Safeguarding Practitioner for Children | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust; Truro; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cornwall is looking for a passionate nurse to join their Children's Safeguarding Team. You will work across the Trust, supporting safeguarding efforts for children and young people. Ideal candidates will have experience in multi-disciplinary collaboration and a commitment to safeguarding. This role offers opportunities for career development in safeguarding vulnerable families.

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-disciplinary and agency working within safeguarding children.
• Highly motivated, enthusiastic, and ambitious nurse.
• Passion and aptitude for safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and support across the Trust, focusing on paediatric services.
• Engage in safeguarding supervision and education.
• Work in partnership with health service providers and agencies.

Job description

Our Integrated Safeguarding Team continually strive to ensure that all Trust staff know their safeguarding roles and responsibilities and are equipped to improve services and outcomes for children and young people.

As a member of the Children's Safeguarding Team, within the Integrated Safeguarding Team, you will provide advice and support across the Trusts, predominately in relation to paediatric and children services, and be actively involved in safeguarding supervision and education. Working in partnership with other health service providers and agencies, both statutory and voluntary, to promote children's rights and keep them safe from harm.

The successful candidate will have experience and confidence of multi-disciplinary / agency working within the safeguarding children arena, be a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and ambitious nurse with a passion and aptitude for safeguarding.

We have an exciting opportunity at Royal Cornwall Hospital for you to develop your career in safeguarding children and vulnerable families.

This post will be subject to a disclosure and barring service enhanced level check.

About Us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.

It's established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities.