Associate Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, Band 7

Transformation Unit; Gloucester; Remote; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for two Associate Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children (Band 7) across the trust. The role involves providing expert safeguarding advice, multi-agency liaison, training delivery and supervision across hospital sites.

You will work within the Safeguarding Children team, deputise for the Named Nurse when needed, and contribute to policy development and annual reporting. A substantial NHS benefits package accompanies the post.

Qualifications

• Active NMC or HCPC registration.
• UK recognised degree in a healthcare profession.
• Ongoing professional development and revalidation.
• Experience working in safeguarding children.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based safeguarding advice and consultation to Trust staff.
• Attend strategy meetings and coordinate multi-agency safeguarding discussions.
• Develop and deliver safeguarding teaching packages and offer supervision.
• Lead on trauma-informed safeguarding strategies and policy updates.

Skills

Prioritisation

Role modelling

Supervision

Escalation management

Policy updates

Communication

Education

NMC/HCPC registration

UK healthcare degree

Professional development & revalidation

Experience in safeguarding children

Job description

Employer Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Town Gloucester Salary £49,387 - £56,515 (pa, pro rata if part-time) Salary period Yearly Closing 18/11/2026 23:59

Associate Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, Band 7

Band 7

At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.

With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.

We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our 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.

Detailed job description and main 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.

Person specification

Qualifications

• 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

• 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
• 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

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

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

IMPORTANT: If you require sponsorship in order to apply for this role, eligibility is subject to your individual circumstances ie. current/previous visa status and the relevant salary threshold. We cannot make that assessment for each individual at this stage, therefore we advise those that may require sponsorship to ensure they have self assessed and thoroughly understood their eligibility using the Home Office guidance here - UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Clare Freebrey Job title Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07787327361 Additional information

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