FTSU Guardian

At University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, we believe that speaking up can saves lives, improves experiences and helps us become a better place to work. We are looking for a compassionate and approachable Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian to support colleagues across our organisation to raise concerns, share ideas and speak openly about issues that matter to them. This is a unique and rewarding role for someone who is passionate about listening, building trust and creating positive change. Every day brings something different, from supporting an individual colleague through a difficult situation to helping leaders learn from concerns and improve services for our patients and staff. As our FTSU Guardian, you will work independently and impartially, providing a safe and confidential route for colleagues to speak up. You will champion an open and inclusive culture where everyone feels heard, respected and valued., In this role, you will play a key part in fostering a culture where colleagues feel safe, supported and empowered to speak up. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting colleagues who wish to speak up about concerns, ideas or experiences.
• Providing independent, impartial and confidential guidance.
• Working closely with leaders to ensure concerns are responded to appropriately.
• Identifying themes and insight from cases to drive organisational learning and improvement.
• Delivering training, awareness sessions and communications to promote a positive speaking up culture.
• Producing reports and presenting insights to senior leaders and committees.
• Supporting and developing our network of Freedom to Speak Up Champions across the Trust, The Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian will operate impartially, independently and objectively whilst working with Trust leadership teams to support the organisation in becoming a more open and transparent place to work, where all staff are actively encouraged and enabled to speak up safely.
The FTSU Guardian will ensure speak up issues are used for Trust wide organisational learning and development and to protect patient safety and the quality of care. The FTSU Guardian will ensure barriers to speaking up are addressed The FTSU Guardian will manage the performance and direction of the Trust wide Freedom to Speak up function. The FTSU Guardian will provide highly specialist advice and a speak-up consultancy service across the organisation to enable staff to speak up safely. The FTSU Guardian will design and deliver specialist training programmes for all staff. The FTSU Guardian will manage a diverse team of FTSU Champions offering them supervision and ensuring they play a meaningful role in the FTSU function for the Trust including signposting, supporting others to speak up and referring on to the Guardian,
• Significant experience in HR/Employee Relations, Trade Union, Complaints, Risk, Governance, Health & Safety, or a managerial clinical/non-clinical role with responsibility for managing staff., Assesses and recommends courses of action on complex, specialist HR and/or safety/quality issues and analyses a range of very complex employment situations.
• Analyses a range of intelligence including staff surveys, data, complaints, sickness and turnover., Assesses and recommends courses of action on complex, specialist HR and/or safety/quality issues and analyses a range of very complex employment situations.
• Analyses a range of intelligence including staff surveys, data, complaints, sickness and turnover.
Skills & AbilityEssential
• Plans, writes and delivers on strategy including 12-month targets.
• Acts independently and without supervision with the ability to escalate issues to any level of the organisation and externally to relevant bodies.
Desirable
• Keyboard skills including all Microsoft Office. Accuracy required for reports.
Communications & Interpersonal SkillsEssential
• Uses high-level communication, motivational and interpersonal skills to support staff.
Values & BehavioursEssential
• Maintains confidentiality at all times.
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.


• Master's degree or equivalent NHS experience, with specialist knowledge of Freedom to Speak Up, Public Interest Disclosure legislation, the Francis Report and NHS employment practices., Plans, writes and delivers on strategy including 12-month targets.
• Acts independently and without supervision with the ability to escalate issues to any level of the organisation and externally to relevant bodies., Keyboard skills including all Microsoft Office. Accuracy required for reports., Uses high-level communication, motivational and interpersonal skills to support staff.
  
  As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.