Specialist Practitioner Safeguarding

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Tynemouth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Tynemouth is seeking a Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner to enhance their safeguarding services. The ideal candidate will provide guidance and support while working with clinical staff and partner agencies. This role requires the ability to lead compassionately and foster teamwork. Enjoy working in one of England's best NHS organizations that values staff experience as much as patient care. Join a vibrant community with a focus on innovation and quality.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to contribute to a proactive safeguarding service.
• Experience in providing clinical supervision and training.
• Understanding of safeguarding from a health perspective.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to delivery of safeguarding service.
• Provide advice and training for staff.
• Organise information sharing within teams.
• Assist in understanding safeguarding processes.
• Respond to inquiries for support.
• Role-model inclusive leadership.

Skills

Ability to think on your feet

Professional curiosity

Compassionate leadership

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a change of direction in your career? We currently have a vacancy for a Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner to join our busy Safeguarding team. We are looking for someone who is keen to contribute to the delivery of a proactive, responsive safeguarding service, working in partnership with staff and key stakeholders, to deliver high quality advice, guidance, support and training whilst supporting the Trust's commitment to safeguarding babies, children, young people, and adults at risk.

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

Responsibilities

• To contribute to the delivery of a proactive, responsive safeguarding service as part of the Northumbria Trust wide safeguarding team.
• To provide advice, support, clinical supervision and training for clinical and non-clinical staff.
• To be responsible for the organising and co‑ordination of key pieces of work such as information sharing with internal wards, departments and within wider partnership processes such as MASH (Multi‑Agency Safeguarding Hub).
• To support trust staff and partner agencies to understand safeguarding from a health perspective.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the relevant Code of Professional Conduct.
• To be responsible for responding to contacts into the team for advice and support and seeking senior advice and support as needed to maintain high service standards.
• To role‑model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates teamwork and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

About Northumbria Healthcare

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost‑effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep.

Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Diane Whyley Job title: Named Midwife Safeguarding Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0191 6072067