Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Safeguarding Single Point of Access team.
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: New Post
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working patterns in base and at virtual working at times.)
- Job ref
- 083-6484020-AB
- Employer
- Sirona care & health CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingswood Civic Centre
- Town
- Kingswood
- Salary
- Band 6
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Safeguarding Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Job overview
Sirona care and health has an exciting opportunity for an appropriately qualified and experienced individual to join the Safeguarding Single Point of Access (SPA) team as a Band 6 Safeguarding Nurse. The SPA team operate like a front door for all safeguarding strategy requests raised to Sirona by agency partners. The team work predominantly 09.00 – 17:00 and cover the entire BNSSG area.
You will use an agreed delegated framework to ensure that children's needs are prioritised and represented by the right health professional within the strategy discussion pathway.
Main duties of the job
As a nurse within the Single Point of Access (SPA) team, you will be responsible for collecting , collating and analysing health information for strategy discussion, attending strategy discussion as a health representative. Contributing to the threshold decision making and immediate safety planning for children. You will work closing with the community paediatric team, local safeguarding partnerships, the police, education and multiagency contributors to strategy discussions. You will be central to information sharing to safeguard children.
Working for our organisation
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
Person specification
Experience of safeguarding
Essential criteria
- Registered Sick Children’s Nurse / Registered General Nurse / Midwife / School Health Nurse
- Educated to degree level.
- Evidence of experience of assessing and teaching.
- Evidence of continuing professional development related to child protection through attendance at short courses.
- Enhanced DBS disclosure.
- Car owner / driver: ability to travel in a timely fashion across BNSSG
- Ability to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Desirable criteria
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.
- Experience of using EMIS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience within a role with a safeguarding focus
- Significant experience of dealing with highly sensitive information
Desirable criteria
- Recent level 3 safeguarding training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lynn Butters
- Job title
- Safeguarding Lead for Children
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07515191912
- Additional information
Sharon Doran
Tel 07818455997
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