MASH Health Practitioner: Safeguarding & Collaboration

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

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.