# Named Professional Safeguarding Children and Young People > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/named-professional-safeguarding-children-and-young-people/6bd5a80b-c181-44c8-ac89-69dc82659d5a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/named-professional-safeguarding-children-and-young-people/6bd5a80b-c181-44c8-ac89-69dc82659d5a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bath - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum - **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed Term or Secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T07:22:05.181Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Safeguarding/Safeguarding-v8162998 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8162998?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ruh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This role is offered as a 6-month fixed-term or secondment opportunity. Are you a highly skilled and experienced nurse, midwife or social worker with expertise in safeguarding? We are seeking an exceptional individual to undertake the role of Named Professional 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 and young people, ensuring the Trust meets its statutory responsibilities in line with current legislation, national guidance and best practice. Promoting a child centred, Think Family approach, the role is central to embedding high-quality safeguarding practice across the organisation. Working in partnership with the Named Doctor, Named Midwife, Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults, Trust Lead for Children and Young People, 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 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. ### Detailed job description and main 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 ### 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 ### Qualifications & Training **Essential** - egistered Nurse or Midwife with current NMC registration; or - Registered Social Worker with current Social Work England registration. - Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development **Desirable** - Leadership qualification - Clinical Supervisory Qualification ## Documents - [join the ruh (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3030) - [job description (pdf, 302.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10463994) ## 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.