Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse
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Band 7 Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse
12 month fixed term post
Are you interested in developing a career in safeguarding? This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced registered nurse or health visitor to develop key knowledge, skills & experience as part of a busy Safeguarding Team.
About the Role
Working with children, young people and families to keep them safe from harm, abuse or neglect including domestic abuse, radicalisation, trafficking, exploitation and many other types of abuse, no two days are the same.
The Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse will manage the day-to-day referrals received by the team, meeting with staff and patients as required. Working closely with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams such as Children’s Services, the Police and Domestic Abuse Outreach services they will co-ordinate responses to facilitate safe outcomes.
The Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse will support the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children in the delivery of Trust wide safeguarding training, communications and representation at various forums.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership, expert advice and support on children’s safeguarding matters to all staff across the Trust including independently contracted staff to ensure safe practice is maintained.
- Provide specialist advice and appropriate safeguarding supervision in relation to complex and sensitive cases to all Trust employees.
- Work closely with other agencies including the police and social care on health matters with regard to safeguarding children in the hospital and wider community.
- Ensure the provision of day to day support and expert advice for all staff in the Trust regarding safeguarding issues and concerns. Provide support to colleagues in their work with clients with safeguarding issues, domestic violence, family breakdown, substance misuse, disability and mental health issues.
- Work collaboratively with the Adult and Maternity safeguarding teams to develop a ‘safeguarding families’ approach to safeguarding.
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Requirements
The successful candidate will need to be forward thinking, have a problem-solving approach, & the ability to prioritise tasks & keep track of unfinished tasks, so will need excellent personal organisation and communication skills.
About Royal Surrey
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
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We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
Contact
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For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Elaine Penfold
Job title: Head of Adult Safeguarding
Email address: epenfold@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01483 571122
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