Safeguarding Team Administrator

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Safeguarding Team. We are looking to recruit a capable, helpful and enthusiastic administrator who will be a key player in providing administration support to the staff within the team. The role will be:

• To provide comprehensive administrative support for the Safeguarding Children and Adult Team, including Mental Capacity Act & DoLS, Domestic Abuse & Learning Disabilities.
• Manages own workload, required to act independently deciding when it is necessary to refer to their manager.
• Liaise with staff, multi-agency/ external agency representatives, patient/ carer groups, in receiving or delivering information, meeting invitations, meeting minutes
• Processes a variety of data and administration sources including excel data bases, other Trust IT systems, Microsoft packages, disseminating and storing a variety of communications in varying formats
• Prepare formal agendas and minutes and timetable for papers for a number of Committees and meetings e.g. Integrated Safeguarding Committee, Integrated Safeguarding Operational Group and Safeguarding Children's Forum, Clinical Ethics Committee.

Main duties of the job

• Provide full personal administrative assistance for the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children (NNSC) and Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Adults (LNSA)
• Manage the calendars of the NNSC and the LNSA effectively.
• Arrange and co-ordinate key meetings for both the NNSC and the LNSA, ensuring the relevant papers are gathered, collated and distributed, agendas are prepared in advance, minutes are accurately taken and disseminated to all members in a timely manner. Ensure meeting and committee action trackers are kept up to date
• Be a central communication point for Safeguarding Team assessing the urgency of any communication, need for action and providing assistance when necessary.
• Support the NNSC and LNSA with investigations when required, to ensure accuracy, speed, sensitivity and confidentiality are always considered
• Complete all appropriate LEARN Computer Based Training (CBT) and Statutory Mandatory training as required
• To maintain patient safety through rigorous and consistent compliance with Trust policies for the prevention and control of infection, including hand hygiene. To undertake appropriate mandatory training and updates in infection prevention and control.
• To safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in compliance with Trust and staff responsibilities under section 11 of The Children Act 2004; to safeguard and promote the welfare of Adults at Risk, in compliance with Care Act
• Additional administrative duties may apply as appropriate.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk