The post holder will assist the Named Nurse Safeguarding Children to carry out operational responsibilities as set out in Working Together (2023) and the Intercollegiate Document (2019) in the application and development of the national safeguarding agenda across Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

To work as part of the integrated safeguarding team to identify risks in management of vulnerable children and families in accordance with the Trusts safeguarding children policy, to ensure appropriate action is taken in line with policy and procedure. This will include the delivery of training, safeguarding supervision & audit programmes

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist knowledge, advice to the Emergency Department at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Calderdale Royal Hospital and across the Trust and facilitate the sharing of information between primary and acute care as well as between statutory and voluntary agencies. Extended support may be required to allied areas, including paediatrics, therapies and adult areas to support the liaison process.

To provide knowledge, advice and support in safeguarding children to medical staff, nursing staff and allied health professionals staff across the trust, so as to enable staff to exercise professional judgement within a framework of accountability.

The post holder will be expected to display high levels of competence, judgement and integrity and personal accountability.

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care medical surgical maternity gynaecology critical care children's and young people's services end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Paediatric liaison sister will play an active role in preventative work, to recognise when early help is required to prevent significant harm to children and young people.

The role will involve reviewing Paediatric ED attendances and safeguarding cases notified to the safeguarding team, to ensure the appropriate interventions have been initiated and to maintain effective information sharing where safeguarding concerns have been identified, to improve continuity and standards of care facilitating a seamless service for children and their families, including those without a GP.

To identify frequent attendees to the ED department, liaising directly with appropriate professionals as required.

To initiate and manage alert systems of vulnerable children, with support from lead clinicians and the Named Nurse.

To establish close working relationships with the leads for the ED department and Paediatrics, and have the ability to deal with challenge and escalation as necessary.

To support clinicians with information gathering and sharing for children and young people not brought to medical appointments and those undergoing child protection medicals.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential

• Professional qualification in Health (RSCN/ RN Child/ RHV/ RSN)
• Current NMC registration

Desirable

• Mentorship / teaching / supervision qualification
• Post graduate Diploma or degree level qualification (or working towards) or can demonstrate significant comparable experience or qualifications within Safeguarding Children
• Additional training in Safeguarding Supervision skills

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential

• Significant post registration/qualification experience within a healthcare/safeguarding environment
• Experience of involvement with multi-agency and multi-professional care packages for infants, children, and young people with requirements for safeguarding
• Extensive experience of supporting communication between clinicians and nursing staff throughout established care pathways working across services.
• Extensive experience in risk assessment, Safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults, and multi-agency responses.
• Experience of primary care/acute interface and multi-agency working.
• Good understanding of child/ young people's development
• Extensive knowledge of safeguarding children's policies and procedures and best practice nationally and locally.
• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality working across organisational boundaries and integrated care providers.
• Evidence of current safeguarding training

Desirable

• Participated in service development and implementation of change.
• Evaluation of clinical standards of care through audit and participation in research activity.
• Safeguarding training and supervision knowledge and experience
• Knowledge of the extensive network of services with acute, primary and third sector care orientated to meet the needs of families

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential

• Excellence in interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal, which is dignified, compassionate and culturally respectful.
• Excellent time management and self-organisation skills to prioritise workload
• Report writing in relation to safeguarding
• Mentoring and supervision skills
• Experience of working as part of a team and ability to work on own initiative
• Able to manage own workload and work within defined clinical parameters with minimal supervision
• Evidence of clinical leadership through providing a positive role model to effect change and aspire to excellence in quality care standards.
• Competent use of IT systems including electronic clinical records

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership and change management
• Evidence of leadership and change management Service review and audit
• Highly developed systematic clinical assessment, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Employer details

Employer name

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Calderdale Royal Hospital

Salterhebble

Halifax

HX3 0PW

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