About this role
Job summary
This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.
NHS Band 8A Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Hours per week: Full time 37.5
Contract: Permanent
Location Base: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY
To fulfil the role and responsibilities of the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children as detailed in Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023), The Children Act (1989 and 2004), and the Safeguarding Children and Young People, Roles and Responsibilities for Health Care Staff (Intercollegiate Document 2019).
Strategically lead and support all activities necessary to ensure that the organisation meets the statutory responsibilities to safeguard and protect children and young people.
Main duties of the job
Specific Core Functions
To proactively and strategically lead the Trust in maintaining compliance to statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements set out in safeguarding law and policy.Effective use of the child safeguarding team budget.Direct line management of Child Safeguarding Team.Required to work closely with multi-agency safeguarding teams to investigate safeguarding alerts in which health concerns are a major issue. This will involve close working with safeguarding agencies throughout Hampshire including but not limited to the Police, Childrens' Services and other safeguarding colleagues.Develop, implement and provide a wide range of training and supervision across the Trust in line with national policy and local strategy.
About us
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans' status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job summary
Provides strong leadership, inspiring and empowering others in pursuit of a shared vision to ensure an effective Trust wide engagement with the Safeguarding Adult and Children agenda. Participate in multi-agency subgroups of the LSCP, ICB and the Trust safeguarding committees.Advise local police, childrens' social care and other statutory and voluntary agencies on health matters with regard to safeguarding children.Support and advise the Trust board regarding the statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements of safeguarding/child protection.Contribute to the planning and strategic organisation of child safeguarding services.Support and advise all staff on the management of all forms of child maltreatment, including relevant legal frameworks and documentation.Assess and evaluate evidence, write reports and present information to child protection conferences and related meetings.Provide advice and signposting to all staff about legal processes, key research and policy documents.Ensure that the Trust has child safeguarding policies and procedures in line with legislation, national guidance, and the guidance of the LCSP.Contribute to the dissemination and implementation of organisational policies and procedures.Encourage case discussion, reflective practice, and the monitoring of significant events at a local level.Ensure that the Trust has a training strategy in line with national and local expectations.Develop, implement and maintain safeguarding educational programmes/training sessions in conjunction with the safeguarding team for staff across the Trust that address all levels of required/identified knowledge. Contribute to monitoring the quality and effectiveness of safeguarding services, including monitoring performance against indicators and standards.Contribute to serious case reviews/case management reviews/significant case reviews, and individual management reviews/ individual agency reviews/internal management reviews.Disseminate lessons learnt from serious case reviews/case management reviews/ significant case reviews and advise on the implementation of recommendations.Provide/ensure provision of effective child safeguarding appraisal, support, peer review and supervision for all staff in the Trust.Expertly advise and consult with frontline nursing and medical staff in any aspect of their work with children and families where there is child protection or safeguarding concerns; supporting them with supervision as required, using an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy and judgement for highly complex decision -making across a range of safeguarding issues.Be a highly visible expert in child protection and offer proactive leadership working with other safeguarding partners to ensure that the profile of Safeguarding Children remains high throughout the Trust.Lead on Safeguarding Children Supervision within the Trust; this will include a Strategy to deliver of supervision to all staff working directly with children and their families.Challenge current practices across the Trust to promote and ensure a culture of continuous quality improvement within safeguarding.Lead, develop and evaluate safeguarding audit across the Trust developing protocols and training in relation to the clinical risk identified for adults and children.Contribute to the Trusts Quarterly and Annual Safeguarding Report and develops other reports as required for the Trust.
For full job details please refer to enclosed job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse currently on NMC register. Degree (or working towards a Masters) or equivalent in-depth knowledge.
Desirable
Teaching Qualification. Leadership Qualification. Supervision training.
Experience Essential
A minimum of 2 years as a safeguarding specialist. Experience in leading, managing and implementing change. Evidence of robust inter- agency and partnership working. Expert knowledge and experience of working with current legislation and developments within Child protection.
Skills and Knowledge Essential
Full understanding of the statutory duty for the NHS Trusts under section 11 of the Children Act 2004. Understanding of audit cycle.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address Queen Alexandra Hospital
Southwick Hill Road
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3LY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)