Safeguarding Practitioner

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The role will provide the post holder with the opportunity to develop key safeguarding skills

Safeguarding protects a citizen's health and wellbeing; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect and is integral to providing high-quality health care (NHS England).

Ensuring that our workforce is equipped to recognise and respond appropriately and proportionately to abuse, and neglect is a key responsibility of this role.

Job responsibilities

As the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the UK, we, at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, have a clear vision 'to be the best cardiothoracic integrated healthcare organisation'.

We provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, respiratory medicine both in the hospital and out in the community.

We serve a catchment area of 2.8 million people, spanning Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man, and increasingly we receive referrals from outside these areas for highly specialised services such as aortics.

Our reputation for strong performance is important in delivering the best care for our patients and high quality clinical services. This is underpinned by a culture of research and innovation, delivered in modern estate and our encouragement of flexible working in a variety of forms.

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