Specialist Nurse Safeguarding Children

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a qualified nurse for a Band 7 role focused on safeguarding children. The post holder will work within a specialist team to ensure quality training, manage safeguarding issues, and support performance targets. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills and a commitment to training staff. This is a one-year fixed-term position with 22.5 hours per week.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Professional development opportunities

Investment in physical environment and equipment

Qualifications

• Interest and knowledge in safeguarding children.
• Commitment to training and developing expertise.
• Experience in quality assurance role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a safeguarding service ensuring quality training.
• Support the internal case review process.
• Work closely with partner agencies.

Skills

Team player

Excellent communication skills

Education

Qualified nurse

Job description

Overview

The post holder will be a committed and expert practitioner working within the specialist safeguarding team. As part of the team they will be responsible for delivering a safeguarding service that ensures quality training, supervision, audit and expert advice to all trust staff. The post holder will support the Named Nurse Safeguarding Children (Named Nurse) to ensure the trust meets its statutory responsibilities in safeguarding children. They will have a key role in developing and embedding safeguarding leadership and excellent professional practice within all sections of the organisation.

Responsibilities

They will work as part of a specialist team to support the organisation in its quality assurance role, ensuring that identified safeguarding issues are managed effectively and support is provided appropriately. They will support the internal case review process. The post holder will be passionate about delivering training to staff throughout the trust and will develop a close working relationship with partner agencies. The post holder will support the Safeguarding Team with achieving local and national performance targets and ensure that safeguarding requirements are met. Working as part of the Trust Safeguarding team, the post holder will help provide an integrated, trust wide safeguarding service.

Qualifications

We are looking for a qualified nurse with an interest and knowledge in safeguarding children. The post holder will need to be a team player and have excellent communication skills.

Working pattern and term

Band 7 Role. 22.5 hrs pw. 1 year fixed term ending 6/10/26. There is a 1 year fixed term secondment opportunity.

About Royal Surrey

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.

Why join us

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.