Job summary
Are you an experienced safeguarding professional ready to take the next step into a pivotal leadership role?
HCRG Care Group is seeking a Named Nurse for Safeguardingto provide expert guidance, strong leadership, and professional oversight to ensure our organisation meets its responsibilities to safeguard children, young people, and adults with care and support needs.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence safeguarding strategy, support the development of specialist practiti
As the Named Nurse for Safeguarding, you will be an integral part of the organisations Safeguarding Team and accountable within the managerial framework of the Lancashire 019 Public Health Nursing Service. You will support the Safeguarding Lead in ensuring that the organisation meets all contractual and statutory safeguarding responsibilities, working collaboratively with partner agencies and the wider safeguarding network across HCRG Care Group.
You will provide leadership and management to the Safeguarding Specialist Nurses, supporting their professional development, delegating work appropriately, and offering highquality supervision. You will also deputise for the Safeguarding Lead when required and contribute to both the childrens and adults safeguarding agendas across the organisation.
Main duties of the job
What you'll do:
- Support the Safeguarding Lead to ensure the organisation meets its responsibilities in safeguarding children, young people, and adults with care and support needs.
- Deputise for the Safeguarding Lead when required.
- Work collaboratively as a core member of the Safeguarding Team.
- Provide leadership, management, and supervision to Safeguarding Specialist Nurses.
- Support and facilitate the ongoing professional development of the Specialist Safeguarding Nursing team.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of the wider safeguarding agenda across HCRG Care Group.
- Build strong partnerships with internal teams, external agencies, and multiagency safeguarding partners.
- Produce highquality written reports, reviews, and safeguarding documentation as required.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Details
Date posted
05 March 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/40134/18645
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4XQ
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4XQ
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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