Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children & Young People

Secondment opportunity to work within the Safeguarding team at UHNM as the named nurse for safeguarding children and young people. The post is 32 hours per week, working Monday-Thursday. The post holder will, as part of the UHNM Safeguarding team, provide a Trust wide overview of all children/young people safeguarding matters and co-ordinate all issues and processes concerning safeguarding.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will, as part of the UHNM Safeguarding team, provide a Trust wide overview of all children/young people safeguarding matters, co-ordinating all issues and processes concerning safeguarding, providing specialist advice and information.

1. Contribute to the development of internal safeguarding policies, guidelines, and protocols.
2. Effectively communicate local safeguarding knowledge, research and findings from audits and challenge poor practice.
3. Facilitate and contribute to own organisation audits, multi-agency audits and statutory inspections.
4. Organise, plan and deliver Safeguarding training to staff across UHNM.
5. Undertake/contribute to serious case/case management reviews, including the development and implementation of action plans.
6. Effectively work with colleagues across the trust and from other organisations, including the Police, the Local Authority, the Local Safeguarding Children's Boards (LSCB) and other LSCB partners.
7. Work with the Safeguarding team to identify and support safeguarding supervision and reflective practice for staff across the Trust.
8. Participate in LSCB sub-groups, as directed by the Lead Nurse - Safeguarding.
9. Work with the Lead Nurse - Safeguarding and the Lead for Vulnerable Patients to support safeguarding quality assurance and improvement processes.
10. Participate in risk assessments of the organisation's ability to safeguard/protect children and young people.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification document for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma or degree in nursing studies.

Desirable

• Master level study.
• ENB 997/998 or equivalent or experience of teaching in the clinical areas.
• Leadership/management course.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 3 years post registration experience.
• 1 year experience in a leadership role.
• Formal teaching.

Desirable

• Experience in Safeguarding/complex cases.

Other skills

Essential

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
• Effective communication skills.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke University Hospital

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

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205-6857767