Named Nurse Safeguarding

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Registered Nurse with significant safeguarding experience related to children and young adults to be part of the integrated safeguarding team at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

The role is to include providing safeguarding leadership to the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative  (WMCPC) as part the integrated  safeguarding team based at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, the post holder will be responsible for providing visible leadership, knowledge, expertise and supervision in relation to safeguarding children and young adults. The post holder will provide core specialist child and young adult safeguarding advice to staff and will lead on areas of expertise and development across Birmingham Children’s Hospital and the  WMCPC.

The successful candidate will be required to work with multi-professional colleagues from across the Trust and external partner organisations, including primary care, the Local Authority and other partner agencies.

Experience of leading change utilising continuous improvement methodologies and influencing practice, as well as working in multi-professional teams and across organisational boundaries is essential, along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will undertake the statutory role as Named Nurse for Safeguarding leading on the CAMHS Services based at Birmingham Children’s Hospital site with an expectation to travel to Community and  Inpatient CAMHS Units across the WMCPC  in accordance with the role and competencies outlined within 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' (2018) and RCPCH Intercollegiate (2019) guidance. The post holder will provide expert advice, support, training, and safeguarding supervision to health care staff across the organisation.

The post holder will ensure the key functions of the Named Nurse for Safeguarding are undertaken for the Trust through:

• Effective leadership
• The setting, monitoring and maintenance of robust safeguarding arrangements and training programmes
• Collaborative multi-agency working
• Contributing to safeguarding governance

The post holder will be supported by the Head of Safeguarding and work alongside the Named Midwife for Safeguarding as part of our integrated safeguarding team, in ensuring the organisation meets its statutory safeguarding responsibilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

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