About this role
Job summary
The Safeguarding Adults Specialist Nurse plays a pivotal role in providing expert guidance on safeguarding matters, ensuring a robust response to adults with care and support needs who may be at risk of abuse or neglect. This position supports Trust staff in managing complex cases, facilitating the delivery of safe and effective clinical services that prioritise the wellbeing and rights of vulnerable adults. The Specialist Nurse liaises appropriately with external agencies to promote integrated care and timely interventions, contributes actively to safeguarding education programmes for staff, and fosters effective multi-agency collaboration to uphold best practice and legal requirements in safeguarding. This post will involve travel to all OUH sites.
Main duties of the job
Contribute to the delivery of Safeguarding services as detailed in the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act including DOLS and other national and local legislation and policy.
To support the development and implementation of safeguarding practice across the Trust ensuring effective multi-agency liaison, meeting the statutory requirements.
Provide specialist advice, support and guidance to all Trust staff in relation to legislation, policy, multiagency procedures for safeguarding our patients at risk of abuse or neglect to embed the principles of safeguarding into every day professional practice who are at risk of abuse or neglect.
Disseminate and communicate decisions and appropriate health information to relevant health professionals including the Named Nurse and/or Doctor where appropriate and sharing of best practice.
Provide advice, support and guidance to staff in relation to all aspects of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 including Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards 2009.
Communicate effective information to patients/relatives/carers/ and all members of the multidisciplinary team. Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of nursing practice relevant to the clinical area. Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to others at all times commensurate with The Code (NMC 2015).
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description Job responsibilities
Support the senior safeguarding nurse to develop, implement and review safeguarding practice across the Trust and networks.
Participate in multi-agency risk assessments to inform on case management, advising and challenging decisions when appropriate, provide timely information within the bounds of patient confidentiality and information sharing guidance.
Be able to participate in specific working groups to achieve targets, objectives and audits in relation to safeguarding adults, taking a lead for identified areas where agreed.
To demonstrate the ability to work independently and as part of the team and work across agency and organisational boundaries.
To utilise the Trust IT systems, Oxford Health IT systems, MASH data base and Social Care IT systems in accordance with information sharing agreements.
Maintain data collections that will provide timely and accurate data.
Undertake audit when required in the Safeguarding team.
To deliver safeguarding training to support the safeguarding competencies of staff.
Develop good communication and liaison networks with all disciplines across a variety of statutory agencies including social care, police, and voluntary agencies.
Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records of involvement of safeguarding in line with Trust policy and NMC guidance.
Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of nursing practice relevant to the clinical area.
Will work in partnership with the Children safeguarding team in support of the Think Family agenda.
Undertake case reviews, develop chronologies, and participate in investigations to contribute to the implementation for solutions.
Person Specification
3 years post NMC registration Essential
3 years post registration experience Evidence of professional development and training Teaching mentoring qualification Effective verbal, written and interpersonal skills High level of organisational skills and work independently Ability to maintain and promote high standards of professional practice and codes of conduct
Desirable
Experience of delivering training Knowledge of national and local safeguarding policies, procedures, and guidelines. Understanding of the implementation of Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Excellent IT skills
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address John Radcliffe Hospital
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)