Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• • The postholder will be expected to work with other workforce/education leads and subject matter experts nationally to generate a national standardised approach to neonatal workforce reporting.

  • The post holder will use their expert knowledge of neonatal care to work collaboratively with stakeholders, including Neonatal Service Providers, Specialised Commissioning, Parents, Health Education England and Education Providers.

  • The post holder will ensure that Neonatal workforce/education planning is triangulated with financial investment across the network to ensuring value for money alongside activity, capacity and demand projection to support the timely delivery of the agreed local and national outcomes/measures.

  • Develop relationships to ensure strategic awareness and influence in programmes of work/initiatives that may have consequences for the neonatal workforce and education, such as local and/or national neonatal, maternity or paediatric transformation programmes.

  • The post holder will provide expert leadership across the Neonatal ODN, to enable short, medium and long-term development and implementation of innovative approaches to integrated workforce and educational planning and workforce modelling:

  • Helping to develop organisational capacity and capability in this respect across the ODN.

  • Supporting the ODN to ensure they have sufficient numbers of staff with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time.

  • Through the implementation of the Workforce Strategy, you will provide leadership and influence workforce planning across the ODN to ensure that workforce data and information is accurate and up to date, thus providing high quality data to the ODN and national teams to support decision making. Ensure sound methodology is used, accurate and timely data is provided, identifying areas for improvement, working with colleagues and senior leaders providing expert guidance.

  • Provide guidance and support across the ODN in both the redesign of roles and innovative ways of working. The primary aim of this will be to increase capacity and capability whilst supporting the transformation of services for babies and families.

  • The post holder will have high levels of engagement with national workforce/education programmes and initiatives and make certain knowledge gained is shared to best effect across the ODN. Where appropriate ensure that the ODN is best placed to participate and lead on any workforce/education programmes or pilots.

  • Support workforce change programmes by identifying future requirements, skills gap, development needs and implications for pay and conditions etc.

  • Support neonatal service provider workforce planning teams in the development of their respective strategic and operational plans for all workforce planning/workforce modelling, including demand and flow modelling to ensure the organisations have the most effective utilisation of national tools and supporting resources.

  • Participate in intelligence gathering and horizon scanning in relation to the internal and external environment, in order to inform workforce/education strategy and interventions for the ODN.

  • To manage the planning, delivery and assurance of large-scale programmes of quality improvement around workforce/education which will support commissioners in achieving outcome ambitions for patients. This will require strong project and programme management skills

  • Prioritise, organise and ensure the delivery of co-ordinated multidisciplinary education programmes, considering guiding documents, undergraduate and postgraduate agendas, ODN neonatal service needs and professional development needs with a focus on sustainability.

  • To identify, manage, and maintain credibility with all Stakeholders within the network community, fostering a culture of collaboration for the delivery of equitable, high quality care, anticipating barriers and taking appropriate action to improve outcomes. At times this will include acting as an honest broker reconciling conflicting views and interests.

  • To foster a culture of innovation, through working in collaboration with academic and education structures such as Academic Health Science Networks, CLAHRCs and Local Education and Training Boards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Neonatal qualification
• Masters or equivalent
• Teaching qualification or experience

Desirable

• Leadership training
• Project management

Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of innovating, implementing and evaluating new ways of working
• Experience of multidisciplinary neonatal education and training

Desirable

• Experience of working with Higher Education Institutes

Experience

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of specialist area,
• Extensive knowledge and experience of neonatal MDT workforce and related national standards

Analytical Skills

Essential

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive issues or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Strategic thinking and able to resolve problems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey

Liverpool

L12 2AP

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