Job summary
The Named Nurse will lead on the safeguarding of children and the promotion of their welfare within our Liverpool based community services of the Trust. They will be responsible for assuring the Trust Board that a high quality safeguarding service is being provided within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The Named Nurse role is to seek to improve the health outcomes for children and families by the promotion of innovative practice and collaborative working across our multi-agency arrangements, stimulating the awareness of health needs and influencing policies that affect health and the facilitation of health enhancing activities.
The role involvesproviding highly specialist advice and clinical support to staff employed and commissioned by the Trust, maintaining appropriate documentation and records. To facilitate and provide a culture of safeguarding support via safeguarding supervision and training whilst being a source of knowledge in the area of safeguarding children.
Shortlisting date is planned for 10th July 2023
Interview date is planned for 18th July 2023
Main duties of the job
Working closely with the Assistant Director and Head of Safeguarding, the Named Nurse and other Named Professionals will provide an evidence-based service, ensuring quality care to vulnerable children and their families. This includes being a source of expertise for Trust Services and promoting excellent standards of professional practice in relation to safeguarding children.
The Named Nurse will manage a team of Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurses, delivering supervision and professional development opportunities to enable them to become specialist experts in this challenging field.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the role includes, but is not limited to:
- Professional advice on matters relating to the safeguarding of children to Mersey Care NHS Trust, the Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships, and other local public sector and voluntary sector organisations
- Advice to Mersey Care NHS Trust on the provision and strategic development of safeguarding services across each Division delivering health and social care services for the local population.
- The post holder will also contribute to the continuing development of a high quality and effective inter-agency response to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and deputise for the Head of Safeguarding at local Safeguarding Children partnership forums.
- Provide Clinical Commissioners with annual assurance of NHS Commissioning Standards and quarterly Key Performance Data which indicate fulfilment of contractual standards.
- Line manage and supervise staff in the Safeguarding Team who provide consultancy, advice and training in relation to both children and adult safeguarding issues and concerns.
- To develop systems which enhance multi-agency / partnership working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
- To establish and maintain effective liaison and working relationships with other areas of the health economy and partnership agencies such as social services, police, education and the voluntary sector
- To ensure that staff working within the Trust have a clear understanding of the correct communication channels for multi-professional and multi-agency working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the role includes, but is not limited to:
- Professional advice on matters relating to the safeguarding of children to Mersey Care NHS Trust, the Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships, and other local public sector and voluntary sector organisations
- Advice to Mersey Care NHS Trust on the provision and strategic development of safeguarding services across each Division delivering health and social care services for the local population.
- The post holder will also contribute to the continuing development of a high quality and effective inter-agency response to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and deputise for the Head of Safeguarding at local Safeguarding Children partnership forums.
- Provide Clinical Commissioners with annual assurance of NHS Commissioning Standards and quarterly Key Performance Data which indicate fulfilment of contractual standards.
- Line manage and supervise staff in the Safeguarding Team who provide consultancy, advice and training in relation to both children and adult safeguarding issues and concerns.
- To develop systems which enhance multi-agency / partnership working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
- To establish and maintain effective liaison and working relationships with other areas of the health economy and partnership agencies such as social services, police, education and the voluntary sector
- To ensure that staff working within the Trust have a clear understanding of the correct communication channels for multi-professional and multi-agency working.
Person Specification
Knowledge / Expereince
Essential
- Extensive experience of involvement with safeguarding and child protection work
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of planning training in relation to identified need
- Experience of clinical supervision and reflective practice
- Demonstrable experience of professional leadership in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Experience of undertaking audit
- Experience of formulating multi disciplinary protocols and procedures
- Significant experience of writing reports and internal management reviews for the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Process
- Experience of contributing to Child Safeguarding Practice reviews
- High level of advanced and specialist knowledge in the field of safeguarding children
- In-depth professional knowledge in a number of disciplines relating to safeguarding e.g. Public health, social care, education acute and primary care nursing, legislation, mental health
- Highly advanced and specialist knowledge of national safeguarding policy, procedures and guidance
- Highly advanced and specialist knowledge of the clinical governance and clinical risk management agendas
- Evidence of expertise of children in need and children in need of protection issues
- Understanding of current NHS policy
- Knowledge of current issues and dilemmas in safeguarding children
- Extensive knowledge and experience of staff management
- Evidence of policy, protocol and/or standards development
Desirable
- Experience of research in practice
- Experience in contributing to the regional agenda for safeguarding children
- Evidence of leading and co- ordinating the development and review of safeguarding services at a highly advanced and specialist level of practice
- Significant experience of multi-agency working at a senior level
- Evidence of effective change management in a health care setting
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Community Public Health Specialist Nurse
- First Level Degree
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
- Commitment to ongoing learning and development
Desirable
- MSc in Child Protection or related subject
Person Specification
Knowledge / Expereince
Essential
- Extensive experience of involvement with safeguarding and child protection work
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of planning training in relation to identified need
- Experience of clinical supervision and reflective practice
- Demonstrable experience of professional leadership in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Experience of undertaking audit
- Experience of formulating multi disciplinary protocols and procedures
- Significant experience of writing reports and internal management reviews for the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Process
- Experience of contributing to Child Safeguarding Practice reviews
- High level of advanced and specialist knowledge in the field of safeguarding children
- In-depth professional knowledge in a number of disciplines relating to safeguarding e.g. Public health, social care, education acute and primary care nursing, legislation, mental health
- Highly advanced and specialist knowledge of national safeguarding policy, procedures and guidance
- Highly advanced and specialist knowledge of the clinical governance and clinical risk management agendas
- Evidence of expertise of children in need and children in need of protection issues
- Understanding of current NHS policy
- Knowledge of current issues and dilemmas in safeguarding children
- Extensive knowledge and experience of staff management
- Evidence of policy, protocol and/or standards development
Desirable
- Experience of research in practice
- Experience in contributing to the regional agenda for safeguarding children
- Evidence of leading and co- ordinating the development and review of safeguarding services at a highly advanced and specialist level of practice
- Significant experience of multi-agency working at a senior level
- Evidence of effective change management in a health care setting
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Community Public Health Specialist Nurse
- First Level Degree
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
- Commitment to ongoing learning and development
Desirable
- MSc in Child Protection or related subject
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).
