Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced professional with experience of safeguarding children to join our Safeguarding Children's Team.
The Specialist Practitioner will support the Named Nurse for Children at Southport and Ormskirk to ensure that the organisation meets its statutory responsibilities to safeguard children in accordance with Working together 2018.
Main duties of the job
The post will be mostly at Ormskirk Hospital, although the successful applicant have to attend meeting at any of the Trust sites and may be required to attend external meetings.
The post holder will support staff providing an advanced level of safeguarding knowledge in complex cases, working closely with the Named Nurse for Children and the practitioners in the Children's Safeguarding team, to ensure that safeguarding concerns are identified, reported, and appropriately and proportionality responded to.
The role will provide extensive partnership working developing effective relationships with multi-agency partners, the patient, families and or carers.
In addition the post holder will use their expertise to be a source of training and supervision, developing and providing children safeguarding training. They will be required to support the Trust in achieving compliance to mandated safeguarding training.
The post holder will undertake requested safeguarding investigations and complete subsequent reports.
The post holder will undertake audit and participate in the delivery of subsequent action plans.
About us
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
- CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information, please see attached Job Description.
Advert date: 22nd August 2023
Closing date: 3rd September 2023
Shortlisting date: 4th September 2023
Proposed Interview date: 11th September 2023
Please be advised that this vacancy may close early upon receipt of sufficient applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information, please see attached Job Description.
Advert date: 22nd August 2023
Closing date: 3rd September 2023
Shortlisting date: 4th September 2023
Proposed Interview date: 11th September 2023
Please be advised that this vacancy may close early upon receipt of sufficient applications.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration relevant to the role
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role
Experience
Essential
- Recent enhanced experience and knowledge or involvement of Safeguarding children
- Experience of writing and providing relevant safeguarding reports and or information sharing
- Experience of developing and or delivering training in a relevant subject
- Recent and relevant experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working in relation to safeguarding children
Skills
Essential
- Experience of writing and or involved in developing policies and process's relevant to the role
- Experience of completing audits and delivery of action plans
- Experience or involvement in service improvement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration relevant to the role
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role
Experience
Essential
- Recent enhanced experience and knowledge or involvement of Safeguarding children
- Experience of writing and providing relevant safeguarding reports and or information sharing
- Experience of developing and or delivering training in a relevant subject
- Recent and relevant experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working in relation to safeguarding children
Skills
Essential
- Experience of writing and or involved in developing policies and process's relevant to the role
- Experience of completing audits and delivery of action plans
- Experience or involvement in service improvement
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).
