MASH Health Practitioner

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire); Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is recruiting for a MASH Health Practitioner to lead health information analysis and multi-agency decision making to safeguard children across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The role requires safeguarding expertise and strong collaboration with social care and police partners.

You will collate data, support strategy discussions, and ensure secure information sharing while maintaining high standards of documentation and governance within the

Qualifications

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse/ RN (Child)/ RSCN (part 8 or 15)/RM/RMN required.
• Post registration safeguarding training or experience.
• Up to date safeguarding training per EEC guidance.

Responsibilities

• Analyse highly complex health information to inform strategy meetings and risk assessments within the MASH.
• Collaborate with partner agencies to share information and support decision making on safeguarding.
• Maintain high standards of record keeping and documentation.
• Support data collection and review for MASH workload analysis.

Skills

Interagency collaboration

Health information analysis

SystmOne user

Education

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse/ RN (Child)/ RSCN (part 8 or 15)/RM/RMN

Safeguarding training (post-registration)

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Employer East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) Employer type NHS Site Cambridgeshire Constabulary Headquarters / Sand Martin House Town Huntingdon and Peterborough Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 04/11/2026

Band 6

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.

Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.

By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.

Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.

Please note, our selection processes are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications is monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Please note all new starters will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.

Job overview

Are you Registered Children Nurse/Midwife/SCHPN qualified or equivalent and have Safeguarding training or experience?

Do you want a challenging but rewarding role working with various agencies?

Then this Multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH) Health Practitioner role should interest you!

The MASH Health Practitioner will be a key member in the day to day running of the MASH health function provided by East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

As a key practitioner in the MASH you will be responsible for the collation and analysis of health information to contribute to multi-agency decision making to safeguard and protect children when referrals are received by Social Care.

Why not click on the link to the Job Description and find out more about the role.

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 19th October 2026

Main duties of the job

You will synthesise and analyse health information to appropriately inform strategy meetings and MASH enquiry risk assessments within the MASH.

You will apply your professional judgement and help partner agencies to understand the health view when establishing risk and applying Local Authority thresholds to children and families.

You will work alongside co-located partner agencies collaboratively to share information and contribute to joint decision making for children and families at risk,

You will participate in the evaluation of MASH processes to ensure safe and appropriate information sharing within the MASH and across the wider health economy.

You will support with the collection and review of data to support the development and understanding of the Health MASH workload.

To ensure the maintenance of high standards of record keeping and documentation on cases where information has been shared.

To highlight concerns regarding practice to the appropriate named professional within the provider organisation or directly with the ICB Designated Nurse in the case of primary care.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Please be aware that East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust will never ask applicants to pay fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including job applications, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. All recruitment communications and job applications should only be made through our official careers website and published contact details.

If you receive a suspicious job offer or recruitment-related communication, do not make any payments, share personal information, or provide identity documents. We encourage you to report the matter to your local police or relevant law enforcement agency. Any concerns relating to potential recruitment fraud should also be reported to our Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) as soon as possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Purpose:

Respond to requests for health information within the MASH as per the memorandum of understanding, GDPR, Data Protection Act and Information Sharing Agreement to safeguard and protect children from significant harm.

Collate and analyse health information in relation to risk of significant harm to contribute to multi-agency decision making to safeguard and protect children.

Facilitate interpretation of health information in relation to safeguarding risks within own scope of practice.

Liaise with health colleagues/other health agencies where necessary and to support their attendance at strategy meetings for cases already open to them.

To actively gather, share information and participate in strategy discussions for cases that are not open to EEC currently.

Facilitate expert health advice/interpretation of health information where necessary to ensure health specific risk is fully understood and considered in decision making to safeguard children.

Signpost multi-agency colleagues to appropriate relevant health staff within the health system to seek information not readily available to EEC through SystmOne as necessary.

Support Service Lead in internal and multi-agency audits.

Liaise with health partners to share information and outcomes from MASH enquiries and Strategy meetings as appropriate.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To manage and analyse highly complex information to appropriately inform strategy meetings and risk assessments within the MASH. East of England Health and Care NHS Trust: delivering excellence in children and young people’s health services.

Ensure the Named Professional/safeguarding team specialist nurses are aware of serious cases involving EEC and Datix system is utilised to consider learning within the Trust services.

