Safeguarding Adults Clinical Practice Support - Fixed Term 12 months

Integrated Care System; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is looking for a Safeguarding Adults Clinical Practice Support to provide expertise in adult safeguarding. The role entails collaboration with various teams to enhance service quality. Ideal candidates should have a degree and Level 4 safeguarding training, along with analytical and communication skills. This position offers NHS benefits and supports ongoing professional development.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme

On-site nurseries

On-site staff cafes

On-site parking

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Experience of reviewing clinical documentation and providing informed opinions.
• NHS experience required.
• Experience of working within Safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in adult safeguarding.
• Offer clinical interpretation for S42 enquiries.
• Ensure accurate logging in the incident reporting system.

Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Organizational Skills

Empathy

Computer Literacy

Education

Degree level education or equivalent training

Level 4 adult safeguarding training

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Databases

Job description

Go back Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Safeguarding Adults Clinical Practice Support - Fixed Term 12 months

The closing date is 11 August 2025

• Provide expertise and support across the adult safeguarding agenda.
• Work with the Adult Safeguarding Team to provide highly sensitive, complex and detailed information to other professionals, primarily adult social care. This post therefore requires high levels of communication skills and the post holder must be willing to work towards the Level 4 safeguarding competencies as outlined in the intercollegiate document.
• Provide and maintain a comprehensive record of details regarding all safeguarding adult enquiries and referrals within the Trust.
• Work closely alongside, and communicate effectively with, the named nurse for safeguarding adults and the wider safeguarding teams to provide an efficient and effective service to patients within the Trust; sharing learning to improve practice.
• The post holder will be expected to work closely with adult social care to support shared decision making relating to health aspects of S42 enquiries which will require the post holder to have clinical knowledge to interpret the information required. This will include responsibility for completing shortened enquiries directly to identify learning and themes to share with Trust staff.
• The post holder will support the wider development of the Trust as a learning organisation and will work towards identifying and supporting the development of ward-based safeguarding 'champions'.

Main duties of the job

• Provide expertise in the delivery of the adult safeguarding functions, to enable the provision of accessible, reliable and high quality services
• Offer clinical opinions and interpretation of clinical information as required within own area of expertise within the context of supporting decision making and responding to S42 enquiries.
• Escalate to the named nurse and/or Professional Head of Safeguarding, where potential patient safety issues are identified and agree handling, in accordance with legislation and Trust Policy
• To provide a source of expertise to clinical, clerical and managerial staff on adult safeguarding issues through interpretation of legislation, guidelines and shared learning opportunities.
• Ensure that the Trusts incident reporting system (DATIX) is completed accurately to ensure that all S42 enquiries are logged.
• Support the Named Nurse in the delivery of on-going projects aimed at improving the understanding of safeguarding requirements, in particular the completion and learning from S42 enquiries and to create a culture where learning from safeguarding is embedded in clinical practice
• Support the named nurse in the delivery of Mental Capacity Act training and the implementation of the DoLS processes.
• Liaise with ward staff to share localised learning.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description for essential and desirable criteria.

Predominately to support the named nurse and work closely alongside the other safeguarding disciplines

Person Specification

Attitude, Behaviour and Values

• oSeeks out and takes opportunities for improving the service offered
• oFlexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives
• oAlways puts patients first oCustomer service focus

Qualifications and Further Training

• oEducated to degree level or equivalent training and experience.
• oLevel 4 adult safeguarding trained

Experiance

• oExperience of reviewing clinical documentation and provide informed opinions based on this.
• oNHS experience
• oExperience of working autonomously and planning and organising work to meet specific deadlines.
• Experience of working within Safeguarding

Knowledge

• oNHS Constitution
• oFT vision, values, strategic objectives and key work programmes
• oA good understanding of the NHS and social care structures
• oKnowledge of data protection issues and patient confidentiality
• Understanding of cultural and diversity issues Knowledge of medical terminology

skills

• Confident & assertive whilst able to demonstrate empathy and tact.
• Highly developed communication skills both verbal and written appropriate to different audiences
• Possess listening and analytical skills including the ability to identify possible safeguarding problems and ascertain potential risk factors
• Computer literate/good working knowledge of word, excel, database
• Excellent administration and organisational skills and an ability to prioritise and manage time effectively, without supervision
• Ability to keep good records and follow relevant procedures
• Investigative skills Presentation skills using power-point application Enjoys problem solving

Other Requirements

• .Must be able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable, trustworthy & treat people who use the services, and colleagues, with respect.

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.

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