System-Wide Safeguarding Lead Nurse

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board; Birkenhead; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The postholder will provide strategic and professional leadership for safeguarding adults across the Integrated Care Board (ICB), ensuring safeguarding is embedded within strategic planning, clinical leadership, innovation, commissioning, procurement, and service delivery to improve population health and wellbeing across Cheshire and Merseyside.

They will create a culture of high-quality practice and accountability, lead on statutory safeguarding duties, and work with Heads of Safeguarding and

Qualifications

• Extensive safeguarding adults experience within a health system.
• Experience and ability to influence across system partners and sectors.
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, policy and national standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for safeguarding adults across the ICB.
• Embed safeguarding in planning, commissioning and service delivery.
• Lead quality assurance and governance for safeguarding activities across the health economy.
• Collaborate with Safeguarding Team and local partnerships to improve outcomes.

Skills

Safeguarding leadership

Strategic partnership

Governance

Education

NHS safeguarding qualification

Tools

Governance frameworks

Job description

The postholder will provide strategic and professional leadership for safeguarding adults across the Integrated Care Board (ICB), ensuring safeguarding is embedded within strategic planning, clinical leadership, innovation, commissioning, procurement, and service delivery to improve population health and wellbeing across Cheshire and Merseyside.

They will create a culture of high-quality practice and accountability, lead on statutory safeguarding duties, and work with Heads of Safeguarding and