Children's Safeguarding and Liaison Nurse

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

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Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Nurse to take on the role of Children's Safeguarding and Liaison Nurse within the Children's Safeguarding team at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

This role provides an opportunity to join a small but busy acute based hospital safeguarding children team. This role includes providing oversight and liaison of children's attendances to A&E ensuring that children are effectively safeguarded as well as delivering clinical supervision for staff and safeguarding children training.

To succeed you will need to be flexible, assertive, a strong team player and be able to demonstrate an understanding of children and working with families with safeguarding issues within a busy acute hospital and wider health economy.The role encompasses promoting a positive culture of safeguarding to ensure it is part of everyday practice and there is effective two-way communication between community services and partner agencies in order to support and protect the community we serve.

This post is 37.5hrs, working 5 days (Monday-Friday) however part time hours/job shares will be considered. The role will be primarily based at one hospital site (Worthing Hospital or St. Richard's Hospital), with cross site working a requirement in order to meet the needs of the service. You must be a registered as a qualified Nurse, Midwife or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the highest standards of safeguarding and paediatric Liaison practice are delivered to the children and their families in partnership with all members of the internal and external multidisciplinary team.
To have responsibility for identifying paediatric attendances that require liaison with members of the acute and community team, within the parameters of liaison and information sharing guidance.
To be knowledgeable and to be accountable in practice in accordance with 'The Code professional standards of practice for nurses and midwives (NMC 2018), Safeguarding Children & Young People: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff (2019) and Looked after Children: roles and competencies of healthcare staff (December 2020).
To work alongside the Named Nurse, Named Doctor, Paediatricians, Clinical Staff, A&E Leads and Specialist professionals in issues relating to Safeguarding Children
To foster and maintain excellent communication links with other external agencies and professionals in relation to paediatric liaison and safeguarding children.
To remain up to date and compliant with all organisational procedures, policies and in accordance with statutory guidance for safeguarding children and uphold standards of best practice.

About us

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Improving lives: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First. Our mission is summed up by our 'where better never stops' motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves

Build a career with us: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

Date posted

18 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

279-5973514-JAN24

Job locations

St. Richard's Hospital / Worthing Hospital- flexible

Chichester

PO196SE

Job description

Job responsibilities

The children's safeguarding team is a team of nurses with varying backgrounds in children's nursing, emergency care, health visiting and community children's nursing based across two sites at Worthing and St. Richard's Hospital. You will be joining a dedicated team who provide safeguarding children support and expertise to various clinical areas within the hospitals; predominantly A&E, children's wards, clinics and Special Care Baby units. The team work closely with partner agencies, including Children's Services, Education, Community Health and Police to ensure children are effectively safeguarded.

If you are looking for a new challenge with ongoing education and development, would like to develop your career further in safeguarding children and are interested in joining our friendly team, we would like to hear from you.

The Safeguarding and Liaison Nurse will provide high quality evidence based safeguarding children practice, act as a role model communicating in line with Trust values and take every opportunity to maintain their own practice and development.

Please see attached Job description for full details

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description for full details

Person Specification

Registered Nurse/ Midwife

Essential

Valid NMC Registration

Essential

Experience of working with children and safeguarding children

Essential

Teaching qualification/ experience

Person Specification

Registered Nurse/ Midwife

Essential

Valid NMC Registration

Essential

Experience of working with children and safeguarding children

Essential

Teaching qualification/ experience

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).