(*) Children & Young Persons Safeguarding Nurse

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Basildon; Presencial; GBP 44 000 - 54 000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da oferta

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Band 7 Children and Young Persons Safeguarding Nurse to join the safeguarding team at Basildon Hospital. You will provide expert safeguarding advice, supervise staff, and deliver training on safeguarding children and unborn babies.

You will work with multi‑agency partners to ensure safe, effective risk assessment and safeguarding plans across three hospital sites.

Qualificações

• NMC registration is mandatory.
• Teaching qualification or proven experience delivering training is required.
• Extensive experience managing child protection and safeguarding cases.

Responsabilidades

• Provide expert safeguarding guidance to staff and external partners.
• Deliver safeguarding training and contribute to strategic initiatives.
• Lead multidisciplinary risk assessment and safeguarding plans for children and unborn babies.
• Support policy development and implementation of safeguarding practices across services.

Conhecimentos

Teaching/training

Child protection experience

Interagency collaboration

Formação académica

NMC Pin

Teaching qualification or training delivery

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

** Children & Young Persons Safeguarding Nurse

The closing date is 11 November 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a part time , Band 7 Children and Young Person's Safeguarding Nurse to join the safeguarding team based at Basildon Hospital.The safeguarding nurse will support the Safeguarding Associate Director, the Named Nurse and the Named Midwife for Safeguarding Children to fulfil MSEFT responsibilities as set out in the Working Together to Safeguard Children document. The Post Holder will use expert knowledge to provide specialist advice to staff, peers, other professionals, and multi-agency partners on all aspects of safeguarding children and unborn babies.

Main duties of the job

The Children and Young Person's Safeguarding Nurse will provide support and supervision to all staff on issues relating to the safeguarding of children and unborn babies and to will provide a role model for safe, competent and professional practice in relation to the safeguarding of children.

You will assist in the planning process and will deliver training for staff in all aspects of children's safeguarding and will participate in the development and delivery of a training strategy.

You will participate in policy development across all aspects of safeguarding children and will assist with the implementation into practice of all relevant national and local safeguarding recommendations and guidance.

The Children and Young Person's Safeguarding Nurse will work with MSE staff and external partners to ensure that the wellbeing of children and unborn babies is safeguarded.

The Children and Young Person's Safeguarding Nurse will provide operational management of cases involving any child or young person who is an inpatient on one of our 3 hospital sites where there are child protection concerns in order to ensure effective multidisciplinary and interagency risk assessment, decision making and development of safeguarding plans and actions.

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

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires. for some roles i.e. roles for band 2 to 4, inclusive.

Qualifications

• NMC Pin
• Recognised teaching qualification or experience of delivering training

Knowledge

• Evidence of extensive experience of managing Child Protection and complex safeguarding cases involving children/young people and unborn babies and engagement in statutory safeguarding meetings within this context
• Extensive knowledge of local and national child protection procedures demonstrating experience of application of these procedures in safeguarding practice.
• Knowledge of national reviews/research on Safeguarding Children.

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

£49,387 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)