Are you passionate about Safeguarding Children and do you have professional curiosity to ensure that the child's voice is at the heart of everything we do in Safeguarding? Do you have lots of experience of working with children and families in the field of safeguarding.

The Safeguarding team is expanding, and this is an exciting time to join the organisation. We have two vacancies one a Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse and the other a Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse (Children in Care). We are looking for someone who is very experienced in the field of Safeguarding and Children in Care and who is forward thinking and dynamic. You must be creative about how you work and able to work across all hospital sites and areas.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who is passionate about safeguarding and advocating for children in care, where ever their journey may be within the acute hospitals trust. The post holder will work within the Safeguarding Children team providing an effective and evidenced based advice and consultation service to Trust staff who raise safeguarding concerns. The post will involve multi-agency liaison to safeguard children and will require attendance at strategy discussions related to children. The post will involve the development and delivery of teaching packages. The post holder will be expected to offer safeguarding supervision across the trust. The post holder would be expected to be familiar with the escalation policy and feel confident with professional challenge. The post holder will deputise for the Named Nurse when required at Rapid Reviews or Local Children Safeguarding Practice Reviews. The post holder will lead on developing a trauma informed strategy for the trust.

About us

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir. The Safeguarding Children is expanding and evolving by another 3 nurses, this is an exciting time to be entering the team. We have a think family approach and work very closely with the safeguarding adults team and the vulnerable women's team in midwifery.

The Corporate Nursing Team and the Trust are committed to achieving the best care possible for every patient and are driven by an ethos of quality improvement.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work within the Safeguarding Children team providing an effective and evidenced based advice and consultation service to Trust staff who raise safeguarding concerns. This will involve attendance at strategy meetings and providing advice for staff across the trust where there are concerns about a child or where the parent is the patient. You will advise staff about children in care and their needs and you will advocate for care experienced young people who are going through transition to adult services. You will promote the use of language that cares across the trust. You will liaise with the Named Nurse and Designated Nurse for children in care within GHC and participate on any county projects relating to children in care.

You will be involved in lots of multi-agency discussion and triangulating information known about families to inform safe decisions about children and their families. The post holder will work proactively to ensure that every safeguarding concern raised is fully managed to a definite outcome with timely onward referrals and effective communication with all professional parties. High standards of documentation are required at all times and good working knowledge of information governance. You will review and update policies related to safeguarding. You will contribute to the annual Section 11 submission.

You will need to communicate effectively with patients, parents and carers and communicate difficult information at times. You will support parents and carers through any safeguarding processes and ensure they understand the process.

You will be involved in the development and delivery of safeguarding training. You will be invited to teach new members of staff across the organisation around safeguarding children. You will provide safeguarding supervision across the trust for staff. You will deputise for the Named Nurse when required for learning reviews and complete chronologies. You will use the escalation policy for any professional challenge with other agencies. You will lead on and participate in audit relevant to safeguarding.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• UK recognised degree in Nursing, Midwifery or an Allied Healthcare Profession
• Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or the Healthcare Professions Council

Desirable

• Post registration training in Safeguarding Children
• Formal teaching qualification
• Safeguarding supervision experience

Experience

Essential

• Experience of safeguarding children practice

Desirable

• Experience of working in an acute clinical environment
• Experience in working with emotionally challenging environments
• Mentoring and teaching experience
• Experience working with children in care

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of contemporary healthcare, social care and safeguarding issues and children in care
• Able to support development and innovations within the service to reflect these within practice
• Good presentational, communication and interpersonal skills, including report writing
• Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
• Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative and prioritise workload

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NN

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318-24-COR-R12761