Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/Practitioner

Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two Registered Professionals as adult-focused Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/Practitioner to support and embed a family-focused safeguarding approach. The post involves advising Trust staff, providing safeguarding supervision, and delivering safeguarding training across designated hubs, with hours Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm.

Successful candidates will work with Named Nurse/Professional and partners to support safeguarding reviews

Qualifications

• Registered professional on Part 1 of the NMC register or relevant qualifications.
• Degree level qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and safeguarding training.

Responsibilities

• Provide safeguarding supervision and daily support to Trust staff.
• Contribute to safeguarding training across the Trust.
• Support multiagency safeguarding reviews and incidents.
• Assist in management of allegations against staff.

Skills

Excellent communication

Inter-agency collaboration

IT literacy

Training delivery

Education

NMC Registered Nurse or equivalent allied professional

Degree level qualification or equivalent

Evidence of ongoing professional development

Tools

Electronic patient records

Risk management platforms

Job description

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Safeguarding Support Team to appoint two skilled, motivated, and enthusiastic Registered Professionals as an adult focused Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/Practitioner.

The post holders will support the Named Nurse/Professional in embedding a family-focused safeguarding approach across the Trust within a designated geographical hub model as part of the wider Safeguarding Support Team.

The Portsmouth Hub supports the Portsmouth city services which includes an inpatient mental health unit as well as the community physical and mental health teams and works closely with Portsmouth Local Authority.

The Forensic and Learning Disabilities Hub works across the Trust's Adult Low and Medium Secure Services and Learning Disabilities, Secure and Community Forensic, Services. Working closely with both the Local Authority and Provider Collaborative.

The Safeguarding Support Team is required to cover the needs of the clinical teams across the Trust, therefore core working hours are Monday to Friday, 9am -- 5pm.

Please advise in your supporting statement which area you are interested in working in.

Main duties of the job

The Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/Practitioner will be part of a service dedicated to supporting and promoting the welfare of adults and children.

The role involves assisting the Named Nurse/Professional in delivering a responsive, expert service that provides daily support, advice and safeguarding supervision to Trust staff, ensuring good safeguarding practices which align with evidence-based research.

The post holder will actively contribute to safeguarding training across the Trust.

The role involves supporting the Named Nurse/Professional in the management of allegations against staff.

The post holder will also work in the multiagency arena supporting and working with the Named Nurse/Professional to support completion of safeguarding reviews, internal and external, including Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR), Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews (DARDR) and Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPR).

In return we can offer the opportunity to extend your safeguarding knowledge across adults, young people and children to become a well-rounded Safeguarding Specialist in a supportive environment.

The Safeguarding Support Team takes a proactive and responsive approach towards the safeguarding of adults, young people and children and if you are passionate about helping to deliver safeguarding across Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust then this is an exciting opportunity.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke.

Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Professional on Part 1 of the NMC Register (Nursing and Midwifery Council), or relevant qualifications as a Midwife, Allied Health Professional or social worker with relevant and current professional registration.
• Degree level qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.Evidence of Specialist specific safeguarding training and experience.

Desirable

• Registered Health Visitor or Public health nurse.
• Teaching and assessment qualification.
• Masters Level study or working towards.
• Accredited safeguarding supervision training

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of significant experience relating to safeguarding adults and / or children using a family approach.
• Have sound clinical background and relevant post qualification experience.
• Experience of inter-agency partnership working.
• Experience of attending multiagency safeguarding meetings.
• Experience of delivering supervision to staff or students with a sound knowledge of supervision models.
• Evidence of skills in assessing and interpreting complex safeguarding needs of patients/clients.
• Experience of completing reports, care plans and risk assessments.
• Demonstrates strong team player attributes, working collaboratively with colleagues from diverse disciplines to ensure the best outcomes for vulnerable individuals.
• Is approachable, friendly, and committed to fostering a positive team environment.
• Maintains a non-judgmental attitude, ensuring all individuals are treated with respect, dignity, and empathy, regardless of background or circumstances and upholds high standards of personal and professional integrity.

Desirable

• Evidence of recent community practitioner experience.
• Safeguarding lead or champion in own specialty.
• Experience of presenting complex, or highly sensitive information to a diverse and large audience.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Complete complex analysis of risk for adults and/or children
• Understanding the role of relevant statutory partners within safeguarding.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the different forms of abuse and neglect and knowledge of emerging safeguarding trends.
• In-depth knowledge of current safeguarding legislation, including the Children Act 1989 and 2004, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005.
• Be Familiar with local safeguarding policies, procedures, and protocols to protect individuals across all age groups.
• Have knowledge of both child and adult safeguarding frameworks, including any relevant local or national safeguarding boards or committees and their processes.
• Knowledge of the Local Authority safeguarding interface.
• Awareness of CQC/Ofsted safeguarding standards.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Skilled in the use of a variety of IT platforms to record information including electronic patient records, databases, risk management platforms.
• Demonstrate strong organisational and critical analytical skills to appraise and analyse health information and share information proportionally in a multi-agency environment.
• Be able to work with all staff groups offering advice and support and provide individual review and consultation of complex cases
• Demonstrate leadership and effective line management skills
• Contribute to and support Professional development of staff.
• Ability to provide effective safeguarding supervision.
• Confident in delivering training and presentations to various levels of health or social care staff.
• Be adaptable, Self-Motivated and self-directed in managing workflow and deadlines and be able to work across Trust divisions and communities of practice.
• Manage stress generated through regular exposure, reading, and listening, to significant adverse events/experiences.

Desirable

• Ability to conduct thorough risk assessments for safeguarding concerns and implement appropriate intervention strategies to protect and support individuals at risk.
• Contribute to planning, implementing, and evaluating health and multi-agency audits.
• Identify training needs for staff.
• Contribute to quarterly and annual reports

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.