Senior Safeguarding Nursing

Job responsibilities

• Maintain expertise and knowledge to the Trust regarding safeguarding adults and children.
• Provide highly visible safeguarding leadership within the Trust to promote high standards of patient safety and patient experience always incorporating the Think Family model of safeguarding.
• Encourage Trust wide partnership working on Domestic Abuse (DA) considering Think Family model of safeguarding.
• Support the Head of Safeguarding in leading on Exploitation, Position of Trust (POT) Safeguarding and Prevent across the Trust.
• Contribute to the identification and management of risk by provision of expert knowledge and advice to the Trust regarding safeguarding adult guidelines, procedures, policy, legislation and best practice guidance.
• Contribute to the delivery and relevant written reporting of safeguarding adults activity including safeguarding adults reports and quarterly reports to clinical governance teams on an ongoing basis.
• Implement and maintain a safeguarding adult training strategy for the Trust and to ensure the provision and quality of training delivered to staff from induction to more advanced training needs.
• To support the Learning Disability agenda in the Trust.
• To support the Head of Safeguarding to ensure that Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHR), Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SAR) Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPR) are completed and submitted within appropriate timelines
• To be responsible for the dissemination and implementation of learning across the Trust from SARs, CSPR DHRs and any other significant incidents where there are safeguarding concerns.
• Contribute to multi-agency development within the Trust and ensure the compliance of Local Adult Safeguarding Partnerships/Boards (LSCB/P) reporting strategies in accordance with statutory guidance.
• Support the Trust to exercise its responsibilities regarding the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) process in relation to DA and other service developments in the field of domestic abuse Disseminate learning and provide education on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) across the Trust to ensure that there is a clear understanding of capacity and how this can impact on safeguarding functions.
• Participate in the implementation of appropriate processes to monitor Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).
• To identify and champion safeguarding adults development and innovation.
• To overcome staff and public barriers to understanding safeguarding and protecting adults in need of care and support.
• Proactively contribute to the Adult and Child Safeguarding Committee and Operational Group meetings.
• The post holder will ensure the promotion of equality and diversity, social inclusion of vulnerable adults, and ensure that they are incorporated into all aspects of Safeguarding practice across the Trust.
• Collaborate with the corporate nursing team and Divisional Clinical teams regarding adults with care and support needs, Patient Safety and Experience workstreams i.e. pressure ulcers, safe discharge, dementia awareness, hydration and nutrition etc.
• To provide short-term cover for colleagues during periods of leave.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Minimum of 3 years experience working in an adult safeguarding role
• Experience of working in a complex multi-professional environment
• Ability to lead and motivate staff
• Evidence of implementing change
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS Policy related to safeguarding
• Experience of managing difficult/sensitive situations in a highly complex environment
• Experience of working with service users and carers
• Ability to think strategically
• Evidence of supervision and clinical education of students or less experienced staff

Qualifications and Professional Training

Essential

• Registered Nurse Level 1
• Batchelor Degree in relevant health related area
• Masters Qualification in relevant health area or evidence of equivalent experience
• Management qualification or evidence of equivalent experience
• Evidence of sustained personal and professional development
• Relevant validated clinical courses
• Experiential learning
• Evidence of supervisory management

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Evidence of significant professional development in the field of safeguarding adults
• Logical approach to problem solving
• Critical analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Report writing skills
• Experience of audit and research
• Must be able to work confidently in a multi-agency environment
• Must have a good understanding of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Must have a good understanding of wider NHS developments and health and social policy
• Must have excellent organisational skills and be flexible to frequent changes to planned workloads
• Excellent time management, data management and analysis skills
• Demonstrate strong leadership qualities
• Demonstrate good negotiation, diplomacy and influencing skills
• Manage change in a busy health environment
• Ability to deliver results within timescales in a complex and frequently changing health environment
• Must be able to demonstrate use of IT skills. Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of the need for confidentiality in all aspects of the work of the department
• Good understanding of both primary and secondary care and the aims and priorities of the modern NHS
• Proven ability of complex case management
• Remain updated with professional practice and new reasearch
• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession and knowledge of professional standards

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent leadership, management and teamworking skills
• Ability to motivate and influence others in a confident and positive manner
• Able to deal with resistance and conflicting views of others
• Resilience
• Excellent attention to detail
• Must be able to work under pressure
• Must be able to prioritise workloads and have a flexible approach
• Must operate within the Trust's equality and diversity policies and guidelines

Other

Essential

• Ability to work flexibly to the needs of the service
• Ability to form positive working relationships
• Must have access to independent transport
• Must be willing to undertake checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service to enhanced level
• Must be legally entitled to work in this country
• Must possess good IT skills

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).