# Named Nurse Safeguarding > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/named-nurse-safeguarding/b8a55e13-8d7b-42f9-8966-098bfbc03f07 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/named-nurse-safeguarding/b8a55e13-8d7b-42f9-8966-098bfbc03f07.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £55,690 - £62,682 Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2025-11-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-11-13T11:52:56.156Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Safeguarding/Safeguarding-v7615175 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7615175?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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: 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. ## 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). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Knowledge of Safeguarding/Child Protection legislation including: Children Act (1989 & 2004) Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) - Experience of lead role in managing cases with partner agencies in relation to Safeguarding/ Child Protection and Child In need cases including experience of attendance at Case Conference / Core Groups - Experience of Multi-Agency working and development work in relation to children and young people. - Evidence of complex case load management or management within complex, challenging health/social care settings - Experience of Teaching and facilitating Individuals and Groups. - Experience of providing supervision to individuals and groups. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse/Registered Sick Children’s Nurse / Specialist Community Public Health Nurse BSc (Hons) Educated to degree level in relevant subject . **Desirable** - Masters Degree Recognised teaching qualification Safeguarding Children Supervision Course ### Analytical and Judgement Skills **Essential** - Ability to grasp new concepts and opportunities and respond to these with realistic solutions - Able to write reports and communicate findings and recommendations - Ability to grasp new concepts and opportunities and respond to these with realistic solutions - Ability to deal with confidential information in a sensitive manner - Open minded approach to learning from experience - Demonstrates ability to work well under pressure, has robust personal strategies for coping with stress and challenging situations - Responsive to change and new challenges - Assertive/perception - Good analytical skills ### Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes **Essential** - Able to work autonomously - Good communication skills - Ability to grasp new concepts and opportunities and respond to these with realistic solutions - Ability to deal with confidential information in a sensitive manner - Open minded approach to learning from experience - Responsive to change and new challenges - Assertive/perception - Good analytical skills **Desirable** - Confident, positive approach to work - Demonstrates ability to work well under pressure, has robust personal strategies for coping with stress and challenging situations - Good presentation skills ### Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of on-going professional development including: Specific post-registration Level 3 Safeguarding/Child Protection training - Computer literate. Use of spread sheets, database, word, PowerPoint **Desirable** - Professional/Managerial knowledge acquired through post graduate level study or equivalent operational experience/Leadership programmes ## Documents - [named nurse safeguarding job description & personal specification (pdf, 688.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9869710) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.