Freedom to Speak Up Advisor - Rainham, United Kingdom - NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
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Rainham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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The Freedom to Speak Up Advisor will work alongside the Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian and the Trust's 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 about their concerns safely.

The FTSU Advisor will work alongside the FTSU Guardian in the Corporate Affairs Team.

The Corporate Affairs team is a busy team covering a large portfolio, however we always find time for each other and support each other where we can.

Staff wellbeing and work-life balance is very important to the team and to NELFT. We embrace the Trust values, diversity, inclusion and the principles of a Just and Compassionate culture.

The FTSU Advisor's role is designed to contribute to achieving the following outcomes:

  • Workers throughout the organisation have the capability, knowledge, and skills they need to speak up themselves and to support others to speak up.
  • The FTSU policy and processes are clear and available to all staff, regularly assessed for their effectiveness and improved accordingly.
  • Individuals are supported when they speak up and barriers to speaking up are identified and tackled.
  • The Board and senior leaders maintain an oversight of the FTSU activity through working in partnership with the FTSU team (meetings, reports etc.).
  • Information provided by speaking up is used for learning and improvement.
  • There is a safe environment to speak up and speaking up is encouraged throughout the organisation.
  • The Board and senior leaders actively promote the FTSU culture throughout the Trust and work with the FTSU team to address barriers to speaking up and develop new ideas and initiatives.
  • FTSU culture is consistent throughout the organisation.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust.

All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.

As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.

The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

High Cost Area Supplement - London


This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,108 and a maximum payment of £5,177 per annum pro rata).

COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster.

We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.


Key Responsibilities:


The role of the FTSU Advisor is to:
(i) Culture

  • Assist the FTSU Guardian in raising awareness of the FTSU concept, increasing visibility of the FTSU Service and promoting local speaking up processes to staff through face to face contact and other communication methods (e.g. team meetings, induction sessions, newsletter articles, information stands, presentations at ad hoc events etc.).
  • Assist the FTSU Guardian, Board and Trust's leadership teams in identifying and tackling the barriers to speaking up and ensuring that staff are encouraged to speak up.
  • Support the FTSU Guardian in sharing the information on the impact that speaking up is having in the organisation in terms of learning and improvements made, and celebrate success stories where possible (e.g. quarterly newsletter updates).
  • Support the training and development of the FTSU champions network to ensure that it is effective and the FTSU information reaches all parts of the organisation.
  • Work with the FTSU Guardian, the Board and the Trust's leadership teams to ensure that it is safe for staff to speak up and alert the FTSU Guardian if there is evidence that staff are experiencing detriment after speaking up.
(ii) Process improvement

  • Assist the FTSU Guardian in reviewing and updating the FTSU policy, and informing staff of any changes.
  • Together with the FTSU Guardian, work with HR, communications team and others to ensure that speaking up policy, processes and information resources are clear and accessible to all workers, reflect best practice, and address any local issues that may hinder the speaking up process.
  • Assist the FTSU Guardian in assessing the effectiveness of the FTSU processes and the handling of individual cases and support the FTSU Guardian in intervening and alerting the Board when these are failing people who speak up.
  • Assist the FTSU Guardian to actively engage in feedback collection from staff who spoke up and to include it in the FTSU reports.
  • Assist the FTSU Guardian to promote online FTSU training modules, and to encourage
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