Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Children's Safeguarding Team as a Band 7 specialist nurse advisor.
We are looking for an experienced paediatric nurse or SCPHN to support Trust staff in safeguarding children through providing training, advice and support and safeguarding supervision.
This is a part time role but is shared with another team member to create a full time post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is a recognised expert in safeguarding children and is responsible for supporting staff to identify and support children, young people and families at risk of harm.
Responsible for providing advice and support to frontline staff, delivering formal and informal training, delivering safeguarding supervision
Responsible for information sharing internally and within the multi-agency safeguarding network to enable robust safeguarding risk assessment
Required to participate and lead clinical audits in own specialist area and participate in developing robust clinical governance procedures
Required to represent CUH at multi-agency meetings including, strategy meeting, safeguarding conferences and core group/child in need meetings, discharge planning meetings
Required to work as part of the safeguarding children partnership and to work collaboratively within the multi-agency network.
About us
Come Nurse with us...
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
o Our values and reputation for outstanding careo Opportunities to experience a range of specialitieso Career and development opportunitieso Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support teamo Research experience and opportunitieso Lovely location and quality of lifeo Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 9 October 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 20 October 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 9 October 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 20 October 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree RN Children, OR RN Adult with Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting /School nurse)
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Significant experience of working with children
Desirable
- Research module.
- Masters degree
- Post registration qualification in speciality
- Teaching qualification
- Safeguarding Supervisor qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in safeguarding children practice processes and working with complex child protection issues
- Experience in developing, delivering and evaluating training
- Evidence of collaborative inter-agency working
- Experience of identifying and evaluating areas for potential service improvement
- Experience in participation in governance including auditing and review of practice or services
- Experience of managing own workload
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
- Awareness of the sensitive nature of safeguarding work; including issues of equal opportunities, confidentiality, and information sharing
Desirable
- Experience in developing training strategies
- Experience of statutory and legal processes
- Experience in developing and implementing plans to change in policy and procedure across a service
- Experience of acting up into senior roles
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable knowledge of safeguarding Children legislation and guidance
- Knowledge of the Government's anti- terrorism strategy and the health strand 'PREVENT', modern slavery and Domestic Abuse processes including MARAC
- Knowledge of children's health services in particular
Desirable
- Awareness of current adult safeguarding legislation and guidance, including the Care Act (2014), the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act (2019)
Skills
Essential
- Ability to offer safeguarding advice and support to staff within own sphere of competence. This will include the ability to empower, challenge constructively and provide a learning environment as necessary.
- Able to demonstrate critical thinking skills
- Excellent communication skills both written and oral
- Demonstrable team working skills.
- Good organisational / management of own work ability and able to prioritise workload effectively.
- Competent basic IT skills.
- Ability to recognise own stress and take measures to prevent it.
- Confidence to challenge appropriately in difficult situations.
- Ability to create a supportive environment for staff who are experiencing stressful safeguarding enquiries that may involve them in investigation
- Ability to provide an environment where staff and patients can speak up, are listened to and action taken
- Ability to give regular feedback to individuals on progress and how to improve their performance within the work of safeguarding.
- Ability to lead, take ownership and be prepared to be held to account for service delivery in the absence of the Named nurse for safeguarding children
Additional Requirements
Essential
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct.
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree RN Children, OR RN Adult with Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting /School nurse)
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Significant experience of working with children
Desirable
- Research module.
- Masters degree
- Post registration qualification in speciality
- Teaching qualification
- Safeguarding Supervisor qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in safeguarding children practice processes and working with complex child protection issues
- Experience in developing, delivering and evaluating training
- Evidence of collaborative inter-agency working
- Experience of identifying and evaluating areas for potential service improvement
- Experience in participation in governance including auditing and review of practice or services
- Experience of managing own workload
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
- Awareness of the sensitive nature of safeguarding work; including issues of equal opportunities, confidentiality, and information sharing
Desirable
- Experience in developing training strategies
- Experience of statutory and legal processes
- Experience in developing and implementing plans to change in policy and procedure across a service
- Experience of acting up into senior roles
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable knowledge of safeguarding Children legislation and guidance
- Knowledge of the Government's anti- terrorism strategy and the health strand 'PREVENT', modern slavery and Domestic Abuse processes including MARAC
- Knowledge of children's health services in particular
Desirable
- Awareness of current adult safeguarding legislation and guidance, including the Care Act (2014), the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act (2019)
Skills
Essential
- Ability to offer safeguarding advice and support to staff within own sphere of competence. This will include the ability to empower, challenge constructively and provide a learning environment as necessary.
- Able to demonstrate critical thinking skills
- Excellent communication skills both written and oral
- Demonstrable team working skills.
- Good organisational / management of own work ability and able to prioritise workload effectively.
- Competent basic IT skills.
- Ability to recognise own stress and take measures to prevent it.
- Confidence to challenge appropriately in difficult situations.
- Ability to create a supportive environment for staff who are experiencing stressful safeguarding enquiries that may involve them in investigation
- Ability to provide an environment where staff and patients can speak up, are listened to and action taken
- Ability to give regular feedback to individuals on progress and how to improve their performance within the work of safeguarding.
- Ability to lead, take ownership and be prepared to be held to account for service delivery in the absence of the Named nurse for safeguarding children
Additional Requirements
Essential
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct.
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
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).