It is a very exciting time to be joining The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced registered practitioner to join the Safeguarding Team in the role of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children. This role is a job share and advertised 0.50 WTE working with another Named Nurse for Children working

You will be joining a highly experienced safeguarding team. You will be required to provide input to the Trusts Safeguarding Advice Service, safeguarding training provision and policy development as well as contributing to the progress of the safeguarding work plan.

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible for ensuring that the organisation meets its statutory requirements in respect of safeguarding children and young people and Think Family agenda
• Lead on the development of policies and procedures, implementing national guidance at a local level
• Effectively coordinate and communicate Safeguarding children activity to promote the welfare of children and young people. This will include ensuring coordination of safeguarding children supervision
• Provide clinical expertise and advice in relation to Safeguarding for all staff. The expertise will guide and promote the embedding of the principles of safe practice relating to safeguarding children and young people and Think Family to protect and safeguard children, young people and adults into everyday professional practice
• Contribute to the Prevent agenda across the adults and children safeguarding

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience as a Band 7
• Evidence of MDT working
• Management skills including leading teams
• Evidence of multi agency working
• Evidence of clinical experience in child protection
• Experience of report writing and presenting

Desirable

• Experience of working in the community

Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN/RN Child or Community specialsit
• ENB 970 or equivalent
• SSA, ENB 998 or equivalent
• Qualified at degree level
• Masters qualification or working towards

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

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