Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children x 3

NHS North West London; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children within a dynamic Integrated Care Board. This role involves working collaboratively across various boroughs in North West London, ensuring the safety and well-being of children through expert guidance and strategic leadership. You will engage with key stakeholders, influence safeguarding practices, and contribute to the development of effective safeguarding partnerships. Join a dedicated team committed to making a positive impact on community health and safety. If you are passionate about child protection and have the experience to match, this is the perfect role for you.

Qualifications

• Must be a member of a relevant professional clinical body.
• Experience in Named/Safeguarding Specialist roles in the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate understanding of commissioning organisations and safeguarding assurance.
• Provide expert advice and support to safeguarding partnerships.

Skills

Child Protection Processes

Verbal and Written Communication

Strategic Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Analytical Skills

Financial Management

Microsoft Office

Education

Master's Degree in Nursing or Equivalent

Continuing Professional Development in Safeguarding

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Employer: NHS North West London ICB

Employer type: NHS

Site: Various

Town: Various

Salary: £67,950 - £78,028 Inclusive of HCA per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 07/01/2025 23:59

Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children x 3

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Job Overview

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to work within an Integrated Care Board in the Chief Nursing Officer Directorate as a Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children, then we would encourage you to contact us.

The NWL ICB Safeguarding team is made up of Designated Nurses for Safeguarding Children and Children Looked After (CLA), Designated Doctors for Safeguarding Children and CLA, and Named GPs. The team also includes Designated Professionals for Safeguarding Adults. The NWL ICB Safeguarding service covers the boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, and Westminster/Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

We are looking for three dynamic and experienced Safeguarding Children Nurses who have comprehensive knowledge and experience of working in health care and across the wider system. The vacant posts are in Brent, Harrow and Hounslow.

Main Duties of the Job

You will need to demonstrate a good understanding of commissioning organisations and how safeguarding assurance is gathered whilst using your strategic leadership skills to influence the safeguarding portfolio. This will require excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to develop and sustain productive and collaborative relationships with key stakeholders. You will need to demonstrate a good understanding of child protection processes and provide expert advice and support across the NWL health economy, as well as to partner agencies such as the police and local authority. You will contribute to the work of the Safeguarding Children Partnerships and provide them with advice and support as required.

You will work across a collaborative team which encompasses safeguarding, quality and patient safety to fulfil the statutory responsibilities of the Integrated Care Board in North West London.

Closing date for applications: 7th January 2025

Working for Our Organisation

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board (NHS NWL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in eight boroughs across North West London: Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.

Working for us, you can help ensure that our residents and patients have access to the right services when they need them and assist them to take greater care of their own health to ensure they live longer, healthier lives.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

For more information on the detailed job description and main responsibilities for this role, please read the job description and person specification document provided on this advert.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Member of relevant professional clinical body (NMC, HPCP, SWE).
• Experience of working at a professional level in the NHS and working as a Named/Safeguarding Specialist role (or equivalent experience) for numerous years post qualification.
• Educated to Master’s level or able to demonstrate relevant clinical experience and research in equivalence including national recognition.
• Evidence of post-basic continuing professional development including in Safeguarding.
• Extensive knowledge of national/local Safeguarding Children Procedures. Knowledge and understanding of legislation such as the Mental Capacity Act and consent.

Communication Skills

• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.

Analytical Skills

• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.

Management Skills

• Abilities for financial and staff management.

Physical Skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.

Equality and Diversity

• Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.