Senior Project Nurse

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity to shape and strengthen the future children's workforce. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an experienced, innovative and motivated Senior Project Nurse - Workforce to join the Children's Nursing Education Team. This is a unique opportunity to lead and influence workforce transformation projects across Children's Services, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and sustainable staffing models for the future.

Working closely with the Lead Nurse, Head of Nursing, clinical teams and operational leaders, the post holder will lead workforce development initiatives that support recruitment, retention, education and workforce planning across the Children's Hospital. This role is ideal for an experienced children’s nurse leader with strong project management, workforce and change management experience who is passionate about improving staff experience and developing the future workforce.

Why you should join our Team Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe and provides specialist children’s services across the region. Our Children’s Directorate is committed to delivering outstanding patient care whilst creating a positive, supportive and innovative working environment for our staff. Our values - Patient-centred, Collaborative, Fair, Accountable and Empowered - are at the heart of everything we do.

As part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYATT), you will also contribute to regional collaboration and workforce innovation across West Yorkshire and Harrogate.

• Opportunities to lead transformational workforce projects
• A supportive and collaborative senior nursing team
• Access to leadership and professional development opportunities
• Flexible working opportunities where possible
• A chance to shape the future workforce within one of the UK’s leading Children’s Hospitals

If you are passionate about workforce transformation, staff development and improving the future of Paediatric Services, we would love to hear from you!

What you will bring to the role

• Lead and support a range of workforce transformation projects across the Children’s Directorate.
• Lead workforce development and workforce transformation initiatives across Children’s Services.
• Support recruitment and retention strategies for Registered Nurses, Non-Registered Staff and Learners.
• Develop innovative approaches to attract talent into Paediatric Services across the region.
• Coordinate and lead recruitment and engagement events promoting opportunities within the Children’s Hospital.
• Review scope of practice and workforce models to ensure the right people are in the right place with the right skills.
• Support clinical teams with job planning, role development and job description review.
• Provide oversight of establishment, vacancy management and workforce budget monitoring.
• Lead projects focused on sickness reduction and staff wellbeing improvement.
• Support and oversee preceptorship engagement and workforce support programmes.
• Lead audit oversight of stay interviews and exit interviews, ensuring themes are analysed and translated into meaningful action plans.
• Develop clear communication and engagement plans to support workforce change and service improvement.
• Work collaboratively with nursing, AHP, medical and operational colleagues across the Trust and wider region.
• Support the development of workforce-related policies, procedures and quality improvement initiatives.

The post holder will also contribute to wider corporate nursing and workforce projects and provide expert advice relating to workforce planning, education and transformation.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred, Collaborative, Fair, Accountable, Empowered. All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated…