Specialist Practitioner Safeguarding

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner to join their dedicated safeguarding team. This diverse role requires strong clinical supervision and teaching skills as you provide high-quality advice and support to staff. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and experience in safeguarding practices. This position offers an opportunity to impact the lives of vulnerable individuals positively while developing professionally in the safeguarding field.

Qualifications

• Experience of working at an advanced level in relevant subject.
• For registered nurses, must be a registered mentor.
• Experience of providing supervision.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a proactive, responsive safeguarding service.
• Provide advice, support, and training for staff.
• Identify and analyse risks for vulnerable individuals.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Teaching and assessing

Professional curiosity

Education

Current professional qualification to degree or equivalent level

BSc (Hons) relevant to post / equivalent experience

Job description

Specialist Practitioner- Safeguarding.

The closing date is 09 February 2026

We are looking for a Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner to join our busy Safeguarding team. You will contribute to a proactive, responsive safeguarding service, working in partnership with staff and key stakeholders to deliver high‑quality advice, guidance, support and training, while supporting the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding babies, children, young people and adults at risk.

This fast‑paced, diverse role requires you to think on your feet, positively challenge colleagues and other agencies, and maintain high levels of professional curiosity. If you have transferable skills and want to develop a career in safeguarding, this may be the job for you.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to a proactive, responsive safeguarding service as part of the Northumbria Trust‑wide Safeguarding team.

Provide advice, support, clinical supervision and training for clinical and non‑clinical staff.

Organise and coordinate key work such as information sharing with internal wards and departments, and wider partnership processes such as MASH (Multi‑Agency Safeguarding Hub).

Support Trust staff and partner agencies to understand safeguarding from a health perspective.

Exercise accountability as set out in the relevant Code of Professional Conduct.

Respond to contacts into the team for advice, seeking senior advice as needed to maintain high service standards.

Role‑model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape a collective leadership culture within the Trust. This includes engaging, enabling and empowering others, using coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement, and facilitating team working and collaboration across organisational boundaries.

About us

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust manages three major locality hospitals (North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham) plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. We are at the forefront of innovation and quality, having opened a state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We support our staff and focus on staff experience as much as we do the patient experience, and we operate in an area with clean air, cost‑effective living and great nightlife.

Job responsibilities

See attached job description for full information.

Identify and understand risks, analyse and help provide safe plans to care for people who are suffering or at risk of abuse and neglect, including unborn babies, babies, children and adults.

Act quickly and robustly to respond to risk and keep people safe.

Support Trust staff to understand and react appropriately to safeguarding issues.

Contribute to team assurance functions and data collection activities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current professional qualification to degree or equivalent level with experience of working at an advanced level in relevant subject.
• For registered nurses, must be a registered mentor.
• BSc (Hons) relevant to post / equivalent experience.
• Experience of providing supervision.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.
• Best Interest Qualification.

Other

• An essential requirement of the role is that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

Cobalt Business Park
Northumbria House, Unit 7/8 Silverfox Way