Southend On Sea City Council

Health Liaison Nurse (MASH and MARAC)

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Job summary

There is a opportunity for an experienced practitioner to join our Health Liaison Nurse team and work within the fast paced multiagency environment of MASH and MARAC.

This role is offered on a part-time basis of 3 days per week, days to be discussed at interview.

*Interview date: 8th April 2025*

Southend-On-Sea Children's Public Health Service are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated practitioner who is a team player with initiative and drive to join our dynamic team.

Main duties of the job

The Health Liaison Nurses work in the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Team and the MASH as part of a dynamic multi-agency integrated team to identify health issues that may impact on identified risk/ potential risks and search for and collate health information from a range of NHS providers both locally and further afield to inform the risk assessment process.

Excellent knowledge of SystmOne is required. They share appropriate information to safeguard and/or promote the welfare of adults and children, and manage risk with due regard to patient confidentiality, ensuring that information that is shared is relevant and proportionate and consistent with the MARAC and MASH Information Sharing Agreement. They attend initial strategy meetings and produce section 47s/17s within a specified time frame.

The Health Liaison Nurse attends the Southend MARAC meetings where professionals share information on high risk cases of domestic abuse and create risk management plans.

About us

Southend-on-Sea City Council is a unitary Local Authority and the 0-19 Children Young people and Families Public Health Service is based within the Public Health department. Staff moving from NHS to Local Authority can maintain their NHS pension. Southend City Council reimburse professional registration fees and offer staff iHV/SAPHNA corporate membership.

Southend is a diverse and busy University city with an attractive seafront, public parks and leisure activities, competitive house pricing and excellent transport links. Accessible from both Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street stations. It offers traditional seaside living that makes it a fantastic place to live and work.

Date posted

24 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£44,711 to £50,788 a year pro rata plus SCPHN Recruitment and Retention Scheme

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

F0033-25-0004

Job locations

Southend On Sea City Council

Victoria Avenue

Southend-on-sea

SS2 6ER

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be part of a multi-agency MASH team and take responsibility for analysing and interpreting health information in fast paced discussions about the risk of significant harm to children and families

The post holder will be required to:

Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and specifically health professionals from a wide range of services and disciplines.

Through liaison and dialogue identify and collate the relevant health information to add to the multi-agency risk assessment.

Record, interpret and present health information and issues that can impact the identified or potential risk or needs assessment of adults and children from a range of health perspectives.

Develop and implement data collection systems and protocols that will provide accurate and timely data, safely and effectively with due regards to relevant legislation.

Explain clearly, and with sound rationale, highly complex safeguarding children information, to a wide range of professionals.

Offer appropriate actions from health providers to contribute to the risk management and safety plan, safeguarding of the victim and their family.

Be responsible for the completion of health actions carried out by provider services and provide updates to the MARAC and MASH ensuring that appropriate escalation pathways are followed when actions are incomplete.

Disseminate and communicate decisions and appropriate health information to relevant health professionals.

Identify service gaps and issues relating to effective clinical pathways and/or cross boundary arrangements. Escalate evidence of ineffective safeguarding arrangements within or outside of the MARAC/MASH process.

Immediately report to the statutory Named Nurse for Safeguarding and/or the Head of Safeguarding when issues require escalation or where the case is likely to become subject to press or public interest.

Record information shared including rationale for sharing, health actions and multiagency risk management plan on the appropriate case management recording system on a case by case basis (SystmOne)

Assist in the evaluation and analysis of the health contribution to the MARAC process.

Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, forums, services and initiatives to provide, information and analytical advice and expertise.

The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.

The full Job Description is attached.

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.