Head of Safeguarding and Harm Free Care
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior nurse or allied health professional to join Chesterfield Royal Hospital as Head of Safeguarding and Harm Free Care (Band 8c).
This is a high\-impact leadership role, leading our integrated approach to safeguarding, complex needs, tissue viability and falls prevention across the Trust. You will play a key role in driving improvement, reducing avoidable harm, and ensuring the highest standards of care for our most vulnerable patients.
We are looking for an inspiring and credible clinical leader with significant experience in safeguarding and harm free care, who can work at both strategic and operational levels, influence across the organisation and system, and lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver measurable improvements.
If you are passionate about quality, safety and improving patient outcomes, and thrive in a fast\-paced, collaborative environment, we would love to hear from you.
As Head of Safeguarding and Harm Free Care, you will provide visible, expert and compassionate leadership, driving forward an integrated approach to:
- Safeguarding (adults, children and babies)
- Tissue viability and pressure ulcer prevention
- Falls prevention and reduction of harm
- Complex needs and vulnerable patient pathways
This role plays a key part in the Trust’s quality and safety agenda, supporting delivery of harm\-free care metrics and ensuring robust governance, assurance and learning across services.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts with a workforce of around 5000 staff.
Our staff enjoy a range of benefits including on\-site parking, local discounts, on\-site Cafe and Amazon lockers. There is a cycle\-to\-work scheme along with electric vehicle charging points. A hub dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our staff, which include rooms for mindfulness, gym and shower facilities and different programmes to keep you active.
Job Description
please see the attached job description and person specification
Key Responsibilities
Provide strategic and operational leadership across safeguarding, tissue viability, falls prevention and harm\-free care
Lead and develop the integrated safeguarding and specialist teams, ensuring high\-quality case support, supervision and expert advice
Drive the harm\-free care agenda, reducing avoidable harm through evidence\-based practice and quality improvement
Oversee Trust\-wide approaches to:
Pressure ulcer prevention and tissue viability
Falls reduction and post\-fall management
Learning from incidents and embedding improvement
Ensure compliance with safeguarding legislation, national policy and best practice guidance
Provide expert advice on complex safeguarding and clinical risk issues, ensuring timely and proportionate responses
Work collaboratively with system partners, ICS colleagues and external agencies to strengthen safeguarding and harm prevention
Contribute to Trust governance, board assurance and regulatory requirements, including CQC readiness
Champion a culture of psychological safety, learning and continuous improvement
About You
We are looking for an inspiring, credible and resilient leader who brings both strategic vision and operational grip.
You will be a registered healthcare professional (NMC / HCPC) with significant senior experience and be able to demonstrate:
Extensive leadership experience within safeguarding, tissue viability, falls prevention or patient safety
Strong understanding of harm\-free care metrics and quality improvement methodologies
In\-depth knowledge of safeguarding legislation, policy and best practice
Proven ability to lead complex clinical services and multidisciplinary teams
Experience of influencing and working at senior organisational and system level
The confidence to challenge constructively, hold to account and drive improvement
Highly developed communication and relationship\-building skills
Resilience and adaptability within a fast\-paced, operational environment
A genuine passion for improving outcomes for vulnerable patients and reducing avoidable harm
Why Join Us
This is an exciting opportunity to lead at scale in an organisation committed to quality, safety and continuous improvement.
You will:
Shape the Trust’s harm\-free care and safeguarding strategy
Work alongside an experienced and supportive senior nursing and clinical leadership team
Influence care delivery across the organisation and wider system
Play a key role in reducing inequalities and improving outcomes for vulnerable groups
Be supported to develop and grow in a forward\-thinking Trust
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