Main area Safeguarding
Grade Band 7
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working pattern mainly 09:00 to 17:00)
Job ref 390--COR-BA-0408
Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Basildon
Town Basildon
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Salary period Yearly
Closing 28/02/2025 23:59
Children and Young Persons Safeguarding Nurse
Band 7
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.
We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a full time, Band 7 Children and Young Person's Safeguarding Nurse to join the safeguarding team based at Basildon Hospital.
The safeguarding nurse will support the Safeguarding Associate Director, the Named Nurse and the Named Midwife for Safeguarding Children to fulfill MSEFT responsibilities as set out in the Working Together to Safeguard Children document. The Post Holder will use expert knowledge to provide specialist advice to staff, peers, other professionals, and multi-agency partners on all aspects of safeguarding children and unborn babies.
Main duties of the job
* Provide support and supervision to all staff on issues relating to the safeguarding of children and unborn babies.
* Assist in the planning process and deliver training for staff in all aspects of children’s safeguarding.
* Participate in policy development across all aspects of safeguarding children.
* Assist with the implementation into practice of all relevant national and local safeguarding recommendations and guidance.
* Work with MSEFT staff and external partners to ensure that the well-being of children and unborn babies is safeguarded.
* Provide operational management of cases involving any child or young person who is an inpatient on one of our 3 hospital sites where there are child protection concerns.
Working for our organisation
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We offer a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, and the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Personal Specification attached. If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
The post is site-specific; however, MSE covers a wide footprint area therefore the successful candidate needs to be willing to travel to other sites on an occasional basis.
The hours of work for this role are 09:00 to 17:00.
We look forward to your application.
Person specification
* Registered on part 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11 or 15 of the NMC register.
* 5 years post registration experience.
Relevant post registration experience and appropriate place on NMC register
* Evidence of extensive experience of managing Child Protection and complex safeguarding cases involving children/young people and unborn babies.
* Extensive knowledge of local and national child protection procedures demonstrating experience of application of these procedures in safeguarding practice.
* Experience of supervision of staff and line management experience.
* Extensive experience in safeguarding of children at risk and the application of this in practice within a health organisation.
* Experience of multi-agency working.
Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Gemma Bellhouse / Tracey Scanlon
Job title Group Named Nurse Safeguarding Children - MSE
Email address g.bellhouse@nhs.net
Telephone number 07385460426
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