Named Nurse/Professional - Safeguarding Adults

Job overview

The South Warwickshire University  NHS  Foundation Trust    are looking to recruit  an experienced Safeguarding Nurse/Professional to join the Safeguarding Team. They will need to be enthusiastic , energetic and passionate about safeguarding in line with the Trust's  Think Family approach and   have experience of working with adults and children

The post holder will  expected to have an in depth  knowledge  of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and  Domestic  Abuse Act 2021

The post holder will be expected to work across  South Warwickshire University  Foundation NHS Trust and the George Elliot Hospital

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work collaboratively with the Safeguarding Team, and other agencies to ensure that the organisation meets its safeguarding adult’s responsibilities and those adults with care and support needs are effectively safeguarded.

The post holder will provide expert advice, support, training and safeguarding adult supervision to health staff across the organisation.

The post holder will contribute to effective multi-agency partnership working arrangements for safeguarding adults with care and support needs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Functions:

To ensure that Local Safeguarding Adult Board and West Midlands Policy and procedures, internal health procedures are known, understood and followed by Trust staff.

To provide leadership, expert advice and support on safeguarding adult matters to all health professionals. This includes:

• To offer guidance, advice support and supervision of safeguarding adults to all staff involved in adult safeguarding work.
• To support and empower staff to contribute autonomously to safeguarding adult meetings
• The planning, delivery and evaluation of safeguarding adults and children training for staff across the Trust in conjunction with Local Safeguarding Adult and Children Boards and the Trust Learning and Development Unit.
• Disseminate and lead on Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) across the Trust to ensure that there is a clear understanding of capacity and how this can impact on safeguarding functions.
• Ensure appropriate processes in place to monitor Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and monitor and support notification compliance to Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG).
• Lead on and act as an expert for the Trust on the Mental Health Act (2005) ensuring policies and procedures are in place to ensure compliance with the act.
• To support the Trust in its responsibilities towards safeguarding adults in line with legislation and current government policy. This includes participation in multi-agency learning and improvement frameworks through the writing of scoping and independent management reports for Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews..
• The provision of reports to the Trust Corporate Governance team and Trust Safeguarding Operational Group as required.
• To work effectively within an adult and children’s safeguarding team to promote the Think Family model across the Trust
• To implement local recommendations on practice arising from Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Safeguarding Children’s Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews.
• To build effective key relationships with the Designated and Named Health professionals across the health economy and to work in partnership with other agencies involved with protecting adults and children.
• To work collaboratively with partner agencies, including the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), in safeguarding adults and children and their carers who may be subject to domestic abuse.
• To adhere at all times to the principles of Information Sharing to safeguard children and adults.
• To lead and participate in clinical audit as required both nationally and via trust audit programmes and through the Local Safeguarding Adult Board.

Line Management Responsibilities:

• To provide leadership to colleagues within the Safeguarding Team administrative and secretarial staff, and guide on specific areas of work, as required.