Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic and rapidly growing team as a National Safeguarding Lead Nurse / Practitioner within the National Safeguarding Service Division, based in the Nursing, Quality and Integrated Governance (NQIG) Directorate.
The NQIG Directorate brings together three key divisions: Nursing and Quality, Integrated Governance, and the National Safeguarding Service. Our shared mission is to enhance quality and capability across public health services in Wales. We do this by engaging with, enabling, and empowering those we work with and serve, helping to build a healthier future for all.The National Safeguarding Service operates within Public Health Wales as a team of subject matter experts, providing strategic direction and professional leadership to strengthen safeguarding practices across the NHS in Wales.
The service enables an outward-facing approach, offering leadership and support to the NHS Wales Safeguarding Network.
Main duties of the job
- Provide strategic and professional leadership to deliver national safeguarding priorities across NHS Wales.
- Lead national safeguarding quality assurance and improvement activity, including audits, reviews and embedding system-wide learning.
- Develop and implement safeguarding frameworks, policies and standards aligned to legislation and statutory guidance.
- Provide expert safeguarding advice and clinical leadership in complex cases, supporting risk assessment and escalation.
- Analyse safeguarding data and intelligence to inform national reporting, assurance and improvement.
- Represent the National Safeguarding Service at national and multi-agency forums, influencing decision-making.
- Prepare and present assurance reports and briefings for senior leaders and governance groups.
- Promote a culture of learning, reflective practice and continuous improvement through leadership, supervision and training development.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
We are Public Health Wales - the national public health agency in Wales. Our purpose is 'Working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.
Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important.
We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part time roles and job sharing.
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/
For guidance on the application process, please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Qualified professional with current NMC registration or other professionally registered qualification with a regulatory body.
- Graduate Degree in related subject
- Master's Degree or equivalent in appropriate health or social care related subjects.
- Level 4 safeguarding children and adults at risk.
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
- Up to date knowledge of the NHS Wales health and safeguarding agenda including current policy, statutory guidance and key national drivers.
- In depth working knowledge of safeguarding legislation, regulation and national best practice relating children and adults at risk.
- Demonstrable understanding of quality improvement principles including the use of audit and assurance.
Desirable
- Specialist or advanced knowledge of multi-agency safeguarding systems, including statutory review processes (e.g. SUSRs) and system of learning.
- Professional Nurse Advocate.
- Teaching qualification.
- PREVENT trained
- Post registration formal qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience in the field of safeguarding children and adults at risk.
- Experience of providing senior professional leadership for safeguarding services, acting as deputy or delegated lead for defined safeguarding portfolios.
- Experience of leading safeguarding governance, quality assurance, and service improvements.
- Senior leadership experience in health and multi-professional/multi- agency environment.
- Producing, developing and implementing policies and practice guidelines.
- Awareness of the management and mitigation of risk.
- Ability to monitor safe standards of practice.
- Experience of effective patient / public involvement.
- Experience of implementing quality systems and benchmarking in health.
Desirable
- Experience as a regional safeguarding board member or subgroup representative.
- Experience of service developments within safeguarding and associated agendas.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Developing and presenting training suitable for a range of audiences.
- Ability to exercise professional judgement to make complex safeguarding decisions, with appropriate escalation of high-risk issues.
- Advanced leadership, and ability to influence at a national level.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary safeguarding workstreams and drive change.
- Ability to demonstrate understanding and application of our workplace values, together with the underpinning behaviours identified for success in this role.
- Excellent people management and leadership skills to drive change and quality improvements on a national level.
- Experience of effectively delivering Clinical/ Safeguarding supervision.
- Strong negotiation, influencing and decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage and use resources in line with Prudent Health Care principles.
- Proficient in the use of standard Microsoft software, such as Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
- Evidence of project management skills.
Other
Essential
- Committed to a culture of continuous improvement and development underpinned by open communications and team working.
- A strategic focus.
- A completer/finisher.
- Ability to travel in a timely manner to meet the needs of the service on a national basis.
- Satisfactory Enhanced DBS clearance including Adults and Children's Barred List check.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Qualified professional with current NMC registration or other professionally registered qualification with a regulatory body.
- Graduate Degree in related subject
- Master's Degree or equivalent in appropriate health or social care related subjects.
- Level 4 safeguarding children and adults at risk.
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
- Up to date knowledge of the NHS Wales health and safeguarding agenda including current policy, statutory guidance and key national drivers.
- In depth working knowledge of safeguarding legislation, regulation and national best practice relating children and adults at risk.
- Demonstrable understanding of quality improvement principles including the use of audit and assurance.
Desirable
- Specialist or advanced knowledge of multi-agency safeguarding systems, including statutory review processes (e.g. SUSRs) and system of learning.
- Professional Nurse Advocate.
- Teaching qualification.
- PREVENT trained
- Post registration formal qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience in the field of safeguarding children and adults at risk.
- Experience of providing senior professional leadership for safeguarding services, acting as deputy or delegated lead for defined safeguarding portfolios.
- Experience of leading safeguarding governance, quality assurance, and service improvements.
- Senior leadership experience in health and multi-professional/multi- agency environment.
- Producing, developing and implementing policies and practice guidelines.
- Awareness of the management and mitigation of risk.
- Ability to monitor safe standards of practice.
- Experience of effective patient / public involvement.
- Experience of implementing quality systems and benchmarking in health.
Desirable
- Experience as a regional safeguarding board member or subgroup representative.
- Experience of service developments within safeguarding and associated agendas.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Developing and presenting training suitable for a range of audiences.
- Ability to exercise professional judgement to make complex safeguarding decisions, with appropriate escalation of high-risk issues.
- Advanced leadership, and ability to influence at a national level.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary safeguarding workstreams and drive change.
- Ability to demonstrate understanding and application of our workplace values, together with the underpinning behaviours identified for success in this role.
- Excellent people management and leadership skills to drive change and quality improvements on a national level.
- Experience of effectively delivering Clinical/ Safeguarding supervision.
- Strong negotiation, influencing and decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage and use resources in line with Prudent Health Care principles.
- Proficient in the use of standard Microsoft software, such as Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
- Evidence of project management skills.
Other
Essential
- Committed to a culture of continuous improvement and development underpinned by open communications and team working.
- A strategic focus.
- A completer/finisher.
- Ability to travel in a timely manner to meet the needs of the service on a national basis.
- Satisfactory Enhanced DBS clearance including Adults and Children's Barred List check.
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).
