Named Nurse/Professional - Safeguarding Adults

NHS Jobs; Warwick; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Named Nurse/Professional for Safeguarding Adults to lead safeguarding clinical practice across the Trust. You will provide expert advice and supervision on safeguarding adults, supporting staff to participate in safeguarding meetings and training.

The role includes promoting Mental Capacity Act 2005 understanding, monitoring Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, and working with Local Safeguarding Adult Boards and MASH to safeguard adults and children.

Responsibilities

• Lead safeguarding adult matters with health professionals across the Trust.
• Provide expert advice and supervision on safeguarding adults.
• Coordinate safeguarding training for staff with Local Safeguarding Adult and Children Boards.
• Promote MCA understanding and monitor DOLS compliance across the Trust.
• Collaborate with partner agencies including MASH to safeguard adults and children.

Job description

Named Nurse/Professional - Safeguarding Adults

Main Functions: To ensure that Local Safeguarding Adult Board and West Midlands Policy and procedures, internal health procedures are known, understood and followed by Trust staff. To provide leadership, expert advice and support on safeguarding adult matters to all health professionals. This includes: To offer guidance, advice support and supervision of safeguarding adults to all staff involved in adult safeguarding work. To support and empower staff to contribute autonomously to safeguarding adult meetings The planning, delivery and evaluation of safeguarding adults and children training for staff across the Trust in conjunction with Local Safeguarding Adult and Children Boards and the Trust Learning and Development Unit. Disseminate and lead on Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) across the Trust to ensure that there is a clear understanding of capacity and how this can impact on safeguarding functions. Ensure appropriate processes in place to monitor Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and monitor and support notification compliance to Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG). Lead on and act as an expert for the Trust on the Mental Health Act (2005) ensuring policies and procedures are in place to ensure compliance with the act. To support the Trust in its responsibilities towards safeguarding adults in line with legislation and current government policy. This includes participation in multi-agency learning and improvement frameworks through the writing of scoping and independent management reports for Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews.. The provision of reports to the Trust Corporate Governance team and Trust Safeguarding Operational Group as required. To work effectively within an adult and childrens safeguarding team to promote the Think Family model across the Trust To implement local recommendations on practice arising from Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Safeguarding Childrens Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews. To build effective key relationships with the Designated and Named Health professionals across the health economy and to work in partnership with other agencies involved with protecting adults and children. To work collaboratively with partner agencies, including the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), in safeguarding adults and children and their carers who may be subject to domestic abuse. To adhere at all times to the principles of Information Sharing to safeguard children and adults. To lead and participate in clinical audit as required both nationally and via trust audit programmes and through the Local Safeguarding Adult Board. Line Management Responsibilities: To provide leadership to colleagues within the Safeguarding Team administrative and secretarial staff, and guide on specific areas of work, as required.