Freedom to Speak Up Guardian
Closed for applications on: 4-Jun-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 4-Jun-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Blackpool Victoria Hospital - Across BTH Sites
- Address
- Whinney Heys Road
- Town
- Blackpool
- Postcode
- FY3 8NR
- Major / Minor Region
- Lancashire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Administrative Services
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
The Freedom to Speak Up Guardian you will work alongside the Lead Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian and the Trust’s leadership teams to support the organisation in becoming a more open and transparent place to work, where all staff are actively encouraged and enabled to speak up about their concerns safely.
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The FTSU Guardian's role is designed to contribute to achieving the following outcomes:
- Workers throughout the organisation have the capability, knowledge, and skills they need to speak up themselves and to support others to speak up.
- The FTSU policy and processes are clear and available to all staff, regularly assessed for their effectiveness and improved accordingly.
- Individuals are supported when they speak up and barriers to speaking up are identified and tackled.
- The Board and senior leaders maintain an oversight of the FTSU activity through working in partnership with the FTSU team (meetings, reports etc.).
- Information provided by speaking up is used for learning and improvement.
- There is a safe environment to speak up and speaking up is encouraged throughout the organisation.
- The Board and senior leaders actively promote the FTSU culture throughout the Trust and work with the FTSU team to address barriers to speaking up and develop new ideas and initiatives.
- FTSU culture is consistent throughout the organisation.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The FTSU Guardian's role is designed to contribute to achieving the following outcomes:
- Workers throughout the organisation have the capability, knowledge, and skills they need to speak up themselves and to support others to speak up.
- The FTSU policy and processes are clear and available to all staff, regularly assessed for their effectiveness and improved accordingly.
- Individuals are supported when they speak up and barriers to speaking up are identified and tackled.
- The Board and senior leaders maintain an oversight of the FTSU activity through working in partnership with the FTSU team (meetings, reports etc.).
- Information provided by speaking up is used for learning and improvement.
- There is a safe environment to speak up and speaking up is encouraged throughout the organisation.
- The Board and senior leaders actively promote the FTSU culture throughout the Trust and work with the FTSU team to address barriers to speaking up and develop new ideas and initiatives.
- FTSU culture is consistent throughout the organisation.
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- • Educated to Degree level or appropriate equivalent experience
- • Good demonstrable standard of literacy and numeracy
Desirable criteria
- • Previous NHS Experience
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Demonstratable knowledge of NHS safety processes, such as Safeguarding, Health & Safety, clinical risk management
- Demonstrable knowledge of the NHS Freedom to Speak Up agenda and associated processes.
- Understanding of confidentiality and Data Protection Acts and associated regulations
- Demonstrable experience of working in a professional capacity
- Experience of collecting & analysing data
SKILLS AND ABILITY
Essential criteria
- Comfortable presenting at all levels of the organisation, including Board and external stakeholders
- Skilful in imparting advice and guidance to staff, students & volunteers
- Negotiation with others
- Able to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information discreetly
- Evidence of ability to work on own initiative and priorities own workload
- Evidence of ability to communicate effectively with a range of different people and situations
- Commitment to patient and staff safety
- Self-Aware and to be able to handle difficult situations
- To be forward thinking and be able to make recommendations to improve handling of cases
- Ability to work as a team member as well as on own initiative
- Commitment towards own personal and professional development
- Trusted to be able to handle issues fairly, take action as necessary and act with integrity
- Empathetic to people who wish to speak up
Desirable criteria
- Multi-media skills, development of promotional materials
- Development of social media to aid communications
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lauren Staveley
- Job title
- Lead Freedom to Speak Up Guardian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07814463497
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