Job summary
Location: Across all five Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust sitesHours: 6 or 7 day service (09:00-17:00, including weekends)Provisional interview date: 06/03/2025
About the Role
We are seeking a passionate and highly experienced nurses with a strong background in managing safeguarding cases and situations. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is committed to improving the safety and well being of children and young people within an acute hospital setting.
The ideal candidate will have experience in an acute hospital environment or possess transferable skills that will support our safeguarding agenda. This role offers the chance to develop specialist clinical expertise in safeguarding children and young people while working across a diverse range of services.
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your safeguarding expertise in a dynamic, supportive environment. You will gain exposure to a wide range of clinical specialities and work alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team dedicated to protecting children and young people.
Interested? Apply now and help us make a difference.
Main duties of the job
As a Safeguarding Nurse, you will:Provide expert safeguarding support across all five Trust sites, covering a wide range of specialities including:
o Trauma serviceso Specialist eye hospitalo Two Accident & Emergency departmentso Urgent Care Centreso Sexual health serviceso Paediatric inpatient services (general medicine, PICU, specialist haematology, infectious diseases, and more)o Triage all unscheduled care attendances for children under 18, ensuring timely identification and intervention for safeguarding concerns.o Collaborate and share information with external agencies such as health visitors, school nurses, social workers, integrated gang units, and Red thread.o Deliver safeguarding training and supervision to staff, promoting best practice across the Trust.o Advocate for children and young people in safeguarding meetings and work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure their safety and well being.
You will be supported and mentored by the safeguarding team, named nurses, and consultant nurse to help you thrive in this role.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- RN (Child)
- RN AND registered Health Visitor/Specialist Community Public Health Nurse with completion of child & family focus programme
- Educated to a degree level in relevant subject area or evidence of equivalent
- RN with relevant safeguarding children experience
Desirable
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within an acute hospital setting with children, young people and their families
- Experience of team working and liaison with other agencies
- Evidence of experience in safeguarding practice
- Experience and knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit
- Sound experience in managing complaints and quality assurance
- Experience of multi-agency working
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision to staff
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Evidence of undertaking senior role working with children, young people and families
- Detailed and thorough knowledge of current safeguarding legislation and guidelines.
- Demonstrable understanding of National and Local health strategies
- Proven people management skills
- Proven ability to effectively manage change
- Sound IT skills (including email and office packages)
- Able to give safeguarding supervision
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- RN (Child)
- RN AND registered Health Visitor/Specialist Community Public Health Nurse with completion of child & family focus programme
- Educated to a degree level in relevant subject area or evidence of equivalent
- RN with relevant safeguarding children experience
Desirable
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within an acute hospital setting with children, young people and their families
- Experience of team working and liaison with other agencies
- Evidence of experience in safeguarding practice
- Experience and knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit
- Sound experience in managing complaints and quality assurance
- Experience of multi-agency working
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision to staff
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Evidence of undertaking senior role working with children, young people and families
- Detailed and thorough knowledge of current safeguarding legislation and guidelines.
- Demonstrable understanding of National and Local health strategies
- Proven people management skills
- Proven ability to effectively manage change
- Sound IT skills (including email and office packages)
- Able to give safeguarding supervision
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).
