Job summary
An exciting opportunity has
arisen for a Band 7 Nurse to join us within the MASH Health Team on a bank
basis.
The Suffolk MASH makes
decisions about next steps when a concern is raised about a child or adult who
is reported to be at risk of harm, abuse, or neglect.
Suffolk MASH receives and
processes all safeguarding referrals of children and adults at risk of harm and
abuse.
Suffolk MASH consists of
around 60 professionals from health, police, fire services, education, social
care, probation, youth justice, mental health services and housing.
Most of the staff are based
at Landmark House in Ipswich, with some designated professionals working
remotely.
We are looking for an
experienced, motivated, and adaptable Nurse who has proven safeguarding skills
and knowledge.
If you would like further
information about this post, please contact Liz Hogg on 01473 770115.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of a pool of expert practitioners
to contribute to the effective functioning of the MASH.
To work as a lead specialist to champion and
develop communication and NHS specific safeguarding practices within Suffolk
Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).
To lead the health contribution within the MASH
working collaboratively with partner agencies to implement, policies and
practice within the MASH strategy, policies and guidance.
To offer health specific safeguarding advice and
expertise within the MASH across the lifespan
To facilitate the prompt exchange of significant
information to inform safeguarding assessments.
About us
The NHS Suffolk and North-East Essex Integrated Care Board
(ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our population. This function is
commonly referred to as commissioning.
To do this, we work within a budget of around
£2.7 billion, which is set by NHS England, and work closely with local
government and the NHS providers in our area. Our performance is judged by how
well our local health and care system as a whole is working, including the
health outcomes of our communities.
The ICB has delegated some authority to the three
health and wellbeing alliances that operate in Suffolk and North-East Essex to
act on its behalf. This is to ensure that the needs of smaller, local areas are
addressed.
The ICB remains accountable for all of its functions, including
those it has delegated.
Local residents have a big role to play in the
operation of the ICB. We rely on the experiences and perspectives of our
communities to help shape our decision-making.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the legislation and principles of information sharing in relation to vulnerable children and adults
- Impact of change on professional practice.
- Role/function of other statutory agencies.
- Knowledge of health inequalities and issues of diversity.
- Intermediate working knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools.
Desirable
- Extensive knowledge of national/local adult safeguarding policy.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to Chair Multi-organisational meetings.
- Skills for communication on complex matters, difficult situations, requiring negotiating, persuasive and influencing skills.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Exercise personal judgement when dealing with a range of factors / issues that may involve managers, colleagues, stakeholders and service users
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise; Plans and organises own work, resolving conflicting situations and matters.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- The ability to challenge constructively, and motivate individuals, groups and organisations.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Evidence of significant success in efficient and effective project and programme management.
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task.
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Other
Essential
- Understand of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Used to working in a busy environment.
- Understand of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Professional, calm and efficient manner.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Effective organiser.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a
- difference by focusing on goals.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years post registration experience demonstrating a wide knowledge, understanding of working with vulnerable children and/or adults and their families to post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to masters or equivalent level
- Experience of working in partnership between health and social care.
- Experience of delivering training programmes to multi agency groups/forums.
- Experience of change through partnership working.
- Experience of involvement in investigations, Individual management reviews or Serious Case Reviews.
- Designing and implementing audits.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of working under pressure and achieving high quality outcomes.
- Leading/managing a team, setting and reviewing goals.
- Producing guidance or procedures and/or analytical reports.
- Negotiating with senior practitioners to resolve differences of opinion and conflict.
- Providing professional supervision to peers or junior staff.
Desirable
- Advising Commissioners of service development.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Leading safeguarding practice across own discipline/service area.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Level 1 nurse Health Professional, with post registration experience.
- ENB 998 or equivalent.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience.
- Safeguarding adults and children training.
Desirable
- Registered Health Visitor or School Nurse-additional qualification - hv, school nurse, mental health, learning disability, palliative care.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the legislation and principles of information sharing in relation to vulnerable children and adults
- Impact of change on professional practice.
- Role/function of other statutory agencies.
- Knowledge of health inequalities and issues of diversity.
- Intermediate working knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools.
Desirable
- Extensive knowledge of national/local adult safeguarding policy.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to Chair Multi-organisational meetings.
- Skills for communication on complex matters, difficult situations, requiring negotiating, persuasive and influencing skills.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Exercise personal judgement when dealing with a range of factors / issues that may involve managers, colleagues, stakeholders and service users
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise; Plans and organises own work, resolving conflicting situations and matters.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- The ability to challenge constructively, and motivate individuals, groups and organisations.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Evidence of significant success in efficient and effective project and programme management.
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task.
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Other
Essential
- Understand of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Used to working in a busy environment.
- Understand of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Professional, calm and efficient manner.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Effective organiser.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a
- difference by focusing on goals.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years post registration experience demonstrating a wide knowledge, understanding of working with vulnerable children and/or adults and their families to post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to masters or equivalent level
- Experience of working in partnership between health and social care.
- Experience of delivering training programmes to multi agency groups/forums.
- Experience of change through partnership working.
- Experience of involvement in investigations, Individual management reviews or Serious Case Reviews.
- Designing and implementing audits.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of working under pressure and achieving high quality outcomes.
- Leading/managing a team, setting and reviewing goals.
- Producing guidance or procedures and/or analytical reports.
- Negotiating with senior practitioners to resolve differences of opinion and conflict.
- Providing professional supervision to peers or junior staff.
Desirable
- Advising Commissioners of service development.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Leading safeguarding practice across own discipline/service area.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Level 1 nurse Health Professional, with post registration experience.
- ENB 998 or equivalent.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience.
- Safeguarding adults and children training.
Desirable
- Registered Health Visitor or School Nurse-additional qualification - hv, school nurse, mental health, learning disability, palliative care.
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).
