Clinical Nurse Specialist – Safeguarding Children

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To provide specialist advice to staff and support clinical staff to manage safeguarding concerns/cases.

To participate in the development of policies and protocols relevant to safeguarding children

To attend case conferences and strategy meetings as required and support staff who are required to attend.

To attend Safeguarding Partnership subgroup meetings as requested by the Head of Safeguarding Children/Named Nurse and provide feedback to the safeguarding team

To maintain effective working relationships with colleagues at all levels and all professions/agencies, providing accurate information, advice and support

To ensure that patient and their relatives are updated regularly with accurate information and ensure that this is presented in a sensitive way they understand.

To always maintain up to date and contemporaneous records of care using the unified patient record

To work with clinical staff to ensure appropriate supervision and visiting arrangements are in place for parents who have restricted access to their child or children.

To promote the wellbeing of children and young people, safeguarding them from actual or potential harm and work within agreed policies for reporting concerns including concerns about colleague

Identify to the Named Nurse for Safeguarding any practice areas or systems, which may place the hospital at risk and where support from Community Health Partner or Local Safeguarding Children Partnership Boards may be required

Promote, maintain and motor effective communication with members of the multidisciplinary team and partner agencies

People Management and Performance

To act as a role model for other clinical staff in promoting and safeguarding the wellbeing of children and young people

To be an active member of the safeguarding children steering group and the Trust safeguarding committee

To work in partnership with multidisciplinary teams to ensure all safeguarding targets are met and new guidance implemented appropriately.

To manage prioritise and manage own workload

To ensure appropriate reporting of adverse incidents in the line with Trust policy and work with senior nursing staff to investigate complaints or incidents related to child protection

To provide cross cover within the safeguarding team and represent the team appropriately within the Trust and with partner agencies

To contribute to the update, review and implement Trust policies, procedures and protocols in conjunction with other key safeguarding staff

To contribute to Internal Management Reviews/ Serious Case Reviews as directed by the Named Nurse and ensure that learning is disseminated and that recommendations are implemented.

To support managers/appraisers to ensure that all staff who work with children have the opportunity to review their safeguarding knowledge and practice as part of their personal development plan

To contribute to the Trusts annual safeguarding children report or other reports as requested by the Head of Safeguarding Children/Named Nurse

To ensure that all staff know where to access Trust policies and procedures and guidance relating to safeguarding children

Education & Professional Development

To contribute to the delivery, recording and monitoring of safeguarding children training

To participate in partner agency training days

To ensure own knowledge and understanding of safeguarding legislative framework/national guidance and local procedures

To remain aware of emerging thinking/findings from national guidance

Research & Audit

To promote evidence based practice through awareness and dissemination of emerging thinking/findings from research /national guidance/Serious Case Reviews

To utilise and maintain information systems to aid audit and to provide regular activity reports

To undertake safeguarding audits and support organisational audit and benchmarking activities, implementing change where appropriate

Other Responsibilities:

Undertake continuous professional development and participate in staff development and training activities to update and enhance skills

To uphold and adhere to the Trusts Behaviour Standards at all times

Use own judgement to define short, medium term and long-term work priorities

Maintain a professional work ethic and promote professionalism within the department

To take part in the annual Trust wide appraisal in line with the knowledge and skills framework and have an appropriate and up to date PDP in place and take responsibility for own development

Critically reflect on own performance through supervision/ action learning

Person Specification

education and qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC Registration/Registered Midwife/Healthvisitor
• Degree in Nursing/related subject or working towards.
• Experience of working with safeguarding issues
• Experience of working with children and young people with complex medical/social needs

Desirable

• Experience of supporting clinical supervision

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill

London

SE5 9RS

Employer's website

https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)