Lead Nurse Safeguarding Adults

Job description

Job responsibilities

Maintain expertise, knowledge and professional leadership to the Trust regarding statutory responsibilities towards safeguarding adults.

Work closely with the Head of Safeguarding to support the Trust in complying with safeguarding duties.

The post holder will provide strong adult safeguarding leadership within the Trust to promote high standards of patient safety and patient experience always incorporating the Think Family model of safeguarding.

To work alongside the Lead Named Nurses to encourage and ethos of Trust wide partnership working is upheld in relation to Domestic Abuse (DA) & the wider Exploitation agenda, considering the wider Think Family model of safeguarding for Children, Young People and Adults.

To support the Trust PiPoT lead by participating and contributing to meetings and safeguarding investigations, to develop an appropriate response, remedial action and take required to deal effectively with complaints and incidents as they arrive locally within the service.

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 and escalating to the Associate Director for Safeguarding as appropriate.

Deliver relevant written reports of safeguarding adults activity including safeguarding adults reports and quarterly reports, as directed by the Associate Director for Safeguarding.

To be accountable for the provision and quality of safeguarding training delivered by Associate Named Nurses to staff from induction to more advanced training needs.

Contribute to the training development plan for Associate Named Nurses.

To provide peer support to the Lead Named Nurses & to ensure that Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHR), Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SAR) Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPR) are completed and submitted within appropriate timeliness and ensure the Associate Director for Safeguarding provides approval before submission.

Contribute to multi-agency sub- groups to ensure the compliance of Local Adult Safeguarding Partnerships/Boards (LSCB/P), as directed by the Head of Safeguarding.

To work closely with MHA/MCA lead across the Trust to ensure that there is a clear understanding of mental capacity and how this can impact on safeguarding functions and LPS code of Conduct.

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 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.

Provide specialist advice to practitioners, actively and reactively, including clarification about organisational policies, legal issues and the management of child protection cases.

Provide safeguarding supervision to clinical leads and supports and resources reflective practice, including peer review across mental health division.

Provide oversight of the safeguarding adult supervision and supports and resources reflective practice for the clinical leads.

Contributes to the development of work practices, protocols and guidelines within to ensure that safeguarding adults is embedded and prioritised.

Leads on planning, carrying out and disseminating findings from auditing safeguarding.

Provide quarterly performance indicator data to the Associate Director for Safeguarding to inform the CCG and Safeguarding Adults Boards.

Escalate any identified areas of safeguarding risk to the Head of Safeguarding.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• oRegisterd Nurse / Registered Mental Health Nurse /Registered Professional Health & Social Care Practice
• oLevel 4 Safeguarding training - as outlined in "Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff" or in "Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff"
• oMA in Child Care Law and Practice/ MA in Safeguarding Adults: Law Policy and Practice or equivalent or working towards
• oSupervision qualification or evidence of clinical supervision experience at supervisor level
• oExperience of working within a Mental Health setting at a Senior Nurse Level

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Penn Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV4 5HN

Employer's website

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