About this role
Job summary This role is offered as a 6 month fixed term or secondment opportunity. Are you a highly skilled and experienced nurse with expertise in safeguarding? We are seeking an exceptional individual to undertake the role of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Young People, supporting the delivery of high-quality safeguarding practice across the Trust on a fixed-term or secondment basis.
The post holder will provide expert leadership, advice and support on all aspects of safeguarding children, ensuring the Trust meets its statutory responsibilities in line with current national legislation and guidance. Promoting a child-centred, whole-family approach, the role is central to embedding high-quality safeguarding practice across the organisation.
Working in partnership with the Named Doctor, Named Midwife, Associate Director for Vulnerable People, and external safeguarding partners, the post holder will lead and coordinate safeguarding activity across the Trust and contribute to effective multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.
Acting as a professional role model, the successful candidate will demonstrate expert clinical practice, leadership, education and governance, supporting staff to respond effectively to safeguarding concerns and ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality care for children and young people.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide expert leadership, advice and support on safeguarding children and young people across the Trust.
Key responsibilities include acting as a safeguarding expert in partnership with the Named Doctor and Named Midwife, providing specialist advice to staff on safeguarding concerns, risk assessment and complex case management. The post holder will support and deliver safeguarding supervision, promoting safe and consistent practice, and embed current safeguarding priorities including contextual safeguarding, exploitation, domestic abuse and online harms.
The role will provide professional leadership, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and national guidance, and contribute to multi-agency safeguarding arrangements, investigations and reviews, including Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and Rapid Reviews. The post holder will represent the Trust at safeguarding partnership forums and contribute to system-wide learning.
They will support organisational assurance through reporting to the Trust Board and commissioners, including the Safeguarding Children Annual Report, and lead safeguarding training programmes, ensuring staff meet required competencies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.
The post holder will monitor safeguarding systems, lead audits, support CQC compliance and ensure learning is embedded. They will maintain professional standards, confidentiality, and ongoing professional development.
About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.
We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.
We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!
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Job description Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Please see Job Description attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training Essential
Registered Nurse with current valid NMC registration Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
Desirable
Leadership qualification Clinical Supervisory Qualification
Knowledge & Experience Essential
Extensive experience in safeguarding children at a senior level (equivalent to NHS Band 7) Expert knowledge of safeguarding legislation and national guidance
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 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Address RUH Bath
Combe Park
Bath
BA1 3NG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)