Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our well established team as a Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children.
The post holder will provide leadership on Oxleas Think Family safeguarding strategy and workplan, promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and contribute to development of relevant safeguarding policies, procedures and guidance.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide leadership on Oxleas Think Family safeguarding strategy and workplan, promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and contribute to development of relevant safeguarding policies, procedures and guidance.
The post holder will fulfil the requirements of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, with responsibility for co-ordinating the Trust safeguarding children activity. The post holder will support Lead Safeguarding Children Specialist for adult mental health in developing robust consistent safeguarding practice in line with best practice and statutory requirements.
The post holder will provide expert advice, supervision and support on safeguarding children matters, working together with key professionals and partner agencies.
The post holder will actively contribute towards the quality and assurance agenda including training, audit, collection and analysis of relevant data.
The post holder will contribute to Safeguarding Children Practice Reviews, Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Learning Reviews and Serious incident investigations.
The post holder will work in close partnership with external stakeholders towards ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements.
The post holder will lead and have line management responsibility for Specialist safeguarding nurses/ practitioners.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide clinical leadership and expert advice and support on safeguarding children to all Oxleas staff.
- To ensure that staff are fully aware of their statutory responsibilities to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk.
- To ensure the delivery of the safeguarding children service locally and assist the Head of Safeguarding to ensure provision across the trust.
- To provide clinical leadership and line management to the Specialist Safeguarding Nurses/ Practitioners/MASH Health Professionals.
- To participate in the development and delivery of safeguarding children training as per the Intercollegiate guidance (children and adult); and as part of the local safeguarding children partnership multi agency training programme.
- To report any serious incidents with safeguarding children implications and to contribute specialist knowledge to the investigation of such incidents.
- The post holder will work in close partnership with external stakeholders towards ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements.
- To develop and undertake audit and review activity, ensuring that any recommendations and action plans are addressed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide clinical leadership and expert advice and support on safeguarding children to all Oxleas staff.
- To ensure that staff are fully aware of their statutory responsibilities to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk.
- To ensure the delivery of the safeguarding children service locally and assist the Head of Safeguarding to ensure provision across the trust.
- To provide clinical leadership and line management to the Specialist Safeguarding Nurses/ Practitioners/MASH Health Professionals.
- To participate in the development and delivery of safeguarding children training as per the Intercollegiate guidance (children and adult); and as part of the local safeguarding children partnership multi agency training programme.
- To report any serious incidents with safeguarding children implications and to contribute specialist knowledge to the investigation of such incidents.
- The post holder will work in close partnership with external stakeholders towards ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements.
- To develop and undertake audit and review activity, ensuring that any recommendations and action plans are addressed.
Person Specification
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills - written
- Experience of people management
Desirable
- Experience of working in deprived area with high safeguarding need
Skills
Essential
- Involvement in relevant audit projects
Desirable
- Experience of designing and delivering training
Essential
Essential
- Qualified supervisor
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation and guidance
- Evidence of post-graduate study in safeguarding
- Five years post basic experience in nursing
Desirable
- Knowledge of adult safeguarding
Person Specification
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills - written
- Experience of people management
Desirable
- Experience of working in deprived area with high safeguarding need
Skills
Essential
- Involvement in relevant audit projects
Desirable
- Experience of designing and delivering training
Essential
Essential
- Qualified supervisor
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation and guidance
- Evidence of post-graduate study in safeguarding
- Five years post basic experience in nursing
Desirable
- Knowledge of adult safeguarding
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).
