Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Dartford; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children to provide leadership and expertise in safeguarding practices. This role is pivotal in promoting the safety of vulnerable populations, including children and young adults. The successful candidate will coordinate safeguarding activities, develop policies, and work collaboratively with various stakeholders to ensure effective safeguarding arrangements. With a commitment to improving lives, this organization offers a supportive environment where your contributions will significantly impact the community's well-being. If you are passionate about safeguarding and have the necessary experience, this is an exciting opportunity to make a difference.

Qualifications

• 5+ years nursing experience with a focus on safeguarding.
• Experience in managing teams and delivering training.

Responsibilities

• Lead safeguarding strategy and ensure compliance with statutory responsibilities.
• Provide clinical leadership and expert advice on safeguarding matters.

Skills

People management

Safeguarding legislation knowledge

Training design and delivery

Post-graduate study in safeguarding

Nursing experience

Adult safeguarding knowledge

Education

Post-graduate qualification in safeguarding

Job description

Main area Corporate Grade Band 8a Contract 30 months (Fixed Term Contract until 30-Sept-2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 277-7060161-CORP

Site Pinewood House Town Dartford Salary £59,490 - £66,239 pa inc Salary period Yearly Closing 23/03/2025 23:59

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our well established team as a Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children. The post holder will provide leadership on Oxleas Think Family safeguarding strategy and workplan, promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and contribute to development of relevant safeguarding policies, procedures and guidance.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will provide leadership on Oxleas Think Family safeguarding strategy and workplan, promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and contribute to development of relevant safeguarding policies, procedures and guidance.
• The post holder will fulfil the requirements of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, with responsibility for co-ordinating the Trust safeguarding children activity.
• The post holder will support Lead Safeguarding Children Specialist for adult mental health in developing robust consistent safeguarding practice in line with best practice and statutory requirements.
• The post holder will provide expert advice, supervision and support on safeguarding children matters, working together with key professionals and partner agencies.
• The post holder will actively contribute towards the quality and assurance agenda including training, audit, collection and analysis of relevant data.
• The post holder will contribute to Safeguarding Children Practice Reviews, Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Learning Reviews and Serious incident investigations.
• The post holder will work in close partnership with external stakeholders towards ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements.
• The post holder will lead and have line management responsibility for Specialist safeguarding nurses/ practitioners.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide clinical leadership and expert advice and support on safeguarding children to all Oxleas staff.
• To ensure that staff are fully aware of their statutory responsibilities to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk.
• To ensure the delivery of the safeguarding children service locally and assist the Head of Safeguarding to ensure provision across the trust.
• To provide clinical leadership and line management to the Specialist Safeguarding Nurses/ Practitioners/MASH Health Professionals.
• To participate in the development and delivery of safeguarding children training as per the Intercollegiate guidance (children and adult); and as part of the local safeguarding children partnership multi agency training programme.
• To report any serious incidents with safeguarding children implications and to contribute specialist knowledge to the investigation of such incidents.
• The post holder will work in close partnership with external stakeholders towards ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements.
• To develop and undertake audit and review activity, ensuring that any recommendations and action plans are addressed.

Person specification

Skills and abilities

• Experience of people management
• Experience of working in deprived area with high safeguarding need

Skills

• Involvement in relevant audit projects
• Experience of designing and delivering training
• Sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation and guidance
• Evidence of post-graduate study in safeguarding
• Five years post basic experience in nursing
• Knowledge of adult safeguarding

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process. We also discourage overuse of AI during the application process because this can negatively impact the quality of your application and may hinder your chances of being shortlisted. Thank you.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.