Participate in MASH management meetings to ensure continued health contribution in the development of the MASH function.

To highlight concerns regarding practice to the appropriate named professional within the provider organisation or directly with the ICB Designated Nurse in the case of primary care.

Ensure the health team has access and share health records for children as per MASH Information Sharing Agreement and act as a conduit for information sharing between the health economy and MASH in the case of children and as appropriate parents, or carers.

Contribute to the evaluation of MASH processes from a health perspective to ensure safe and appropriate information sharing within the MASH and across the wider health economy.

To contribute to regular audit of referrals to Children’s Social Care from the Health System.

To maintain high standards of record keeping and documentation on cases where information has been shared.

To ensure regular safeguarding supervision is accessed as per the EEC Safeguarding Supervision Policy.

Communication

To establish good working relationships and work collaboratively with other agencies including social care, Police and other health care providers.

Participate in case and strategy discussions and inform decision making regarding thresholds and risk.

Contribute to the safe and effective running of the health contribution to the MASH service in a timely manner, utilising resources efficiently.

To promote effective safe communication networks between health agencies and social care.

To maintain a clear focus of health’s role and offer professional challenge to support resolution of professional disagreements and disputes as needed.

Undertake Audit where required to assist the Service Lead in providing appropriate data to contribute to quality assurance of MASH activity.

Support the lead nurse to provide appropriate data as required by the MASH Operational group.

The post holder will receive safeguarding and clinical supervision from the within EEC Safeguarding Children Team and as required from the EEC Assistant Director of Safeguarding.

The post holder is expected to work in collaboration with multi-agency partners to promote effective information sharing and assessment to contribute to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.

To maintain knowledge and expertise on local and national policy in relation to safeguarding children.

Ensures that own personal and professional development maintains a high level of expertise in relation to safeguarding children.

People Management

Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process.

Clinical and Practice Governance

Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.

The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes

The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures

It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with the NMC, and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration.

Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by England

The post holder must participate in clinical and other audits as required

Participate in safeguarding supervision on a regular basis

The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.

Work collaboratively with partner agencies in maintaining good communication, joint working and providing advice on issues specific to health within the MASH.

Ensure that equality and diversity principles are integral to all activities

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse/ RN (Child)/ RSCN (part 8 or 15)/RM/RMN
• Post registration training or experience in Safeguarding Children
• Up to date with Level 3 safeguarding children training as per the EEC mandatory guidance
• Evidence of ongoing professional development regarding Safeguarding Children
• Evidence of staff supervision

Knowledge & Skills

• Competent in basic IT skills
• Competent SystmOne user
• Ability to work proactively across organisational and agency boundaries to promote the welfare of children and young people
• Confidence to challenge appropriately in difficult situations
• Understanding of the Children Act (1989 & 2004) and the National Service Framework for Children and Young People
• Expert knowledge of Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026
• Knowledge of acute and community children’s health services
• Awareness and understanding of EEC safeguarding policies
• Knowledge of legislation and all standards relevant to Safeguarding Children and Child Protection

Experience

• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding policies, guidance, and legislation
• Demonstrates excellent knowledge and understanding of child maltreatment and its impact on children and families
• Substantial experience in working with children and families where there are safeguarding and child protection concerns
• Significant experience of multi-agency working
• Experience in auditing practice
• Experience in influencing and developing changes to policy and procedure across a service
• Experience in developing a safe organisational environment for children and young people

Equal Opportunities - We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Disability Confident Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). All sites are Smoke Free.

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Immigration Status – East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is a diverse employer and welcomes all job applications. However, potential applicants should note that although the Trust is registered with the Home Office as a sponsor organisation for migrant workers, sponsorship can only be offered against eligible roles. If you are an applicant from outside the UK and do not already hold a self-gained right to work, we recommend you check the Home Office eligibility requirements before making an application.

Please note: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

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Redeployment - Please note that in the first instance priority for this vacancy will be given to staff who are on the Trusts Redeployment Register.
Closing and Interview Dates -This vacancy may close early if sufficient applicants are received.

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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.

Name Lorraine Thompsett Job title MASH Health and Children in Care Service Lead Email address [e-mail] Additional information

Please email any enquiries to Lorraine