Specialist Nurse Safeguarding Children Band 7

Job summary

Specialist Nurse Children's Safeguarding Band 7 - part time 22.5 hours per week

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated individual with interest and experience of safeguarding children?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced nurse to join a dynamic and progressive Safeguarding Team at Epsom & St Helier Hospitals, NHS Trust. The successful applicant will provide specialist support within the Trust in line with local and National guidelines

The role involves Working closely with the Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Children , Named Doctor for Safeguarding Children, Associate Director of Nursing Safeguarding Children & Adults/CLA and the Wider Safeguarding Team and clinical teams to ensure that the Trust's statutory responsibilities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and their families. The post holder will ensure that staff can access advice, supervision, support and training, in relation to safeguarding children in a timely manner. Promoting a positive culture of safeguarding within the Trust to ensure it is part of everyone's everyday practice.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist information, advice, supervision, training and support on safeguarding issues to staff at all levels within the organisation.
• Assist the Trust and staff in their duty to protect children and young people at risk from harm and abuse.
• Contribute to the on-going development of a robust strategy for the Safeguarding Team in response to the demonstrated need of the children and young people using the Trust services, and to the directives of national and local safeguarding initiatives.
• Assist in developing robust clinical governance and quality assurance systems to monitor and evaluate safeguarding children practices across the Trust.
• Support the Safeguarding Children's Team, Safeguarding Practice Educator, Learning and Development Team and other agencies to further develop and fully implement an agreed strategy for safeguarding children training - delivering a robust and flexible training programme.
• Assist the Lead Nurse Safeguarding Children in providing reports, including Safeguarding Practice Reviews for children and participating in whichever methodology is agreed by the Local Children's Safeguarding Partnerships.
• Work collaboratively within the organisation, across agencies and with children and young people to form partnerships and working arrangements that promote safeguarding.

About us

Welcome to the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. We offer an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynecologyto over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey. We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospitaland St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital. We are also part of two innovative integrated care partnerships - Sutton Health and Careand Surrey Downs Health and Care. St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unitand Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E)and Maternity services (Obstetrics). With nearly 900,000 people coming to our hospitals for care and treatment every year, our almost 5,000 staff and 500 volunteers work around the clock to keep our busy hospitals running smoothly.

As teaching hospitals, we play a key role in the education and training of tomorrow's doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Both sites work in partnership with St George's Hospital and St George's Medical School in south London to deliver high quality education and research.