MASH Health Practitioner

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a MASH Health Practitioner to support the day-to-day operations of the MASH health function across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

You will synthesise health information to inform strategy meetings and risk assessments, apply professional judgement with partner agencies, and contribute to joint decision making for children and families at risk.

Qualifications

• Registered Children Nurse/Midwife/SCHPN qualification or equivalent.
• Safeguarding training or experience.

Responsibilities

• You will synthesize 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.

Skills

Safeguarding training

Nurse/Midwife qualification

Job description

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.

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

• 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.

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.

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.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lorraine Thompsett Job title: MASH Health and Children in Care Service Lead Email address: [e-mail]

Please email any enquiries to Lorraine