Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the changing shape of NHS commissioning and safeguarding in Cheshire and Merseyside. Our current organisational structure supports effective working both locally and across Cheshire and Merseyside as an Integrated Care System.
We welcome students, staff, people of all races, religions, genders, sexual orientation, physical abilities, backgrounds, and philosophies and those who are accepting of others. Our goal is to support all of our workforce in their work, if you believe you can bring your skills and experiences and an open minded approach into our fast paced and dynamic organisation, we are committed to providing a positive and supportive experience for all of our staff.
Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic nurse with experience in the area of Safeguarding Children and Looked After Children, and already working at a senior strategic and system level in safeguarding?
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) is providing an exciting opportunity for 3 full time substantive Band 8B Designated Nurses posts:
Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children and Looked After Children(St Helens)
Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children and Looked After Children (Halton)
Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children (Sefton)
Main duties of the job
The post holders will play a key leadership role in Safeguarding Children and Looked After Children, while also contributing across the Health Economy, Local Safeguarding Partnerships and Local Corporate Parenting Boards. This role is essential in ensuring that the ICB meets its statutory safeguarding and looked after children responsibilities.
Please note: Although this post is formally aligned to Place, the team operates within a Cheshire and Merseyside cluster arrangements. These roles sit within either the Cheshire Cluster, which currently includes Cheshire East, Cheshire West, Halton and Warrington or the Merseyside Cluster, which currently includes St Helens, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, and Liverpool. This role will be primarily office based with hybrid working arrangements.
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate significant current experience, skill and NHS expertise in Safeguarding Children and Looked After Children. A key focus of the role will be quality and improvement of safeguarding and looked after children arrangements and the post holder will work with a variety of health and multi-agency partners to oversee this. Establishing and maintaining professional strategic relationships with Key stakeholders within Cheshire and Merseyside and the Northwest of England.
About us
Cheshire and Merseyside ICB is a highly complex organisation serving a population of over 2.5 million people across nine Places (Boroughs including local Authorities), 17 NHS Provider organisations, 51 PCNs plus Northwest Ambulance service as well as third sector and voluntary organisations. Cheshire and Merseyside is the third largest ICS in the country, and regarding scope of organisations the ICS is double the size of the next largest ICS.
The successful applicant will be based in the agreed geographical location (one of the 9 Places) and will work closely with the Designated Professionals for Safeguarding Adults, Designated Nurses Safeguarding Children and Looked After Children, Designated Doctors and Named GPs for Safeguarding across NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB as part of a wider enthusiastic and dedicated safeguarding team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be required to:
- Communicate and provide highly complex safeguarding and looked after children information across the Health economy to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Present highly complex information about projects, initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting such as the Merseyside Safeguarding Children Partnerships, Corporate Parenting Boards and Child Death Overview Panel.
- Commit to working and engaging constructively with NHS Commissioned providers, health services and other key stakeholders on a range of potentially contentious issues.
- Nurture key relationships and maintain networks both within the NHS and other networks such as the Safeguarding Children Partnerships, Corporate Parenting Boards and Child Death Overview Panels internally and externally, including national networks.
- Lead and coordinate the looked after children response to external and internal inspections such as: Ofsted, CQC,JTAIs Peer reviews etc.
- Support collaborative working across health services, underpinned by appropriate pathways and policies to safeguard children and looked after children.
Please see job description and person specification for more detail.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be required to:
- Communicate and provide highly complex safeguarding and looked after children information across the Health economy to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Present highly complex information about projects, initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting such as the Merseyside Safeguarding Children Partnerships, Corporate Parenting Boards and Child Death Overview Panel.
- Commit to working and engaging constructively with NHS Commissioned providers, health services and other key stakeholders on a range of potentially contentious issues.
- Nurture key relationships and maintain networks both within the NHS and other networks such as the Safeguarding Children Partnerships, Corporate Parenting Boards and Child Death Overview Panels internally and externally, including national networks.
- Lead and coordinate the looked after children response to external and internal inspections such as: Ofsted, CQC,JTAIs Peer reviews etc.
- Support collaborative working across health services, underpinned by appropriate pathways and policies to safeguard children and looked after children.
Please see job description and person specification for more detail.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Children Nurse, Registered Midwife, or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) with current NMC registration
- oCompleted specific post-registration training in safeguarding at Masters level or equivalent experience
- oA minimum of 2 years' recent experience in a Childrens Safeguarding role with proven track record of strategic planning with NHS and partner organisations.
Experience
Essential
- oAt least five years' experience in a senior nurse leadership role with knowledge of the NHS reform agenda as it applies to safeguarding
- oProven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to make complex decisions quickly based on a range of factors including highly sensitive patient information which can affect the whole health system
- oExcellent leadership skills and the ability to build and motivate high performance teams
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Children Nurse, Registered Midwife, or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) with current NMC registration
- oCompleted specific post-registration training in safeguarding at Masters level or equivalent experience
- oA minimum of 2 years' recent experience in a Childrens Safeguarding role with proven track record of strategic planning with NHS and partner organisations.
Experience
Essential
- oAt least five years' experience in a senior nurse leadership role with knowledge of the NHS reform agenda as it applies to safeguarding
- oProven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to make complex decisions quickly based on a range of factors including highly sensitive patient information which can affect the whole health system
- oExcellent leadership skills and the ability to build and motivate high performance teams
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
