Associate Director – Nursing & Quality (Safeguarding)
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £70,417.00 to £81,138.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £70417.00 - £81138.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | Worcester, WR3 7NS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | D9106-24-0032 |
Summary
Fulfil the Statutory role of the Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children for the ICB in accordance with Working Together to Safeguard Children (DH 2018) and as defined in the Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults at Risk in the NHS: Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework (2020), Children Acts 1989 and 2004 and Children and Social Work Act 2017 Provide strategic leadership and direction in all aspects of portfolio to ensure an integrated and coordinated response across health and care organisations. Be responsible for the development and implementation of ICB safeguarding vision and strategic plans to enable the ICB to fulfil its statutory duties in relation to safeguarding. Provision of proactive strategic input to Programme Boards and Committees and other meetings where appropriate To produce and present high quality, accurate reports to boards, committees and Governing Body meetings of the ICB as required, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail. Deliver formal presentations as requested. Ensure the delivery of safe, effective safeguarding practice across commissioning and provider landscapes across Herefordshire and Worcestershire including providing assurance of the effectiveness of safeguarding activity. The post holder will be a source of strategic, professional and specialist advice to colleagues. Support those involved in Learning Reviews across portfolio who may become distressed during the receipt of highly sensitive, contentious, and challenging findings. Lead on embedding governance arrangements and learning systems acrossportfolio. To provide strong working links with Designated and Named Professionals in other health organisations to ensure consistent and co-ordinated processes are embedded, including supporting lead safeguarding professionals in providers to implement such findings in their organisations. To analyse risk and actively take steps to mitigate risks and escalate through theappropriate ICB governance process. Holding line management responsibility for the staff within Safeguarding & Learning Disability Review Programme (LeDeR) Teams Work closely with the Chief Medical Officer to oversee systems to identify areas of avoidable or premature mortality and facilitate system learning and improvement. To be the Strategic lead for LeDeR ensuring there are effective systems in place for the delivery of learning from death review process and that learning is shared across the integrated care system in a manner that enables meaningful change for better outcomes. This includes the production of an Annual Report, a 3 Year Strategy and Delivery Plan and regular reporting on progress to Senior Responsible Officers andBoard members.