Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join our children's safeguarding team to cover the current post holder's maternity leave. As Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children, you will assist the Named Nurse and provide high-quality safeguarding advice, support, education, and guidance to the staff at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust.
The successful post holder will be an innovative nurse who is committed to developing and supporting the safeguarding children team. You will need to have skills in managing a busy, varying caseload of patients who require support from the safeguarding children team. You will also need to be confident at liaising with members of the multi-agency safeguarding providers across the two main counties we work with. You'll need to be involved in teaching and have basic IT skills and a working knowledge of safeguarding children policies including The Working Together Document, Children's Act, and The Intercollegiate Document.
The hours of work are Monday to Friday at East Surrey Hospital. If you would like any further information, please contact Ruth Morley, Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children.
Main Duties of the Job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About Us
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient and diagnostic services while Crawley Hospital, Horsham in West Sussex, Caterham Dene Hospital, and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best-performing Trusts in England:
* Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the Year Award 2021.
* National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
* We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Job Responsibilities
For further information regarding the role, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Criteria
* Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role.
* A complete and accurate application.
* Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement.
* Evidence of essential experience for role.
* Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role.
* Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration.
* Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours.
* Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£22,402 to £26,977 per annum plus high cost allowance.
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