Clinical Records Reviewer

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Stone; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Records Reviewer to work within the Safeguarding team. The role focuses on extracting health information from electronic systems and sharing it with safeguarding colleagues to support multi-agency decisions involving adults and children.

You will attend strategy meetings, provide health information to inform risk assessments, and contribute to learning materials and education events within the safeguarding framework.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate adult and child safeguarding awareness.
• Evidence of knowledge of information sharing principles.
• Relevant experience with working with adults and children.
• Disclosure and Barring Service Check is required.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the Multiagency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) to contribute to safeguarding decisions.
• Provide health advice to inform risk assessment and care planning for safeguarding adults and children.
• Offer guidance to frontline practice under safeguarding supervision.
• Support safeguarding practitioners during reviews under relevant safeguarding legislation.
• Create learning materials or participate in safeguarding education events.
• Share sensitive information with external agencies in safeguarding meetings.
• Decide which information from databases to present at meetings.
• Handle distressing information with concentration while reviewing records.
• Attend multi-agency meetings and seek supervision as needed.
• Advise on patient safety issues and assist in policy development.
• Attend and support inter-agency learning and service development.
• Maintain own safeguarding equipment and organize workload.

Skills

Adult safeguarding awareness

Information sharing principles

Education

DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service)

Job description

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Records Reviewer

The closing date is 03 November 2026

This role isnot eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

The post holder will work as part of the Safeguarding team to ensure that appropriate Health information is extracted from electronic systems and shared with safeguarding colleagues in accordance with multi agency safeguarding procedures. The post holder will be required to under the supervision of safeguarding practitioner attend multi agency strategy meetings and share health information to enable the police and local authority to make a decision regarding the action to be taken. The post holder will seek advice and support from senior colleagues within the team where cases are complex and require additional analysis/ challenge.

The post holder will need clinical experience of working with adults and or children as part of a multi disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to Multi-agency discussions/meetings

Provide health advice/information, to enable assessment of risk and care planning to safeguard adults and children under the supervision of the registered practitioners within the team

Offer advice and support to frontline practice under the supervision of safeguarding practitioners.

Contribute to the safeguarding team comms and education by producing learning materials or taking part in educational/learning events.

Share sensitive and confidential information with partner agencies about safeguarding concerns in meetings/written format.

To have autonomy to decide which appropriate information needs to be extracted from which database to be presented at multi-agency safeguarding meetings

The post holder will be exposed to distressing verbal and written information and will require significant concentration whilst reviewing clinical records.

Maintain standards in relation to patient safety, by advising professionals on clinical safeguarding issues and to advise the Safeguarding Lead should any gaps or risks in safeguarding practice be identified in order to influence strategic policy, risk management and decision making.

To attend as directed and requested multi-agency safeguarding meetings, to assist and support in the development of inter-agency learning and service development.

Organise own day-to-day workload and priorities

Manage emotionally demanding work on a daily basis that is frequently distressing and stressful.

About us

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Job responsibilities

1. To work as part of Multiagency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), contributing to multi-agency discussions and decision making on child and adult protection issues, by way of attendance at strategy discussions / planning meetings.

2. Providing health care advice / information, to enable assessment of risk and care planning to protect and safeguard adults and children under the supervision of the registered practitioners within the team

3. Offer advice and support to frontline practice under the supervision of safeguarding practitioners.

4. Support safeguarding practitioners conducting reviews under section 42 of the Care Act or any other safeguarding review process.

5. Contribute to the safeguarding team communication and education programme by producing learning materials or taking part in educational / learning events.

6. At multi-agency safeguarding meetings the post holder will have to share sensitive and confidential information to social workers in external agencies about safeguarding cases

7. The post holder will have the autonomy to decide which appropriate information needs to be extracted from which database to be presented at multi-agency safeguarding meetings

8. The post holder will be exposed to distressing verbal and written information and will require significant concentration whilst reviewing clinical records.

9. Attend multi-agency meetings as and when required seeking clinical / managerial supervision from Safeguarding Practitioners.

10. Maintain standards in relation to patient safety, by advising professionals on clinical safeguarding issues and to advise the Safeguarding Lead should any gaps or risks in safeguarding practice be identified in order to influence strategic policy, risk management and decision making.

11. To attend as directed and requested multi-agency safeguarding meetings, to assist and support in the development of inter-agency learning and service development.

12. Responsible for maintaining own equipment.

13. Organise own day-to-day workload and priorities

14. Manage emotionally demanding work on a daily basis that is frequently distressing and stressful.

Person Specification

Demonstrate adult and child safeguarding awareness

• Demonstrate adult and child safeguarding awareness
• Evidence of knowledge of information sharing principles

Relevant experience with working with adults and children

• Relevant experience with working with adults and 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.

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust