

Act with professionalism and integrity, working within agreed professional, ethical and legal frameworks, and process.

Be clinically visible and accessible to all staff. Provide support/ career and professional advice to nurses as required.

Be professionally up to date to ensure that they can revalidate their professional registration work within the professional regulations set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Work at all times in collaboration and partnership with all health care professionals, continually promoting inter-professional working.

Contributes to the ongoing implementation of corporate strategies, ensuring achievement of applicable objectives and proactively modernising nursing roles in accordance with the needs of patients and working closely with the Corporate Nursing Team.

Have responsibility for personal updating and development, including achieving and maintaining mandatory and statutory training and appraisal.

Have responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal development.

Undertake any appropriate training as deemed necessary by the line manager.

Recognise the limits of your competence and knowledge and reflect on these limits and seek advice on and refer to other health professionals where necessary.

Undertake investigations, reviews and disciplinary investigations as appropriate setting high standards of consistent professional behaviours which meet the NMC code of conduct and public expectation.

Corroborate staffing levels by working with clinical/operational leads utilising the data sets and information available.