Named Nurse/Professional - Safeguarding Adults

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Safeguarding Nurse/Professional to join the Safeguarding Team, with enthusiasm for safeguarding in line with the Think Family approach and experience with adults and children.

The role will be based across two sites, divide time between South Warwickshire and George Eliot Hospital, provide expert safeguarding advice, training and supervision to health staff, and contribute to trusted multi‑agency safeguarding

Qualifications

• Experience of safeguarding adults and children.
• In-depth knowledge of Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert safeguarding advice, support and supervision to health staff.
• Deliver safeguarding training and promote Think Family approach.
• Work across two sites and coordinate with multi-agency partners.

Skills

Safeguarding

Adult safeguarding

Training

Multi-agency collaboration

Job description

The South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit an experienced Safeguarding Nurse/Professional to join the Safeguarding Team. They will need to be enthusiastic , energetic and passionate about safeguarding in line with the Trust's Think Family approach and have experience of working with adults and children

The post holder will expected to have an in depth knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and Domestic Abuse Act 2021

This role is based across two locations, South Warwickshire University Foundation NHS Trust and the George Eliot Hospital. The post holder will be expected to divide their time across both.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the Safeguarding Team, and other agencies to ensure that the organisation meets its safeguarding adult's responsibilities and those adults with care and support needs are effectively safeguarded.

The post holder will provide expert advice, support, training and safeguarding adult supervision to health staff across the organisation.

The post holder will contribute to effective multi-agency partnership working arrangements for safeguarding adults with care and support needs.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.