Clinical Nurse Specialist - Safeguarding Children

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Safeguarding Children. The role involves engaging in safeguarding activities, providing expert clinical leadership, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the welfare of vulnerable children. Candidates should demonstrate critical thinking, organizational skills, and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in child safeguarding.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate expert practice in assessment and evaluation of care.
• Engage in safeguarding activities and deliver training.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of service development and clinical audit.
• Provide advice and supervision to frontline practitioners.
• Contribute to child protection case conferences.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Critical Thinking

Analytical Skills

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Safeguarding Children

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Due to staff promotions and developments, exciting opportunities have risen for suitably qualified and experienced practitioners to join the Trust's Community Safeguarding Teams in Lambeth and Southwark in the roles of Clinical Nurse Specialists Safeguarding Children. The post holders will be a fundamental part of the children safeguarding team and work closely with other team members to ensure that optimal standards of care are maintained and that the safeguarding of children remains at the heart of practice. They will support the implementation of service development, standard setting, clinical audit and benchmarking, to deliver needs-led care that supports the local priorities for vulnerable children and young people

In this role you will engage in a variety of safeguarding activities. These include offering advice, support and supervision to frontline practitioners, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and participating in a range of safeguarding meetings. This is a vital role that actively contributes to the delivery of safeguarding training programmes.

You will be required to demonstrate an inquiring mind, critical thinking and analytical skills to enhance decision making in relation to the protection of vulnerable children. You will require good organisational skills and an ability to work independently and also as part of a wider team.

Closing Date: 21/05/2025

Interview Date: 30/05/2025

• To identify vulnerable children, young people and families early and provide effective programmes of support and care that protects and promotes their health and wellbeing.
• Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
• Demonstrate appropriate expert practice and highly specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Providing expert and professional clinical leadership in the specialist areas.
• To contribute to child protection case conferences and strategy meetings in order to plan effectively to ensure optimum outcomes for vulnerable children.
• To represent the Trust on multi-agency sub groups of the Local Safeguarding Children Partnership as required.
• To deliver formal safeguarding training sessions to specified staff on Child Protection and safeguarding issues, which facilitates learning and individual personal development.
  
  

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rehema Hussain Job title: Lambeth Named Nurse Safeguarding Children Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07770704928

For questions about the role, please contact Named nurse for Lambeth- Rehema Hussain Mobile -07770704928. Email: [e-mail] or Named Nurse for Southwark - Hannah Bracey (Mobile): 07341686549 Email: [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

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