Professional Lead

The Professional Lead role is accountable to the Deputy Chief Nurse but will be operationally responsible and line managed within Directorate Structure and posts holders will provide clinical and professional leadership across the profession specific clinical Workforce in Allied Health Professions, Dental Nursing, Adult Nursing, Childrens Nursing. The role will lead the development of initiatives within the organisation to support workforce priorities across the profession specific clinical workforce The post holder must possess the professional knowledge and attributes to professionally lead the profession specific teams, innovate current practice, manage change and address quality issues when required. The post holder will be required to work collaboratively to ensure we deliver excellent care with compassion across the profession specific services. This is a key role for the trust to ensure the Nursing and AHP strategy are progressed and delivered.

The post holder will provide highly visible professional leadership for all professionals within the organisation working with clinical and operational leaders to ensure compliance with professional standards and high-quality care. The role will provide professional leadership in the implementation of an organisational level strategic workforce plan and will establish initiatives within the Trust to identify professional and workforce priorities for registered and support workers within the Professional group. Will work closely with key stakeholders internally and externally as part of the Trusts commitment to implementing the Peoples Plan providing representation at appropriate groups including the Workforce POD and the Quality Council. The post holder will hold responsibility for the education and development of clinical staff to achieve a flexible and competent workforce fit for the future.

The post holder will provide expertise and clinical leadership to ensure the highest possible standards of clinical care are delivered and the Trust clinical and quality strategies are implemented across the Trust. The post holder will manage a designated group of staff and service. Duties and Responsibilities: Communication The post holder will: Be responsible for sharing information and best practice, driving and influencing change in services with clinicians and a range of other stakeholders. These will often be challenging and difficult discussions around the detail of national and local policy.

Be required to relay and explain complex information to a range of lay, managerial and clinical audiences Prepare and present complex information to project boards, senior managers, Trust meetings, clinical/workforce teams and external stakeholders. Establish effective matrix working relationships with members of the Directorate leadership team, professional/clinical workforce and leads within the quality and nursing teams. Professional Leadership The post holder will: 5. To work with the quality leadership team in the delivery of the corporate and borough objectives by promoting excellence and quality improvement in all areas of clinical practice and ensuring professional staff are empowered to deliver the objectives.

6. To represent the clinical workforce at Trust level to ensure the corporate professional agenda relating to clinical leadership for all groups is considered and included. 7. Contribute to the development of directorate strategies and lead their implementation through staff development and establishing, communicating and monitoring standards for practice.

8. Be responsible for attending regional profession specific working groups and implementing agreed changes across the clinical workforce. 9. Support the Senior Nursing and Governance leads within the Trust in implementation of a safe and learning culture in the organisation, learning from clinical incidents and in line with the introduction of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.

10. Responsible for working with profession specific group and Directorate to support clinical teams to evidence quality in alignment with the CQC single assessment framework and be a core member of the quality visit assurance process in the trust. Workforce Planning/Development The post holder will: 11. To work with the Deputy Chief Nurse / Directors of Nursing to develop an organisational workforce plan for services to incorporate future skill mix to meet service/patient pathways within local health economy.

12. Provide expertise and senior leadership in translating relevant national, regional and local policy initiatives and updates associated with new and ongoing programmes within the Trust, and provide the plans to ensure that these are rolled out and embedded at clinical level 13. Provide expertise and senior leadership on specific transformation programmes and projects aligned to delivery of the Trusts Strategic Plans, NHS Operating Framework objectives and the NHS People Plan. 14.

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