Job summary
Do you want to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment, where no two days are the same? Are you passionate about Safeguarding children/young people? Do you possess excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries? Do you have experience in Safeguarding children/young people?If so, then your skills are invaluable to us and we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Supported by the Operational Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Children to develop and promote a robust safeguarding culture across the Trust.
Ensuring that the Trust safeguarding arrangements are in line with best practice, legislation, and comply with regulatory and commissioning requirements.
The Senior Safeguarding Nurse will contribute to the safeguarding agenda through the provision of evidence based safeguarding practice, advice, support, supervision and training for all disciplines of staff across all trust sites.
Key responsibilities to further the Think Family and Safeguarding young people agenda in adult based services across the Trust
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- oAdvanced knowledge of the legislation, statutory guidance and best practice for child safeguarding and child protection processes
- oCurrent experience of working with children/young people
- oProven communication and influencing skills
- oStrong ability using a variety of Information technology systems, including Microsoft word, Excel spreadsheets, TEAMS and other systems to support team activity and data collection and analysis
- oSkilled with using creative approaches for providing staff supervision and support
- oExperience of developing other staff/junior staff and supporting their practice from
- oExperience of representing the child's voice in decision making processes
- oExperience of working in a multidisciplinary team and with multiagency approaches
- oExcellent knowledge of current local and national safeguarding issues for children
Desirable
- oProven ability with negotiating and collaborating on complex issues
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oAbility to communicate well and build good working relationships with multi-disciplinary colleagues.
- oAbility to analyse assessment information and identify risks of harm and abuse holding the best interests of the child at the center of all decisions.
- oAbility to translate research evidence and policy into training and development for a range of staff.
- oAbility to work for and as part of a team. Clear understanding of autonomy, boundaries and escalation in relation to safeguarding roles
- oAbility to manage an unpredictable working day and reprioritise activity at short notice.
- oAbility to support staff through safeguarding supervision and structured reflective practice to improve the outcomes for children.
Desirable
- oSkilled in using Microsoft office applications to support recording and analysis of service information (i.e Excel) and development of training materials (i.e Powerpoint).
Aptitutes
Essential
- oIs flexible and adaptable in a high-pressure environment
- oChild/ young people centered
- o Mobile for travel between office bases/sites
- oCommitment to sustain on-going professional development
- oResourceful and resilient in an ever-changing and unpredictable working arena
- oPositive and accepting of constructive feedback with a willingness to learn from experiences that arise in practice.
- oApproachable and supportive of colleagues
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oRegistered Children's Nurse or Registered Practitioner
- oEvidence of professional and managerial development
- oPost graduate qualification to Degree level or working towards or equivalent experience in relevant area of practice
Desirable
- oSupervision qualification.
- oTraining Qualification.
Person Specification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- oAdvanced knowledge of the legislation, statutory guidance and best practice for child safeguarding and child protection processes
- oCurrent experience of working with children/young people
- oProven communication and influencing skills
- oStrong ability using a variety of Information technology systems, including Microsoft word, Excel spreadsheets, TEAMS and other systems to support team activity and data collection and analysis
- oSkilled with using creative approaches for providing staff supervision and support
- oExperience of developing other staff/junior staff and supporting their practice from
- oExperience of representing the child's voice in decision making processes
- oExperience of working in a multidisciplinary team and with multiagency approaches
- oExcellent knowledge of current local and national safeguarding issues for children
Desirable
- oProven ability with negotiating and collaborating on complex issues
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oAbility to communicate well and build good working relationships with multi-disciplinary colleagues.
- oAbility to analyse assessment information and identify risks of harm and abuse holding the best interests of the child at the center of all decisions.
- oAbility to translate research evidence and policy into training and development for a range of staff.
- oAbility to work for and as part of a team. Clear understanding of autonomy, boundaries and escalation in relation to safeguarding roles
- oAbility to manage an unpredictable working day and reprioritise activity at short notice.
- oAbility to support staff through safeguarding supervision and structured reflective practice to improve the outcomes for children.
Desirable
- oSkilled in using Microsoft office applications to support recording and analysis of service information (i.e Excel) and development of training materials (i.e Powerpoint).
Aptitutes
Essential
- oIs flexible and adaptable in a high-pressure environment
- oChild/ young people centered
- o Mobile for travel between office bases/sites
- oCommitment to sustain on-going professional development
- oResourceful and resilient in an ever-changing and unpredictable working arena
- oPositive and accepting of constructive feedback with a willingness to learn from experiences that arise in practice.
- oApproachable and supportive of colleagues
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oRegistered Children's Nurse or Registered Practitioner
- oEvidence of professional and managerial development
- oPost graduate qualification to Degree level or working towards or equivalent experience in relevant area of practice
Desirable
- oSupervision qualification.
- oTraining Qualification.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
UHBW
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston
Bristol
BS1 3NU
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
