Named Nurse for Safeguarding

HCRG Care Group; Rugby; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and care provider in the UK is seeking a Named Nurse for Safeguarding to support its safeguarding team. Key responsibilities include ensuring the delivery of effective safeguarding practices, managing Specialist Nurses, and collaborating with partner agencies. The ideal candidate should have experience in safeguarding and demonstrate strong teamwork abilities. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from £55,690 to £62,682 with additional benefits and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

NHS Pension

My Reward Hub membership

Access to earned wages

Wellbeing support services

Career coaching and counselling

eLearning and professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in safeguarding and health services.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various teams.
• Expertise in providing safeguarding advice.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safeguarding responsibilities are met across services.
• Supervise Safeguarding Specialist Nurses and delegate tasks.
• Work within the safeguarding team of the organization.

Job description

We are looking for a dedicated and knowledgeable Named Nurse for Safeguarding to join our team and play a vital role in supporting the delivery of safe, effective care across our services. In this key role, you will support the Safeguarding Team to ensure the organisation meets its contractual responsibilities to safeguard children, young people, and adults with care and support needs who access our services both directly and indirectly.

You will work collaboratively with partner agencies, the wider safeguarding team, and colleagues across HCRG Care Group, promoting best practice, providing expert advice, and ensuring robust safeguarding processes are in place and consistently followed.

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible to and accountable within the managerial framework of HCRG Care Group Services.
• Support the BU Head and safeguarding team to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities for safeguarding
• Deputise for the leadership team when required
• At all times and in relation to the roles and responsibilities listed, work as a member of the organisations safeguarding team.
• Management of the Safeguarding Specialist Nurses, delegation of work and provision of supervision

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We are a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

Job responsibilities

As a Named nurse for Safeguarding you will be part of our valued team, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £55690 - 62682 depending on experience (Band 8a AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise

Person Specification

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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.