# SAFE Centre Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/safe-centre-manager/0e92d23d-f669-477f-ae1c-66b2bfb897e1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/safe-centre-manager/0e92d23d-f669-477f-ae1c-66b2bfb897e1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Preston - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-23T10:40:19.744Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Preston/Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Sexual_Assualt/Sexual_Assualt-v8000345 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8000345?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Reporting to the matron for gynaecology, breast and SAFE centre, and working closely with the clinical director, the centre manager will be accountable for leading the team and the service operation at the Lancashire SAFE Centre. The post older will form part of a small team within the centre responsible for coordinating all aspects of the centre activity, including the UKAS accreditation process and the ongoing maintenance, once achieved. The centre manager will lead in the recruitment and training of crisis workers and will line manage the substantive team members and on call crisis workers. The centre manager has delegated responsibility to attend external meetings in relation to police and NHS England commissioning. In addition they are responsible for overseeing and producing rotas including the monthly on call rota for the Centre as well as support in data entry, data analysis and report writing. The centre manager will liaise with examiners and crisis workers to support any cases during the core service hours where required. As part of the requirement for this role, the post holder must be willing to submit a DNA sample for storage on the police elimination database for purposes of exclusion from investigation only. ### Main duties of the job The Centre Manager leads the daily operation of the Lancashire SAFE Centre, ensuring the service runs safely, efficiently and in line with UKAS accreditation standards. The role provides leadership across the multidisciplinary team — including crisis workers, the quality manager and administrative staff — to maintain high‑quality, compassionate care for all service users. A key responsibility is managing accreditation and the quality management system, ensuring audits, documentation and forensic standards are consistently met. The post holder supports data collection, analysis and reporting, and leads on recruitment, training, supervision and competency assessment of crisis workers and other staff. The role involves close partnership working with Police, NHS England, the ICB, Trust safeguarding teams and other agencies, as well as liaison with external stakeholders such as UKAS, SARCs and forensic services. You will act as a point of contact for complex enquiries, represent the Centre at external meetings and deputise for the Matron when required. The manager ensures the environment, equipment and processes meet forensic and clinical standards, oversees rota planning and contributes to governance, risk management and service improvement. They maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of legislation and quality standards, ensuring policies and procedures remain compliant and clearly communicated. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Communicate with all levels of staff from the Trust and Police within the Sexual Assault network providing advice, feedback and reports regarding complex, sensitive issues representing the Centre and the Trust at local and regional events as required. Provide a key link between the department’s senior management team, ensuring that programmes of work are co-coordinated effectively and deadlines met. Accountable for the delivery of UKAS accreditation and yearly maintenance of the standards to ensure accreditation is maintained, the quality management system is in place and a programme of audit is conducted Support the matron and clinical director in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards in the SAFE Centre relating to all clinical governance, workforce and UKAS standards. To support the service to maintain a quality management system and roll out core training for all staff on how to use it, including collation, submission and interpretation of data and report writing (including SARCIPS submissions to NHSE). Act as a point of contact deal with all forms of enquiries/visitors (telephone/face to face, correspondence) in a competent and professional manner, maintaining a professional image appropriate to the office manager role and creating a positive image of the organisation. Will respond to medical, police enquiries, and others as appropriate upholding the Trust reputation to both internal and external stakeholders. Quality management system is robustly implemented to meet the needs of the forensic science regulator code and the ISO15189 standards to enable UKAS accreditation Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within the role Communicates all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team, both internally and external organisations as required. Ensures environment safe, well equipped and compliant with standards for UKAS accreditation, forensic decontamination and environmental monitoring is conducted and ensures the centre adheres to the standards set by the forensic science regulator. Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals accessing the SAFE Centre. Safeguards children, young people and vulnerable adults by escalating concerns in line with Trust policy and regulatory frameworks. Attends and contributes to relevant safeguarding meetings within Trust and with partners (e.g. ICB). Ensure rota is maintained within budgetary requirements and distributed to the relevant organisations, gaps are escalated, ensuring all SOEs and CWs have regular shifts to maintain their competence. LLine management responsibilities include management of vacancies, recruitment and induction, sickness absence, performance management and appraisals, training compliance and clinical supervision including regular team meetings. Financial Management - Within specific area of responsibility ensure robust financial controls are in place, resources are effectively utilised and relevant financial targets are achieved. Assistance is given in the formulation of service development/business plans, participating in performance review processes as appropriate. The post holder will ensure financial viability and a balanced budget. Ensure clinical governance and risk management processes within the service provided at Lancashire SAFE Centre is agreed through the relevant  existing governance procedures and escalated as needed. Will contribute to the clinical governance framework as per Trust police and PSIRF principles managing clinical incidents, risk and patient feedback accordingly. ## Person Specification ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Able to obtain and evaluate information to aid decision making - Ability to work on own initiative, with the minimum of supervision, planning and organising work to meet deadlines. - Able to work well as part of a multi- disciplinary team to promote, implement and deliver quality care - Able to interpret complex data and write assurance reports **Desirable** - Experience of mentorship or coaching of others ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Knowledge of clinical governance and the relevance of these to practice - Knowledge and experience of complex safeguarding adults and/or children - Awareness of the Forensic Regulator guidelines and how they fit into SARCs - Previous experience of working in an NHS organisation or SARC provider - Knowledge of the appraisal and development process - Line management experience / experience of leading a team - Experience of working at a band 6 level - Project development or quality improvement experience **Desirable** - Previous experience of working with victims of sexual assault - Experience of clinical work in a healthcare setting - Experience of managing a clinical area - Experience of working at band 7 level - Experience of budgetary management - Experience of working within a quality management system - Knowledge and experience of achieving accreditation ### Education and qualification **Essential** - Educated to degree level or has substantial demonstrable experience - Leadership & Management qualification or completion of development programme relevant to role. **Desirable** - Project management qualification - Teaching qualification / mentorship qualification - Registered Nurse, Midwife or other Allied Health Professional - Forensic medical examiner qualification - Masters level study (or willingness to complete) ## Documents - [what we can offer you (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2464) - [creating your best application (pdf, 6.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2433) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 712.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10286655) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.