Do you have a passion for safeguarding? An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen to join University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) Safeguarding Team as a Safeguarding Adults Advisor

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic safeguarding practitioner who has a genuine commitment to safeguarding adults who will support to drive the safeguarding agendas forward across the organisation, utilising a THINK family approach.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the operational delivery of the adult safeguarding agenda including Mental Capacity Act (MCA, 2005) & Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (DoLS).

The post holder will support the THINK family approach across the organisation.

The post holder will provide a crucial link between staff, the Safeguarding Team and external agencies eg Police and Social Care and act as a safeguarding role model to staff by the delivery of high-quality advice and support in individual cases.

The post holder will ensure links are maintained with a variety of outside agencies and attend multi-agency meetings internal and external to the trust.

Closing date of applications: 19 June 2024Interview date: 3 July 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
• We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust - over 3,300 per week
• An average 860 patients are seen in A& E every day - 6th largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
• We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
• We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Education, Training and Qualifications CPD Requirements

Essential

• Registered Nurse, Professional Allied to Medicine, or Social Worker
• Evidence of personal and professional development in safeguarding vulnerable adults / management of risk

Desirable

• Teaching and assessing qualification.

Knowledge

Essential

• Undertaken Safeguarding level 3 training.
• Understanding of Safeguarding agendas, MCA, DoLS, LPS, domestic abuse assessments for support and services
• Knowledge of current issues in relation to safeguarding adults. MCA / DoLS

Experience

Essential

• Audit development and implementation
• Experience of root cause analysis
• Experience of MCA & DoLS

Desirable

• Experience of interagency working

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Rd

Derby

DE22 3NE

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