Associate Director of Nursing - Safeguarding

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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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

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