Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 2 year fixed term, full-time position (Monday --Friday) as Safeguarding Adults Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Safeguarding Team at University Hospitals Birmingham. The role is Trust-wide, working across Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospital sites.
Safeguarding protects a citizen's health and wellbeing; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect and is integral to providing high-quality health care (NHS England). Ensuring that our workforce is equipped to recognise and respond appropriately and proportionately to abuse and neglect is a key responsibility of this role.
It is essential that candidates are registered nurses with experience of working clinically with vulnerable adults
Working closely with other Team members, the post holder will promote and progress the Safeguarding agenda within the Trust, by promoting best practice, implementing standards and monitoring process in line with local and national guidance.
The post holder will be a visible role model, providing clinical support and practical guidance to wards and departments across the Trust. They will use excellent communication skills to share clear information about safeguarding adults and mental capacity, deal with stressful and difficult situations and show empathy in order to support patients and carers regarding safeguarding
For more information please contact Sarah Armstrong, Team Lead for Adult Safeguarding 07824 545902
Main duties of the job
- Act as a resource and provide support to clinical areas on Safeguarding patients by:
*Ensuring adherence to Trust policies, procedures and guidelines
*Maintain accurate and confidential records
*Offer expertise and advice to multidisciplinary team members
*Support with the development of action plans to address any issues identified
*Promotion of education programmes to address issues
*Maintain a high profile within the clinical environment to enhance clinical relationships and maintain personal practice knowledge and skills where appropriate by providing safeguarding support and advice
* Promote good communication links at all levels in respect of adults and children about whom there are concerns in line with local information sharing protocols to achieve better outcomes for adults
* Ensure a culture of acceptance and understanding by all health professionals of their responsibilities for safeguarding vulnerable adults.
* Establish and maintain effective relationships with Ward managers, Nurse Consultants, Clinical Nurse Specialists and other interested ward staff and members of the multi-disciplinary team within divisions to plan and facilitate changes and innovations in clinical practice
* Challenge professional misconceptions and poor practice, highlighting implications to staff for their own practice and therefore influencing change.
* Attend monthly 1:1 meetings with Lead Nurse Safeguarding Adults or deputy
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Relevant Professional Qualification which could include RGN or Social Work
- * Current registration with Appropriate body
- * Graduate qualification or demonstrable consolidated experience that equates to degree level knowledge
- * Evidence of Professional Update including Safeguarding Update
- * Teaching Qualification
Experience
Essential
- * Significant / current experience in healthcare with adults, children, or young people, working across a complex and diverse workforce.
- * Demonstrable experience and practice in adult safeguarding
- * Demonstrable experience in delivering training and education packages to a range of professionals across organisational and professional boundaries / multi-agency care providers
- * Proven ability to analyse problems and to develop successful outcomes / solutions adhering to agreed Policies and Procedures
- * Evidence of ability to manage clinical cases with highly sensitive situations
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Excellent communication and presentation skills
- * Effective communication skills to include the ability to contribute to, and comment on complex reports, policies, protocols and guidelines
- * Ability to analyse, interpret and facilitate data or information relating to the role.
- * Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload efficiently and effectively
- * Demonstrable ability to meet key targets / deadlines and objectives
- Authentic and established leadership abilities proportionate to role , able to provide leadership and empower staff at all levels
- * Ability to meet deadline effectively
- * Tenacity and determination to succeed
- * Ability to work across sites/ services as required as per job role
- * Able to work autonomously and be organised and productive
- * Self-motivated
- * Willingness to work a flexibly as part of a Trust Wide Team / Service across a range of sites
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Relevant Professional Qualification which could include RGN or Social Work
- * Current registration with Appropriate body
- * Graduate qualification or demonstrable consolidated experience that equates to degree level knowledge
- * Evidence of Professional Update including Safeguarding Update
- * Teaching Qualification
Experience
Essential
- * Significant / current experience in healthcare with adults, children, or young people, working across a complex and diverse workforce.
- * Demonstrable experience and practice in adult safeguarding
- * Demonstrable experience in delivering training and education packages to a range of professionals across organisational and professional boundaries / multi-agency care providers
- * Proven ability to analyse problems and to develop successful outcomes / solutions adhering to agreed Policies and Procedures
- * Evidence of ability to manage clinical cases with highly sensitive situations
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Excellent communication and presentation skills
- * Effective communication skills to include the ability to contribute to, and comment on complex reports, policies, protocols and guidelines
- * Ability to analyse, interpret and facilitate data or information relating to the role.
- * Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload efficiently and effectively
- * Demonstrable ability to meet key targets / deadlines and objectives
- Authentic and established leadership abilities proportionate to role , able to provide leadership and empower staff at all levels
- * Ability to meet deadline effectively
- * Tenacity and determination to succeed
- * Ability to work across sites/ services as required as per job role
- * Able to work autonomously and be organised and productive
- * Self-motivated
- * Willingness to work a flexibly as part of a Trust Wide Team / Service across a range of sites
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
