Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 390-COR-BR-0407
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broomfield
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £46,148 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Children & 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 Broomfield Hospital.
The safeguarding nurse will support the Safeguarding Associate Director, the Named Nurse and the Named Midwife for Safeguarding Children to fulfil 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
The Children and Young Person's Safeguarding Nurse will provide support and supervision to all staff on issues relating to the safeguarding of children and unborn babies and to will provide a role model for safe, competent and professional practice in relation to the safeguarding of children.
You will assist in the planning process and will deliver training for staff in all aspects of children’s safeguarding and will participate in the development and delivery of a training strategy.
You will participate in policy development across all aspects of safeguarding children and will assist with the implementation into practice of all relevant national and local safeguarding recommendations and guidance.
The Children and Young Person's Safeguarding Nurse will work with MSE staff and external partners to ensure that the wellbeing of children and unborn babies is safeguarded.
The Children and Young Person's Safeguarding Nurse will 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 in order to ensure effective multidisciplinary and interagency risk assessment, decision making and development of safeguarding plans and actions.
Working for our organisation
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
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's 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 part1,2,7,8,10,11 or 15 of NMC register
Essential criteria
- 5 years post registration experience
Relevant post registration experience & appropriate place on NMC register
Essential criteria
- Evidence of extensive experience of managing child protection and complex safeguarding cases involvingchildre/young people & unborn babies
- Extensive knowledge of local and national child protection procedures demonstrating experience of application of these procedures in safeguarding practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervision of staff and line management experience
- Extensive experience in safeguarding of children at risk and application of this in practice within a health organisation
- Experience of multiagency working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Gemma Bellhouse
- Job title
- Named Midwife Safeguarding
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385460426
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