Specialist Safeguarding Adult Practitioner

Job overview

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

We are looking for an enthusiastic highly motivated specialist practitioner for safeguarding adults with a vision to develop and maintain high standards of safeguarding practice across the organisation.  The role requires the individual to have an in-depth knowledge of the Safeguarding Adult agenda with experience of working within a complex health or social care organisation.

The postholder must be able to demonstrate excellent clinical skills, be a caring and compassionate individual focused on providing excellent quality patient care, working within the values held by the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Practitioner for Safeguarding Adults is available to provide expert advice and guidance to all Trust staff and promote best practice. The post holder will create an environment of continuous quality improvement and professional development to enable all staff to care for their patients with Safeguarding needs effectively.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.