Nurse Safeguarding Children and Adults

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Adults. This full-time role involves leading the safeguarding team, ensuring compliance with quality assurance standards, and enhancing collaboration with local safeguarding partners. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience and a passion for providing quality care in a mental health context.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in safeguarding children and adults in a healthcare setting.
• Registered Nurse with relevant qualifications.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee safeguarding quality assurance across the trust.
• Support development and implementation of safeguarding strategies.
• Promote a safeguarding culture across LYPFT.

Skills

Safeguarding

Leadership

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

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Job overview

The LYPFT Safeguarding team are looking to recruit a highly motivated, experienced, registered nurse with a background in safeguarding. The post holder will undertake delegated leadership for the LYPFT safeguarding team and responsibilities to further support proactive engagement with the existing local safeguarding partners. The post holder will need to demonstrate extensive experience in safeguarding children and adults in a health care setting.

The role of the Named Nurse involves leading and overseeing safeguarding children and adult’s quality assurance and improvement across the whole of LYPFT NHS trust. The safeguarding team provide expert advice to practitioner’s, ensuring all services meet statutory requirements around safeguarding and promote the welfare of children, and adults. The successful candidate will report directly to the Head of Safeguarding.

As Named Nurse there is a responsibility to develop the long-term strategic plan for safeguarding children and adults in line with the organisations aims and values, implementing the strategy responsively, incorporating adaptations to new developments, guidance and recommendations. The post offers an exciting opportunity regarding improvement and the promotion of evidenced based safeguarding practice.

Main duties of the job

Support the Head of Safeguarding and Public protection in the development and implementation of strategies, plans, policies, and procedures relevant to Safeguarding within the Trust to ensure these take account of national and local safeguarding children’s partnerships /local Safeguarding Adult Boards (LSAB) guidance. Support with the leadership of the PREVENT MAPPA and domestic abuse strategy. Model a safeguarding culture across LYPFT and promote communication that clearly conveys that safeguarding is part of everyday clinical practice in whatever setting it takes place.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [e-mail]

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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