Associate Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, Band 7

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; Presencial; GBP 42.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a skilled safeguarding professional to lead and support safeguarding children across the trust. The role includes providing evidence-based advice to staff, attending strategy discussions, and deputising for the Named Nurse during rapid reviews or practice reviews.

A trauma-informed strategy for the trust will be developed and implemented, with strong cross-site collaboration.

Descripción del empleo

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.

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.

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.