Named Nurse Safeguarding Children

Manchester University Nhs Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is seeking a Named Nurse Safeguarding Children to lead safeguarding work across community and acute services. The role is based at Rusholme Health Centre, with duties spanning the MFT footprint and cross-agency partnerships to ensure safe, high-quality care for children and adults at risk.

You will join a safeguarding team including community, acute, adult and midwifery Named Nurses, with responsibilities to drive training, governance, and

Qualifications

• First level registered nurse with NMC registration.
• Degree or working towards relevant degree.
• Evidence of study in management and leadership.
• Teaching qualification or experience of teaching.

Responsibilities

• Lead safeguarding activity within the organisation.
• Set up, monitor and maintain robust safeguarding arrangements and training.
• Collaborative interagency working across partners.
• Contribute to safeguarding governance and audits.

Skills

Leadership

Safeguarding

Communication

Presentation

Audit

Education

First level registered Nurse (NMC)

Relevant degree / working towards

Management & leadership study

Teaching qualification / teaching experience

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Job summary

Manchester Foundation Trust is a leading provider of community, acute tertiary and specialist healthcare services in Manchester. We are currently recruiting to a full time Named Nurse Safeguarding Children within the MFT Safeguarding Team. The role will be based at Rusholme Health Centre however the post will cover the MFT footprint. This post is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, committed and experienced safeguarding practitioner to lead and drive safeguarding activity within the organisation. You will be a key leader in the safeguarding team that consists of Named Nurses (community, acute, adult and midwifery services), Specialist Nurses for Safeguarding, Looked After Children, Multi Agency Safeguarding and Complex Safeguarding Hub Specialist Nurses and Administration staff. To succeed, you will need to be highly motivated to ensure safe and effective services for safeguarding vulnerable children and adults remains a priority for all staff working with the organisation across community and acute services. There is a requirement for flexibility in being able to work across the safeguarding team, though this post is based at Rusholme Health Centre. You will be required to lead safeguarding health partnership working across Manchester working closely with multi agency partners.

• Effective leadership
• The setting, monitoring and maintenance of robust safeguarding arrangements and training programmes
• Collaborative interagency working
• Contributing to safeguarding governance

About us

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe - what better place to shape and develop your leadership career. We deliver care to over 1 million patients and users each year through our 10 hospitals and extensive community services. Our 30,000 plus strong workforce is central to our success and innovation.
You will play a pivotal part in supporting our operational excellence and strategic ambitions. You will work collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical teams, driving improvements that enhance patient experience, staff wellbeing, and service efficiency across the Trust.
MFT offers a dynamic, inclusive environment where your leadership, ideas, and expertise are valued. You will have access to professional development, digital tools and opportunities to contribute to transformational projects that shape the future of healthcare delivery. We are committed to supporting your growth and wellbeing, recognising the vital role you play in our organisation's success. Join us and help shape the future of our Trust - make a real difference to our teams, our services, and our communities, and fundamentally, our patients.

Details

Date posted: 28 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum / pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 349-COR-8332329-RL4
Job locations: Rusholme Health Centre, Walmer Street, Manchester, M14 5NP, United Kingdom

Essential qualifications

• First level registered Nurse (with NMC registration)
• Relevant degree or working towards a relevant degree
• Evidence of study in management and leadership
• Teaching qualification or experience of teaching

Desirable qualifications

• Specialist Practitioner in Public Health Nursing/Health Visiting/School Nursing (or equivalent)
• Completion of adult and child safeguarding modules
• Evidence of study at master's level

Essential skills, abilities and knowledge

• Expert knowledge of relevant legislation relating to safeguarding children
• Evidence of current knowledge of local and national policies relating to safeguarding children and relevant professional and NHS policy initiatives
• Demonstrates in depth knowledge relevant to patterns of abuse and neglect
• Excellent communication skills and ability to provide written and verbal reports for safeguarding children procedures
• Confidence to challenge appropriately in difficult situations
• Well developed presentation skills
• Ability to analyse and critically evaluate information and record in a concise and accurate manner
• The ability to practice as an expert practitioner in relation to safeguarding children
• Effective organisational skills
• Ability to communicate across organisational boundaries
• Completion of audits and reports within timescale
• Facilitation skills
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• IT skills, word processing / database skills
• Ability to work under pressure, to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines

Desirable skills

• IT skills relating to Power Point, Excel

Essential experience

• Significant relevant post registration experience
• Experience in a senior clinical position at Band 7 or above with proven ability to manage a team
• Evidence of direct significant safeguarding children experience
• Evidence of direct significant safeguarding adult experience
• Evidence of successfully managing the implementation of change
• Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice.
• Evidence of developing/ providing education programmes for the multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of multiagency working and case escalation regarding health management of individuals.
• Evidence and experience of implementing and coordinating safeguarding procedures within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience and knowledge of multidisciplinary audit
• Experience of working in the realms of Children Act, Working Together to Safeguard Children, MCA/DOLs
• Experience in contributing to Serious Case Reviews (SCRs), Serious Adult Reviews (SARs) and Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHR's)

Desirable experience

• Experience of business planning
• Experience of research activity
• Experience of contributing to local Safeguarding Children Partnership subgroups and associated work streams

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.