Children/ Young person's Safeguarding Nurse

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A health care organization in the UK is seeking a Specialist Safeguarding Nurse to join their Safeguarding team. The successful candidate will provide expert guidance, support for safeguarding children and young people, and manage complex cases. Responsibilities include maintaining records, delivering training, and implementing safeguarding guidance. This full-time position offers an annual salary of £47,810, with an emphasis on driving better care for children across the organization.

Qualifications

• Registered on part 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11 or 15 of the NMC register.
• Relevant safeguarding supervision training required.
• Recognised teaching qualification or experience of delivering training.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and expert guidance to MSE staff.
• Manage complex child protection cases.
• Maintain records for child protection cases.
• Support implementation of safeguarding guidance.
• Deliver Safeguarding training to staff.

Skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Expert guidance

Training delivery

Education

Registered on NMC register

Relevant safeguarding supervision training

Teaching qualification

Job description

Children/ Young person's Safeguarding Nurse

The closing date is 23 December 2025

We are looking for a Specialist Safeguarding Nurse to join our Safeguarding team.

If successful you will support the Safeguarding Children & Young People Associate Director, the Named Nurse and Named Midwife for Safeguarding Children to fulfil MSEFT responsibilities as set out in the Working Together to Safeguard Children document.

You will use your experience and expertise to provide specialist advice to staff, peers, other professionals, and multi‑agency partners on all aspects of safeguarding children and unborn babies.

So, if you are looking for a 9am‑5pm Monday‑Friday opportunity, that allows you to drive forward safer care for children and young people across MSE, we want to hear from you today.

Main duties of the job

If successful, some of your duties will include:

• To provide support and expert guidance to all MSE staff to assist them in meeting their responsibilities for the safeguarding of children.
• To support the operational management of complex child protection cases as they arise.
• To maintain records and statistics of child protection cases to inform the Quarterly reporting requirements.
• To elevate any risks or concerns to the Named Nurse/Midwife for Safeguarding Children.
• To support staff in the implementation of guidance and legislation into practice and offer expert advice and support at a local / service level.
• To assist in the monitoring and assurance of the implementation of safeguarding guidance and legislation, including regular auditing as required.
• To support staff in the implementation of mental capacity guidance for young people aged 16-17 years, ensuring that the guidance is applied correctly and in the best interest of the young person.
• To plan and deliver Safeguarding Children training for staff across the Trust.
• To maintain appropriate safeguarding records where appropriate in line with NMC guidance on record keeping.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well‑being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting new role using your unique qualities? Then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Qualifications

• Registered on part 1, 2,7,8,10,11 or 15 of the NMC register.
• Relevant safeguarding supervision training
• Recognised teaching qualification or experience of delivering training

Experience

• Evidence of extensive management of complex safeguarding cases
• NHS safeguarding experience
• Experience of delivering training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)