An exciting opportunity has arisen for permanent, full-time position (Monday --Friday) as a Band 7 Safeguarding Adults Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Adult Safeguarding Team at University Hospitals Birmingham. The role is Trust-wide, but will have a focus on Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.

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.

Reporting to the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Adults, the post holder will act as clinical nurse specialist in safeguarding adults providing education, advice and support to clinical staff within the organisation in all matters relating to adult safeguarding.

They will assist the Named Nurse and Lead Nurse for Adult Safeguarding and the Director of Safeguarding and vulnerabilities in ensuring that the that the Trust can provide evidence of compliance, across defined sites and services, the Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and other relevant safeguarding adult legislation, guidance and regulatory and contractual requirements in order to ensure the Trust provides safe effective and well led services which safeguard the vulnerable.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will develop and maintain relationships with internal and external partners in order to ensure effective and collaborative working practices ae in place to provide the best outcomes for patients

This includes

- supporting with the Trust Domestic Abuse Agenda, implementation of the Care Act and Prevent agenda

- data collections, audit, education and training in all aspects of safeguarding, identifying concerns and escalating appropriately

- supporting with the application of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

- provide site based leadership regarding safeguarding adults whilst working as part of a growing and cohesive team

It is essential that candidates are registered nurses with experience of working within the field of safeguarding

For more information please contact Jane Lovell, Lead Nurse for Adult Safeguarding 07876 577770

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Good level of basic education
• *Level 1 NMC registration
• *Evidence of professional/academic development to degree level or equivalent with further evidence to post graduate level or equivalent.

Desirable

• *Successful achievement of Band 6 competencies and evidence of consolidation of learning
• *Recognised teaching and assessing course

Experience

Essential

• *Significant post registration experience to include management/ education/ leadership experience in an acute Trust or Health care economy
• *Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care.
• *Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and participation in clinical audit and benchmarking.
• *Able to monitor standards.
• *Clear understanding of the safeguarding nurse role
• *Evidence of supporting others in a clinical environment
• *Awareness of safeguarding adults

Desirable

• *Demonstrable evidence of change management in a clinical setting

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Presentation skills
• *High level of interpersonal skills including
• -Facilitation
• -Negotiation
• -Collaboration
• -Leadership
• *Flexible attitude
• *Self-aware
• *Innovative
• *Diplomatic
• *Assertive
• *Ability to work autonomously
• *Empathetic
• *Ability to perform effectively under pressure while delivering high quality outcomes within agreed timescales
• *Inspirational, innovative and dynamic
• Proven experience of working successfully as part of several teams
• *Ability to work across sites

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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