Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children

Job description

Job summary

NHS Band 8A Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum

Hours per week: Full time 37.5

Contract: Permanent

Location Base: QueenAlexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY

To fulfil the role and responsibilities of the Named Nursefor Safeguarding Children as detailed in Working Together to Safeguard Children(2023), The Children Act (1989 and 2004), and the Safeguarding Children andYoung People, Roles and Responsibilities for Health Care Staff (IntercollegiateDocument 2019).

Strategically lead and support all activities necessary toensure that the organisation meets the statutory responsibilities to safeguardand protect children and young people.

Main duties of the job

Specific Core Functions

• To proactively and strategically lead the Trust inmaintaining compliance to statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirementsset out in safeguarding law and policy.
• Effective use of the child safeguarding team budget.
• Direct line management of Child Safeguarding Team.
• Required to work closely with multi-agency safeguardingteams to investigate safeguarding alerts in which health concerns are a majorissue. This will involve close working with safeguarding agencies throughoutHampshire including but not limited to the Police, Children's Services and othersafeguarding colleagues.
• Develop, implement and provide a wide range of training andsupervision across the Trust in line with national policy and local strategy.

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust andPortsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellencein care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aimsunderpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across bothorganisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may berequired to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staffacross multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in personleadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront ofeverything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantasticbenefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those longsummer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool,access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality andDisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe wecan offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring interms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, genderidentity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans'status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job summary

• Provides strong leadership, inspiring and empowering othersin pursuit of a shared vision to ensure an effective Trust wide engagement withthe Safeguarding Adult and Children agenda.
• Participate in multi-agency subgroups of the LSCP, ICB andthe Trust safeguarding committees.
• Advise local police, children's social care and otherstatutory and voluntary agencies on health matters with regard to safeguardingchildren.
• Support and advise the Trust board regarding the statutory,regulatory and contractual requirements of safeguarding/child protection.
• Contribute to the planning and strategic organisation ofchild safeguarding services.
• Support and advise all staff on the management of all formsof child maltreatment, including relevant legal frameworks and documentation.
• Assess and evaluate evidence, write reports and presentinformation to child protection conferences and related meetings.
• Provide advice and signposting to all staff about legalprocesses, key research and policy documents.
• Ensure that the Trust has child safeguarding policies andprocedures in line with legislation, national guidance, and the guidance of theLCSP.
• Contribute to the dissemination and implementation oforganisational policies and procedures.
• Encourage case discussion, reflective practice, and themonitoring of significant events at a local level.
• Ensure that the Trust has a training strategy in line withnational and local expectations.
• Develop, implement and maintain safeguarding educationalprogrammes/training sessions in conjunction with the safeguarding team forstaff across the Trust that address all levels of required/identifiedknowledge.

For full job details, please refer to enclosed jobdescription.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Job summary

• Provides strong leadership, inspiring and empowering othersin pursuit of a shared vision to ensure an effective Trust wide engagement withthe Safeguarding Adult and Children agenda.
• Participate in multi-agency subgroups of the LSCP, ICB andthe Trust safeguarding committees.
• Advise local police, children's social care and otherstatutory and voluntary agencies on health matters with regard to safeguardingchildren.
• Support and advise the Trust board regarding the statutory,regulatory and contractual requirements of safeguarding/child protection.
• Contribute to the planning and strategic organisation ofchild safeguarding services.
• Support and advise all staff on the management of all formsof child maltreatment, including relevant legal frameworks and documentation.
• Assess and evaluate evidence, write reports and presentinformation to child protection conferences and related meetings.
• Provide advice and signposting to all staff about legalprocesses, key research and policy documents.
• Ensure that the Trust has child safeguarding policies andprocedures in line with legislation, national guidance, and the guidance of theLCSP.
• Contribute to the dissemination and implementation oforganisational policies and procedures.
• Encourage case discussion, reflective practice, and themonitoring of significant events at a local level.
• Ensure that the Trust has a training strategy in line withnational and local expectations.
• Develop, implement and maintain safeguarding educationalprogrammes/training sessions in conjunction with the safeguarding team forstaff across the Trust that address all levels of required/identifiedknowledge.

For full job details, please refer to enclosed jobdescription.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse currently on NMC register.
• Degree (or working towards a Masters) or equivalent in-depth knowledge.

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification.
• Leadership Qualification.
• Supervision training.

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 2 years as a safeguarding specialist.
• Experience in leading, managing and implementing change.
• Evidence of robust inter- agency and partnership working.
• Expert knowledge and experience of working with current legislation and developments within Child protection.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Full understanding of the statutory duty for the NHS Trusts under section 11 of the Children Act 2004.
• Understanding of audit cycle.

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse currently on NMC register.
• Degree (or working towards a Masters) or equivalent in-depth knowledge.

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification.
• Leadership Qualification.
• Supervision training.

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 2 years as a safeguarding specialist.
• Experience in leading, managing and implementing change.
• Evidence of robust inter- agency and partnership working.
• Expert knowledge and experience of working with current legislation and developments within Child protection.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Full understanding of the statutory duty for the NHS Trusts under section 11 of the Children Act 2004.
• Understanding of audit cycle.

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

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

Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO6 3LY

United Kingdom

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