Named Nurse Safeguarding Children

The Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children will support all activities to ensure the organisation meets its statutory safeguarding responsibilities with regard to children and young people.

The post holder will provide leadership and assurance across the field of safeguarding children, seeking assurances from and holding to account services regarding their safeguarding responsibilities.

This post holder will manage a safeguarding team providing expert leadership of the safeguarding children agenda for Oldham Care Organisation. The post holder will provide access to a highly expert and supportive team approach for the children and young people from, and using services in Oldham Care Organisation.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide expert highly specialist advice and support across the organisation on all safeguarding matters. They will provide the ADNS for safeguarding with support in implementing the safeguarding children agenda across the Northern Care Alliance.

Assist the Alliance in meeting its statutory duties and responsibilities relating to Safeguarding children and young people. This includes providing cover, where necessary, in the absence of named nurses from other localities.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ people representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We continually review our recruitment processes to ensure they are supporting us achieving an inclusive and representative team.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

• Registered General Nurse Registered on Part 1 of the NMC.
• Part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus.

Qualifications

Essential

• Have completed specific training in the care of babies / children and young people.
• Have completed a post registration training in safeguarding Children including Law, Policy and Practice at post graduate Level.
• Working towards Masters qualification in safeguarding or related subject or equivalent experience.
• Training on the Mental Capacity Act (MCA).

Desirable

• Leadership or management course.

Experience

Essential

• Have substantial safeguarding experience at Band 7 or above.
• Significant experience related to caring for babies / children / young people and have an understanding of forensic matters.
• Development of safeguarding pathways, standards and service models.
• Experience of participating in undertaking and providing clinical and safeguarding supervision.
• Experience in dealing with highly contentious and emotive information and advising on management of sensitive issues.
• Extensive knowledge of national safeguarding policies.

Desirable

• Experience of dealing with safeguarding adult incidents.
• Previous line management responsibilities.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Exemplary leadership skills.
• High level critical thinking skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate at local level.
• Ability to write, revise and implement policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
• Ability to work with senior managers to implement recommendations from Child safeguarding practice reviews (SCR's) and Domestic homicide reviews.

Desirable

• Good working knowledge of the application of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA).
• Understanding of the principles of Liberty protection safeguards.

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH

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