Senior Safeguarding Adults Nurse / Practitioner

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare organization in Bristol is looking for a Senior Safeguarding Nurse / Practitioner to provide support and guidance to staff across the trust. The role focuses on safeguarding issues, delivering training, and ensuring compliance with policies. The ideal candidate will have a Registered Nurse qualification and extensive experience in safeguarding practices. This is a full-time role offering the chance to make a significant impact on patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in safeguarding adults and children in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to provide training and guidance effectively.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Provide safeguarding advice to healthcare professionals.
• Deliver evidence-based training on safeguarding topics.
• Support staff in complex safeguarding situations.

Skills

Safeguarding advice

Supervision skills

Training delivery

Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act

Communication skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

The Senior Safeguarding Nurse / Practitioner role is a visible and knowledgeable resource and support to patient facing staff across the Trust. They will work alongside trust staff developing safeguarding competence and confidence in safeguarding with a focus on improving patient outcomes. They will use their own robust knowledge to support staff through advice, guidance, supervision and training keeping the six principles of safeguarding at the forefront of their interactions. They will contribute to the safeguarding agenda through the provision of evidence based safeguarding advice, support, guidance, supervision and training for all disciplines of staff across all trust sites.

Responsibilities

• To provide specialist safeguarding advice, support and guidance to a range of professionals across the trust
• To work within the trust policy providing regular 1:1 and group safeguarding adults supervision across the trust
• To work within a 'Think Family' model of safeguarding, routinely considering children at risk of harm when adult patients attend
• Support and develop staff in the management of all aspects of complex and serious safeguarding activities for example, attendance at strategy discussions and complex case meetings, MARAC meetings and MASH/MARM referrals
• To provide advice and support in relation to the Mental Capacity Act (2005), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Safeguarding issues
• To deliver high quality, evidence-based safeguarding training across the Trust, to a wide range of disciplines and participate in the development and evaluation of all training levels 1-3
• As delegated by the Operational Lead provide data and information for internal and external reports including for SAR/DHR/CSPR chronologies and reports
• To facilitate programmes of practice and quality improvement with divisional colleagues using learning and recommendations from local and national reviews, children, young people and vulnerable adults

About the Trust and Equality

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of