Chief Nurse Children’s Services​/Chief NMAHP Public Protection

Chief Nurse Children’s Services / Chief NMAHP Public Protection

Senior Manager Band 8C

Full Time Permanent

Location:
Carseview / Stirling Community Hospital / Forth Valley Royal Hospital

NHS Forth Valley is one of 14 regional health boards in Scotland and serves a population of nearly 310,000 in a diverse geographical area which covers the heart of Scotland and covers three council areas, CClackmannanshire, Stirling and Falkirk. We provide a range of primary, community based and acute hospital services and have strong strategic partnerships with our two Integration Joint Boards, three Local Authorities and our local University and College.

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We have two exciting opportunities for an engaging and inspiring professional leader to join NHS Forth Valley as Chief Nurse / NMAHP within the NMAHP Directorate.

This post is aligned to the Women & Children’s Directorate within Acute Services.

This is a strategic leadership role, providing professional leadership and working directly with the Director of Nursing and Acute Services Director to support safe delivery of care across the Women & Children’s Directorate, Including playing an active role in contributing to the strategic management of services and influencing of future service delivery in NHS Forth Valley.

The post holder will provide visible leadership, expert professional direction across multiple diverse services, influence and affect change at executive, clinical, service development and administration levels of the organisation ensuring local and national aims are met to the agreed quality standard. The post holder will assist the Director of Nursing in achieving the Executive Nurse Director objectives to deliver effective policies and strategy in order that the highest-level professional standards which underpin excellent outcomes for patients are deployed in all nursing services.

The post holder will operate with significant autonomy, combining specialist knowledge and skills to lead all aspects of nursing across areas of responsibility.

Candidates must be educated to degree level with evidence of:

• First degree and Post Graduate Masters’ Degree of demonstrating work at this level
• A registered nurse on the NMC register
• Significant senior nursing leadership/management experience in the NHS

Are you a visionary NMAHP leader with a passion for safeguarding, public protection and improving outcomes for vulnerable people? NHS Forth Valley is seeking an exceptional Chief NMAHP, Public Protection to provide strategic leadership across our Public Protection portfolio and drive excellence in safeguarding practice.

Reporting to the Director of Nursing, you will lead the development, implementation and assurance of Public Protection services across NHS Forth Valley, including Child Protection, Adult Support and Protection, Gender-Based Violence and Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). You will provide expert professional advice to senior leaders and work collaboratively with local authorities, Police Scotland, Health and Social Care Partnerships and third-sector organisations, to strengthen safeguarding systems and improve outcomes for children, young people and adults at risk.

As a senior professional leader, you will be responsible for developing strategy, driving quality improvement, strengthening governance and assurance arrangements, and ensuring compliance with statutory and professional requirements. You will lead a highly skilled Public Protection workforce, champion learning and development, and foster a culture of professional curiosity, trauma-informed practice and continuous improvement.

Candidates must be educated to degree level with evidence of:

• First degree and Post Graduate Masters’ Degree of demonstrating work at this level
• Recognised qualification in Public Protection, Safeguarding, Child Protection, Adult Support and Protection, or a related field.
• A registered nurse / midwife / AHP on the NMC / HCPC register
• Significant senior professional leadership/management experience in the NHS

The successful candidate will bring experience, at the highest…