Job responsibilities
Provision of specialist advice
- Provide expert professional advice and subject matter expertise on all aspects of professional standards across UKHSAs business.
- Work with the Head of Service to support the Chief Nurse as lead for professional standards and the Revalidation Committee as the key governance body.
- Develop effective working relationships with Designated Professionals and Regulators across the health and care system.
- Provide/secure professional/clinical nursing and midwifery advice for UKHSA registration arrangements and in supporting handling, referral and reporting of fitness to practice concerns supporting UKHSA to manage professional concerns and incidents.
- Ensure that UKHSAs services, products and ways of working take account of legislative and organisational corporate governance responsibilities.
- Provide professional advice on matters relating to professional standards for UKHSA staff and teams.
- Lead for UKHSA with professional corporate governance requirements
- Work in partnership with relevant professional standards leads in NHS England, CQC, local Government to contribute cross system high quality professional standards arrangements Lead for UKHSA at national professional standards working groups, including the 5 nations workforce development group.
Training
- Undertake regular training needs analyses in relation to professional standards in line with best practice in the health and social care sector in the UK, and for international work and advise on relevant training programmes.
- Monitor the take-up and effectiveness of the training provided and report as part of UKHSA Quality reporting system.
- Lead UKHSAs professional forum network, providing opportunities for learning and development.
- Develop and deliver training as required on professional standards and employer/employee responsibilities
- Contribute to cross system development of training materials for professional registrants
Data collection and analysis
- Ensure there are systems in place for the effective collection of data relating to professional standards
- Provide regular reports to the Deputy Director as required.
- Compile professional standards data quarterly and provide reports to the Revalidation Committee (or other individuals or groups as required), making recommendations for improvements to systems and processes on the basis of quantitative and qualitative information.Governance
- Manage the agendas and papers for meetings of UKHSAs Revalidation Committee
- Work within UKHSAs quality management approach as the component lead for professional standards, setting and monitoring quality standards and supporting quality leads.
- Support the Head of Service in embedding quality across the organisation by ensuring professional standards components of UKHSA Quality system are supported and ensuring systems are in place to provide that assurance.
- Identify, assess and manage risks related to professional standards and escalate issues if required through UKHSAs governance structures.
- To review regularly organisational compliance in relation to professional standards legislation and develop and monitor action plans for improvement as needed.
Policy and procedure development and communication
- Ensure that appropriate organisational policies, procedures and guidance are in place to support staff in the areas of professional standards in the course of their work.
- Seek feedback and regularly update supporting documents.
- Manage internal dissemination of new and updated documents, developing and implementing effective communication strategies.
Continuous improvement
- Maintain awareness of external developments (including legislation and best practice) in professional standards and related areas and make appropriate recommendations to improve UKHSAs approach and practice.
- Establish lessons learned and review processes
- Review related external publications and reviews which offer opportunities for learning and make recommendations to improve UKHSAs practice.
- Develop and sustain strong external relationships and attend relevant national networks.
This is not an exhaustive list, please see job description document for full list of duties.
Please be aware that we will assess on the 10 essential criteria stated on the advert rather than the full list on the job description document.
Selection Process Details
This vacancy will be assessed using a competency-based framework which will assess your qualifications, knowledge, experience, skills and abilities outlined in the essential criteria.
Stage 1: Application & Sift (Competency-Based)
You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed 10 essential criteria, which have been selected from the job description, and this will be in the form of a:
- Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
- 1500 word Statement of Suitability.
This should outline how your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.
The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.
Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:
- Meets all essential criteria
- Meets some essential criteria
- Meets no essential criteria
Piles 'meets all essential criteria' and 'meets some essential criteria' will proceed to shortlisting stage.
Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on:
- Registered Nurse with current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Masters level qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. Public Health/Professional Development/Practice) or demonstrable experience at post graduate level.
All essential and desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications/large amount of successful candidates (see attached job description).
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment.
Please do not exceed 1500 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview (Competency-based)
You will be invited to a (single) remote interview.
Knowledge, experience, skills & abilities will be tested at interview.
You will be asked to prepare and present a 5-10 minute presentation at the start of your interview. The subject of this will be sent to you prior to interview.
Interviews dates to be confirmed.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Selection Process
Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV.
Eligibility Criteria
External- open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Location
This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London).
Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Security Clearance Level Requirement
Successful candidates for this role must pass an enhanced disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.
