Senior Designated Safeguarding Nurse — Strategic Lead

Black Country Integrated Care Board; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Integrated Care Board is seeking an experienced safeguarding lead to oversee the Designated Nurses for safeguarding children and adults, ensuring delivery in line with statutory guidance.

You will work with the safeguarding team to ensure responsibilities are met for children, looked-after children and adults, while acting up in absence of the Lead Designated Nurse as required. The role integrates expertise with strategic anchors to drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead safeguarding duties for Designated Nurses as per statutory guidance.
• Work with safeguarding team to ensure the ICB meets safeguarding duties for children, looked-after children and adults.
• Designated Nurses remain responsible; tasks may be delegated to Assistant Designated Nurse during absence.
• Role blends subject expertise and technical skills to strengthen service delivery; anchored to strategic priorities.
• Provide strategic leadership and delegated responsibilities from the Lead Designated Nurse.
• Ensure system assurance and quality oversight across safeguarding work.
• Foster multi-agency partnership work to deliver safeguarding priorities and service improvements.
• Offer expert clinical advice to support ICB staff in contracting, commissioning and related roles, with partners.
• Collaborate with BI/analytics to integrate safeguarding performance and population risk into commissioning decisions and monitoring frameworks.

Job description

Black Country Integrated Care Board is seeking an experienced safeguarding lead to oversee the Designated Nurses for safeguarding children and adults, ensuring delivery in line with statutory guidance.

You will work with the safeguarding team to ensure responsibilities are met for children, looked-after children and adults, while acting up in absence of the Lead Designated Nurse as required. The role integrates expertise with strategic anchors to drive improvements.