Head of Vulnerable Adults

The post holder will have delegated authority from the Chief Nurse to ensure that our most vulnerable adult patients are protected, they receive the right care, in the right place by staff who are skilled and sensitive towards their needs.
A number of patients that have contact with the Trust are identified as vulnerable and in need of additional care and protection. These include (but not exclusive to) :
+ Patients who have a safeguarding risk
+ Patients with a learning disability
+ Patients with mental health needs, including dementia & delirium.
+ Patients with challenging behaviour, demonstrating violence & aggression towards, The post holder will provide the strategic leadership to supporting the operational teams deliver their objectives and will directly line manage the Trusts adult safeguarding Team. The post holder will set annually a clear set of objectives and priorities that will set the Trusts strategic direction., + Ensure the Trust meets its statutory responsibility in safe guarding adults, by ensuring the there is an appropriately resourced safe guarding team in place, able to respond to referrals and provide effective advice and support to staff on all aspects of safe guarding.
+ Ensure the Trust has in place up to date policies and procedures which are subject to an annual audit programme to monitor compliance, taking responsibility to address any gaps in assurance
+ Oversee referrals to the safeguarding team, identifying lessons learnt, sharing best practice and identifying teams or individuals where additional support is required
+ Represent the Trust at the borough Boards and ensuring the Trust responds to
any action or guidance issued about by the Boards.
+ Ensure learning is rolled out across the Trust following internal and external
reviews, evidenced by audit to monitor compliance
+ Act as a professional advisor to staff within the Trust on all matters relating to safe
guarding adults
Mental Health, Dementia & Delirium
+ Provide Trust wide leadership for patients with mental health needs, working with clinical services and external parties to ensure we can provide appropriate, sensitive care and we comply with the Mental Health Act
+ Work with external partners, to ensure the Trust has appropriate SLA's in place
+ Ensure that local mental health providers are compliant with the London wide
Mental health concordat.
+ Ensure staff are compliant across the Trust with the Mental capacity Act & DOLs
legislation
+ Act as a professional advisor to staff within the Trust on all matters relating to
mental health
+ Provide Trust wide leadership to take forward the dementia friendly hospital
charter and the Trusts dementia priorities.
Learning Disabilities
+ Working with the Trust learning disability team the post holder will ensure that all staff and services are compliant with the national learning disability standards
+ Working with the Associate Director of Nursing for childrens and Young Persons will ensure children with a learning disability successfully transition to adult services], + The post holder will ensure that the appropriate education and training is in place for all staff groups to meet the needs of our vulnerable patients, training which is integrated and equips the workforce effectively whilst meeting our statutory responsibilities.
+ Will be responsible for external reporting on key training numbers and
monitoring the Trust wide impact of the training in place.
+ Staff are trained to appropriately assess and use restraint and the least
restrictive practice.
+ There is an appropriate training programme for staff to manage challenging
behaviour and use de-escalation and conflict resolution strategies.
+ Working with the Head of Security agree the Trusts strategy for reducing the
level of violence & aggression towards staff and patients.
+ Identify themes from investigations and roll out and share learning.
+ Ensure all staff who are victims of an incident are fully supported.
Governance
+ The post holder will ensure the Trust is fully briefed on all aspects of national
policy and presented with a plan for compliance across the Trust
+ The post holder will work closely with the Head of Children's Safeguarding and the Associate Director of nursing for Children's and Young Persons to ensure there is synergy and appropriate working between children and adults
+ Ensure the Safeguarding Committee has a clear agenda and comprehensive reports prepared and presented and oversee the implementation of the actions agreed.
+ Report quarterly to the Trust Board Quality & Assurrance Committee & Trust Management Executive and prepare and present an annual report to the Board
+ Provide professional advice on allegations made against staff, working
closely with the Human Resources
Staff Management
+ Manage all staff within the safeguarding adults team
+ Review local organisational structure, ensure each senior role has clarity, responsibility, and accountability and these are understood by all staff.
+ Oversee timely and effective recruitment to reduce reliance on temporary staffing.
+ Ensure all staff are up to date with mandatory training and appraisal.
+ Ensure optimal use of staff and review workforce requirements as required.
+ As required lead on allocated HR investigations within Trust.
+ Monitor staff performance and
+ implement corrective action when required i.e., disciplinary procedures, sickness
+ absence management, and grievance procedures
Financial Responsibility
+ Lead on the identification and delivery of required level of Cost Improvement Programme within the services for which you are accountable.
+ Have responsibility for ensuring quality impact assessments of cost improvement plans are undertaken.
+ Ensure the optimal use of budgets and that these are managed appropriately.
+ To deliver potential cost and productivity benefits especially in relation to improved process and reduction of harm.
Key Relationships
The post holder has a primary relationship with the following:
+ Chief Nurse
+ Deputy Chief Nurses
+ Chief AHP
+ Executive Medical Director
+ Director of Workforce
+ Heads of Nursing Adults
+ Associate Directors of Nursing
+ Head of Children's Safeguarding
+ Head of Adult Safeguarding
+ Trust Management Executive
The post holder will also be expected to have regular contact with:
+ Clinical Directors
+ AHP's
+ Local Authority Safeguarding leads
+ Mental Health Clinical leads
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
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4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
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We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

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