GESH MCA Nurse (SGUH)

Job overview

This is a full time role based at SGH but with cross site working at Epsom and St Helier as required

• An exciting opportunity has arisen for an MCA & Safeguarding Practitioner in the Safeguarding Adults team for gesh (St George's, Epsom & St Helier Hospitals Health Group) based between St Helier and Epsom General Hospital.
• We are looking for a qualified clinician (Nurse - RMN, RGN, RCN or RNLD, or OT) who has at least 2 years post qualifying in a clinical role with an interest in the MCA and Safeguarding.
• You will be patient focused with a passion for ensuring that our patients voices are heard and participation in all decision making is maximised.
• An understanding of the principles of Safeguarding Adults and the ability to work across agencies will be helpful, as will MCA literacy.

Main duties of the job

• Support the Safeguarding & MCA team in providing support to clinical areas.
• Work with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams in supporting individuals with decision making, through helping facilitate best interests meetings and case discussions.
• Following appropriate development to act as a resource and provide advice on the use and application of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), in particular use of least restrictive practices
• Following appropriate development to act as an authorising manager for urgent DoLS
• Undertake tasks concerning the day to day organisation and operation of the team, working with the wider Adult Safeguarding team.
• Acting as the liaison with legal services over MCA/DoLS issues
• Provide and receive highly sensitive information (in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Caldecott guidance) maintaining confidentiality as appropriate
• Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information where there are barriers to understanding, for example interpretation of deprivation of liberty safeguards

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of this post. Informal discussions are encouraged.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.