Job summary
Internal vacancy
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse to join our small, friendly, multi-professional team in the Safeguarding Support Unit (SSU) and Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) at Sheffield Children's Hospital. You will support the Named Nurse in the implementation of the safeguarding strategy and maintain Safeguarding Supervision across acute services.
The SSU department is a medical assessment unit where daily clinics allow children to be seen when concerns are raised about child abuse and neglect.
The South Yorkshire Children's Sexual Assault Referral Centre is located within the SSU and our dedicated team of paediatricians, nurses and psychologists support this work alongside the daily clinics.
You will develop strong multi-agency links and partnerships through excellent communication skills.
You will work with the Named Professionals in the development and delivery of the Trust Safeguarding Children training strategy and audit program.
You will promote high standards of practice relating to the safety and welfare of children and adults at risk in all areas of service provision and to challenge unsafe practice and take relevant action as required.
This area of service provision within the Trust offers great opportunity for innovative working and scope for development and expansion of the service within the SSU, in collaboration with safeguarding activity across the organization and our partners across the region.
Main duties of the job
You will support the Named Nurse in the implementation of the Safeguarding Strategy for the Trust and promote safeguarding practice as per statutory roles and responsibilities
You will demonstrate active leadership skills and to manage the Safeguarding Specialist Nurses
You will managethe highly specialist service in a variety of settings, ensuring effective and efficient quality of care provision to children, using Trust protocols, policies and guidelines.
You will work with the Named Professionals in the development and delivery of the Trust safeguarding Children training strategy and audit programme.
You will provide specialist Safeguarding Supervision, advise and support to all disciplines of staff in the Trust and lead on areas of expertise and development identified by the Named Nurse.
You will promote high standards of practice relating to the safety and welfare of children and adults at risk in all areas of service provision.
You willchallenge unsafe practice and take relevant action to ensure appropriate safeguarding of children.
You will work on flexible hours to include both managing and participating in the nursing on call rota to support the Forensic Paediatricians.
You will provide cross cover with the Band 7 Safeguarding Support Unit/Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SSU/SARC)manager to provide continuity of service, and deputise for the Named Nurse when required.
About us
At Sheffield Children's, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:
- Outstanding Patient Care
- Brilliant Place to work
- Leaders in Children's Health
We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.
As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.
As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children's health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
- Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
- Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
- Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
- Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
- Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
- Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
- Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
- Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN Child or RSCN)
- RGN/ (RN Adult) with SCPHN qualification
- Current registration with NMC
- Teaching/Mentoring qualification
- Leadership and management training, or equivalent experience
- Safeguarding supervision qualification, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Community Specialist Practitioner
- Experience of working in child protection and safeguarding adults team
- Acute care or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Substantial recent experience in nursing at Band 6 or above
- Setting & auditing clinical standards
- Utilisation of research in practice
- Evidence of change management
- Evidence of proven leadership skills and leadership qualities
- Experience of working alongside Multi agency teams. Receiving and delivering safeguarding supervision
- Post holder experience/portfolio evidence working with children and families where there are safeguarding/child protection concerns
- Contributing to service delivery via data collection and report writing
Desirable
- Project management
- Experience in developing and implementing policies & procedures
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments
- Experience of developing, implementing and evaluating training Liaison across different healthcare agencies, including primary care teams and community services
- Working in multi-disciplinary and multi agency teams
- Experience working within a SARC setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent clinical leadership skills
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Knowledge of safeguarding and other legislation relating to all aspects of child health and development
- Extensive knowledge of current issues and legislation relating to the Protection of adults and children
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of current evidence based clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to demonstrate a family focused approach
- Able to work in a supervisory capacity
- An ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of current evidence based clinical practice
- Ability to produce written work, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible
Desirable
- Awareness of Sexual Health Experience/knowledge of government initiatives in respect of children with disabilities
- Participation/involvement in SI/IMR's/SCPR
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Have excellent communication and leadership skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrate ability to make decisions
- Use own initiative and be able to prioritise own workload and that of junior staff
- Be able to take the lead in area of expertise
- Be adaptable and able to implement change
- Able to demonstrate high level of personal professional autonomy and accountability
- Ability to motivate colleagues/peers leading through example
- Ability to manage conflict
- Demonstrate the ability to work independently, flexibly and as part of multidisciplinary team
- Emotionally strong to manage sensitive and distressing information and situations and to receive and give constructive criticism
- Commitment to personal development and to training up to the required level for the position
- Professional role model
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN Child or RSCN)
- RGN/ (RN Adult) with SCPHN qualification
- Current registration with NMC
- Teaching/Mentoring qualification
- Leadership and management training, or equivalent experience
- Safeguarding supervision qualification, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Community Specialist Practitioner
- Experience of working in child protection and safeguarding adults team
- Acute care or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Substantial recent experience in nursing at Band 6 or above
- Setting & auditing clinical standards
- Utilisation of research in practice
- Evidence of change management
- Evidence of proven leadership skills and leadership qualities
- Experience of working alongside Multi agency teams. Receiving and delivering safeguarding supervision
- Post holder experience/portfolio evidence working with children and families where there are safeguarding/child protection concerns
- Contributing to service delivery via data collection and report writing
Desirable
- Project management
- Experience in developing and implementing policies & procedures
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments
- Experience of developing, implementing and evaluating training Liaison across different healthcare agencies, including primary care teams and community services
- Working in multi-disciplinary and multi agency teams
- Experience working within a SARC setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent clinical leadership skills
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Knowledge of safeguarding and other legislation relating to all aspects of child health and development
- Extensive knowledge of current issues and legislation relating to the Protection of adults and children
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of current evidence based clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to demonstrate a family focused approach
- Able to work in a supervisory capacity
- An ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of current evidence based clinical practice
- Ability to produce written work, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible
Desirable
- Awareness of Sexual Health Experience/knowledge of government initiatives in respect of children with disabilities
- Participation/involvement in SI/IMR's/SCPR
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Have excellent communication and leadership skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrate ability to make decisions
- Use own initiative and be able to prioritise own workload and that of junior staff
- Be able to take the lead in area of expertise
- Be adaptable and able to implement change
- Able to demonstrate high level of personal professional autonomy and accountability
- Ability to motivate colleagues/peers leading through example
- Ability to manage conflict
- Demonstrate the ability to work independently, flexibly and as part of multidisciplinary team
- Emotionally strong to manage sensitive and distressing information and situations and to receive and give constructive criticism
- Commitment to personal development and to training up to the required level for the position
- Professional role model
Desirable
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).
