Named Nurse Safeguarding Children (Band 8a)

NHS; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in the UK is looking for a Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children. The role involves operational leadership over safeguarding services, ensuring compliance with national standards while providing expert guidance. Candidates must possess relevant nursing qualifications and have significant experience in child safeguarding. The position offers various employee benefits and operates within a supportive work environment focused on high-quality care.

Benefits

Cycle to Work

Travel Scheme

Childcare Vouchers

Onsite Nursery

Buying and Selling Annual Leave

Car Leasing

Employee Assistance Programme

Extensive Reward Scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years' experience related to caring for babies/children.
• Currently practising in the field of safeguarding/child protection.
• Awareness of forensic safeguarding matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support activities ensuring statutory responsibilities for safeguarding children.
• Provide organisational safeguarding expertise.
• Ensure visibility and accessibility to colleagues.

Skills

Highly developed written communication skills

Highly developed verbal communication skills

Analytical and problem solving skills

Professional leadership skills

Negotiation skills

Education

NMC registered children's nurse

Post-registration training at degree level in safeguarding

Working towards a Masters degree

Job description

Named Nurse Safeguarding Children (Band 8a)

The post holder will have operational leadership responsibility for the children's safeguarding services ensuring that structures, systems and processes are in place across the Trust whilst making appropriate use of available resources.

The post holder will provide whole organisational safeguarding expertise, through the provision of highly specialised assessment, analysis, advice and support.

The post holder will be expected to be visible and accessible to colleagues including the executive lead and the senior leadership teams. Assurance will be provided by the post holder in line with national and local safeguarding standards to the executive leadership, the Trusts Quality and Safety committee, commissioners and regulators.

The post holder will act as an exemplary role model to staff across the Trust for all issues relating to children's safeguarding.

The post holder will liaise internally with all wards/departments, as well as externally with Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships, Clinical Commissioning Groups and other agencies, in order to lead on the development of safeguarding children practice.

The post holder will fulfil the role requirements for child sexual abuse and child exploitation lead.

Main duties of the job

Lead and support all activities necessary to ensure that the organisation meets its statutory responsibilities to safeguard/protect children and young people.

Be responsible to and accountable within the managerial framework of the employing organisation

At all times and in relation to the roles and responsibilities listed, work as a member of the organisation's safeguarding/child protection team

About us

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

• Committed to Quality of Care
• Compassion
• Working together for patients
• Improving Lives
• Everyone Counts
• Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification have been attached for added detail.

The role is a statutory requirement to cover maternity leave and can be a fixed term appointment for 12 months or a secondment opportunity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Have completed specific training on the care of babies or children and be registered on either Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as a registered children's nurse or Part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus.
• Have a minimum of three-years' experience related to caring for babies/children, be currently practising in the field of safeguarding/child protection and have an awareness of forensic safeguarding matters.
• Have completed specific post-registration training at degree level in safeguarding children and young people/child protection (prior to commencement in the post).
• Hold, or be working towards, a Masters degree

Experience

• Experience of managing staff.
• 2 years recent experience of working at Band 7 or equivalent
• Evidence of child protection experience together with specific training in safeguarding children.

Skills

• Highly developed written communication skills
• Highly developed verbal communication skills
• Evidence of analytical and problem solving skills
• Evidence of providing motivational, professional leadership with highly developed interpersonal skills
• Understanding of service area specific DH and NHS policy, initiatives, national service framework etc in delivering patient centred care
• Evidence of persuasion and negotiation skills
• Able to communicate effectively with, listen to and motivate, stakeholders and staff at all levels
• Evidence of ability to combine strategic direction with operational delivery.
• Skilled trainer, mentor, supervisor or coach

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.