Safeguarding Practitioner

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Registered Professional to join its Safeguarding Team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury. The role focuses on safeguarding adults and children with opportunities for cross-function work across all-age safeguarding.

The post holder will be part of a larger team, travel Trustwide, and contribute to training, supervision and policy development in safeguarding. Office-based with some hybrid flexibility.

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse (RN) or RMN/RGN/RNLD, Registered Social Worker or Registered HCPC AHP.
• Relevant degree or working towards or demonstrate equivalent in experience and knowledge.
• Experience working with adults at risk and/or children.
• Experience of delivering training.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice and support for colleagues regarding safeguarding adults and child protection concerns.
• Deliver safeguarding adults and child protection training for colleagues.
• Provide safeguarding adults and child protection supervision for colleagues.
• Maintain effective communication channels with Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Adults and Children's boards.
• Help develop robust internal policies and guidelines for safeguarding children and adults.
• Represent Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in the MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub).

Skills

Safeguarding adults

Safeguarding children

Training delivery

Analytical skills

Education

Relevant degree or working towards

Tools

IT literacy

Job description

Main area Safeguarding team Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Between Monday to Friday 9-5 (Must include Mondays)) Job ref 434-C8045061-A

Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/09/2026 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to appoint a skilled, motivated, and enthusiastic Registered Professional to join the Safeguarding Team.

The Safeguarding Practitioner will be an experienced practitioner with in-depth knowledge of adults at risk and child protection and advanced analytical skills for safeguarding acquired through specialist courses and experiential learning from interagency work.

As part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust's Safeguarding Team, the successful post holder will be provided with a thorough induction package and professional development opportunities in the area of Safeguarding.

The role will be office based with some opportunity for hybrid working depending on the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of this post is to primarily work with the Safeguarding Adult's function of the team however there is an aspiration for practitioners to be able to work across both adult and children’s functions in the future, therefore this is an all-age practitioner role.

The adult and children’s safeguarding teams are based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital but have responsibility for working with acute and community services, and the MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub) which will therefore require travel Trustwide.

The post holder will work within a bigger team in order to provide:

• expert advice and support for colleagues in relation to safeguarding adults and child protection concerns
• safeguarding adults and child protection training for all colleagues
• safeguarding adults and child protection supervision for colleagues
• effective communication channels with the Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Adults and Children's boards
• robust internal policies and guidelines for safeguarding children and adults
• representing BHT in the MASH (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub).

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Person specification

• NMC Registered Nurse RGN/RMN/RNLD, Registered Social worker or Registered HCPC AHP.
• Relevant degree or working towards or demonstrate equivalent in experience and knowledge
• Experience working with adults at risk and/or children
• Experience of delivering training.

EXPERIENCE e.g. Breadth of occupational experience

• Experience of working in a clinical area in community or acute as a Band 6 with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in that grade.
• Knowledge of local and national guidance and research in relation to Safeguarding Children and/or Adults.
• Knowledge of legal framework and of political and policy changes affecting Safeguarding Children and/or Adults.
• Knowledge of data protection and NHS code of confidentiality.
• Experience of working with safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Experience with close liaison with multi–disciplinary teams and multiagency staff.
• Awareness and understanding of the wider health and safety, clinical risk, and quality issues.
• Awareness and understanding of equality and diversity.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to enable effective working with all groups and all levels of staff, other agencies and public.
• Ability to self-manage workload and ensure it is prioritised, as well as escalating when appropriate
• IT Literacy skills sufficient to produce reports, conduct research and communicate via e-mail
• Ability to facilitate learning in others using a variety of methods
• Ability to analyse issues / problems and devise and implement appropriate plan of action
• Communicates openly, honestly, and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
• Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES e.g., Ability to work internal rotation

• Full UK Driving License to enable travel between sites and off site meetings
• Enhanced DBS clearance

PPE requirements:Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleague and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.