Associate Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, Band 7

Job overview

There are two posts available, a 37.5 hour contract and an 18.75 hour contract.

Are you passionate about Safeguarding Children and do you have professional curiosity to ensure that the child's voice is at the heart of everything we do in Safeguarding? Do you have lots of experience of working with children and families in the field of safeguarding. We are looking for someone who is very experienced in the field of Safeguarding and who is forward thinking and dynamic. You must be creative about how you work and be able to work across all hospital sites and areas.

Job description

We are looking for someone who is passionate about safeguarding and advocating for children in care, where ever their journey may be within the acute hospitals trust. The post holder will work within the Safeguarding Children team providing an effective and evidenced based advice and consultation service to Trust staff who raise safeguarding concerns. The post will involve multi-agency liaison to safeguard children and will require attendance at strategy discussions related to children. The post will involve the development and delivery of teaching packages. The post holder will be expected to offer safeguarding supervision across the trust. The post holder would be expected to be familiar with the escalation policy and feel confident with professional challenge. The post holder will deputise for the Named Nurse when required at Rapid Reviews or Local Children Safeguarding Practice Reviews. The post holder will lead on developing a trauma informed strategy for the trust.

Job responsibilities

You will work within the Safeguarding Children team providing an effective and evidenced based advice and consultation service to Trust staff who raise safeguarding concerns. This will involve attendance at strategy meetings and providing advice for staff across the trust where there are concerns about a child or where the parent is the patient. You will advise staff about children in care and their needs and you will advocate for care experienced young people who are going through transition to adult services. You will promote the use of language that cares across the trust. You will liaise with the Named Nurse and Designated Nurse for children in care within GHC and participate on any county projects relating to children in care.

You will be involved in lots of multi-agency discussion and triangulating information known about families to inform safe decisions about children and their families. The post holder will work proactively to ensure that every safeguarding concern raised is fully managed to a definite outcome with timely onward referrals and effective communication with all professional parties. High standards of documentation are required at all times and good working knowledge of information governance. You will review and update policies related to safeguarding. You will contribute to the annual Section 11 submission.

You will need to communicate effectively with patients, parents and carers and communicate difficult information at times. You will support parents and carers through any safeguarding processes and ensure they understand the process.

You will be involved in the development and delivery of safeguarding training. You will be invited to teach new members of staff across the organisation around safeguarding children. You will provide safeguarding supervision across the trust for staff. You will deputise for the Named Nurse when required for learning reviews and complete chronologies. You will use the escalation policy for any professional challenge with other agencies. You will lead on and participate in audit relevant to safeguarding.

About the organisation

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

The Safeguarding Children is expanding and evolving by another 3 nurses, this is an exciting time to be entering the team. We have a think family approach and work very closely with the safeguarding adults team and the vulnerable women's team in midwifery.

The Corporate Nursing Team and the Trust are committed to achieving the best care possible for every patient and are driven by an ethos of quality improvement.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• United Kingdom recognised Degree in a healthcare profession
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
• Experience working in the field of safeguarding children

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
• Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice.
• Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective safeguarding practice
• Able to effectively and appropriately respond to escalation of concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety

Desirable

• Up to date with professional issues that influence healthcare-based safeguarding practice
• Able to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to safeguarding.

Clinical/ Experience

Essential

• Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment
• Previous experience of safeguarding Children

Desirable

• Has recent acute hospital experience

Supporting documents

• 318-26-T0709 Job Description & Person Specification.docx (DOCX, 649 KB)