Are you passionate about creating a culture where every voice is heard and valued?
At Frimley NHS Foundation Trust as a Deputy Freedom to Speak Up Guardian you can play a crucial role in safeguarding patient safety, improving staff experiences, and driving continuous improvement.
Acting independently and objectively, you will support colleagues in raising concerns, promote learning from feedback, and work with senior leaders to strengthen the Trust’s speaking-up culture.
Working closely with the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian and Executive Lead, you will help identify and address barriers, ensuring all staff feel empowered and supported to speak up.
This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact, champion openness, and contribute to a culture of trust and transparency across our organisation.
KEY TASKS & Responsibilities:
1. Foster a Speaking-Up Culture: Promote an open, supportive environment where staff feel safe and confident to raise concerns about patient and staff safety.
2. Provide Independent Advice: Act as an impartial adviser on speaking up, addressing barriers, and building trust in processes.
3. Support Staff: Listen to concerns, provide guidance, and ensure safety and quality issues are effectively addressed.
4. Manage Concerns: Handle cases within personal scope under FTSU Guardian guidance, following best practices and legal standards.
5. Address Detriment: Identify and act on instances of detriment experienced by staff who speak up.
6. Deliver Training: Facilitate training for staff and managers to promote speaking up and ensure effective support for raising concerns.
7. Analyse and Improve: Use data analysis, audits, and feedback to identify trends and drive improvements in speaking-up arrangements.
8. Supervise FTSU Network: Support and oversee the network of champions and ambassadors, ensuring they are skilled and empowered to promote speaking up.
9. Communicate Effectively: Share good practices, update policies, and provide clear feedback while maintaining confidentiality.
10. Collaborate Strategically: Work with senior leaders to develop and deliver strategic plans that align with Trust values and national guidance on speaking up.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
This advert closes on Friday 3 Jan 2025.
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