Job summary
Please note, Vulnerable Persons includes: Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities (such as sight / hearing impairments, Dementia, older persons, children, and Young Adults).
As an experienced registered professional working at a Trust-wide level, the post holder will:
Have a lead role in ensuring that Velindre University NHS Trust has robust mechanisms in place for safeguarding, and public protection, including those required for the Trust to fulfil its statutory duties.
Have a lead role in ensuring that the Trust fulfills its statutory duties in relation to the Vulnerable Persons agenda for Service Users - this includes: Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities (such as sight and hearing impairments), Dementia, older persons, children, and Young Adults.
The post holder will be required to draw on / ensure access to high levels of specialist knowledge about safeguarding, public protection, and vulnerable persons national policies and processes to support the Executive Director of Nursing, AHPs and Health Scientists in delivering on the agendas and in meeting statutory compliance across the Trust.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
Specifically, the post holder will be required to:
- Ensure the provision of advice, guidance and support to operational staff in Velindre Cancer Centre and the Welsh Blood Service to enable them to identify and respond to safeguarding and public protection concerns, and any concerns relating to vulnerable persons.
- Escalate key risks relating to the portfolio to the Executive Director of Nursing, AHPs and Health Scientists and / or the Deputy Director of Nursing, Quality and Patient Experience
- Ensure that Trust's safeguarding and vulnerable persons policies and procedures are comprehensive and up to date, in order to ensure that the Trust and its officers are positioned to fulfil the safeguarding and public protection duties, and the responsibilities as per the vulnerable persons agenda, as set out in relevant legislation including:
- The Children Act
- Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act
- Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015.
- Serious Crime Act
- Counter-Terrorism and Security Act
About us
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
See attached
As an experienced registered professional working at a Trust-wide level, the post holder will:
Have a lead role in ensuring that Velindre University NHS Trust has robust mechanisms in place for safeguarding, and public protection, including those required for the Trust to fulfil its statutory duties.
Have a lead role in ensuring that the Trust fulfills its statutory duties in relation to the Vulnerable Persons agenda for Service Users this includes: Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities (such as sight and hearing impairments), Dementia, older persons, children, and Young Adults.
The post holder will be required to draw on / ensure access to high levels of specialist knowledge about safeguarding, public protection, and vulnerable persons national policies and processes to support the Executive Director of Nursing, AHPs and Health Scientists in delivering on the agendas and in meeting statutory compliance across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
See attached
As an experienced registered professional working at a Trust-wide level, the post holder will:
Have a lead role in ensuring that Velindre University NHS Trust has robust mechanisms in place for safeguarding, and public protection, including those required for the Trust to fulfil its statutory duties.
Have a lead role in ensuring that the Trust fulfills its statutory duties in relation to the Vulnerable Persons agenda for Service Users this includes: Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities (such as sight and hearing impairments), Dementia, older persons, children, and Young Adults.
The post holder will be required to draw on / ensure access to high levels of specialist knowledge about safeguarding, public protection, and vulnerable persons national policies and processes to support the Executive Director of Nursing, AHPs and Health Scientists in delivering on the agendas and in meeting statutory compliance across the Trust.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Education at Masters level
- Specialist qualification in safeguarding and public protection or demonstrable equivalent experience.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and within multi-agency settings to review complex safeguarding and public protection issues and individual cases
- Previous experience of implementing strategies to develop safeguarding and public protection knowledge and practice. oHighly developed knowledge of safeguarding and public protection strategy, policy and clinical guidelines.
- Previous experience of implementing strategies to develop safeguarding and public protection knowledge and practice.
Desirable
- Experience of chairing meetings.
- Experience of contributing towards practice or policy developments at regional or national level
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Education at Masters level
- Specialist qualification in safeguarding and public protection or demonstrable equivalent experience.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and within multi-agency settings to review complex safeguarding and public protection issues and individual cases
- Previous experience of implementing strategies to develop safeguarding and public protection knowledge and practice. oHighly developed knowledge of safeguarding and public protection strategy, policy and clinical guidelines.
- Previous experience of implementing strategies to develop safeguarding and public protection knowledge and practice.
Desirable
- Experience of chairing meetings.
- Experience of contributing towards practice or policy developments at regional or national level
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
