Specialist Nurse Safeguarding Children

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experienceyoullneed for this role,take a lookat the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

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Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity,celebratingand valuing diversity andeliminatingany form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have anyspecial requirementsto help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application

Here at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust,wereproud to be ALL HERE FOR YOUfor our patients, our communities, and each other.As part of our commitment to fairness, transparency, and personal integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations. While AI tools can support spelling, grammar, or formatting, we expect that the content of your applicationespecially personal statements and responses to role-specific questionsis written by you. This helps us get to know the real you and ensures that our recruitment processremainsequitableand meaningful for everyone.

Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.

Person Specification

Essential List

Essential

• oRN child (or equivalent qualification and/or experience in relation to children).
• Minimum of 3 years post registration experience.
• o1st Level Degree or working towards.
• oEvidence of ongoing professional development and training undertaken in respect of safeguarding to minimum Level 3 (as per Working Together).
• oKnowledge of national and local Safeguarding Policies, guidelines and recommendations.
• oKnowledge of relevant legislation relating to Safeguarding
• oDemonstrates knowledge relevant to patterns of abuse and neglect.
• oExperience of safeguarding supervision
• oExperience of delivering training
• oAwareness of issues affecting ethnic minority families and other socially excluded groups.
• oWorking knowledge of children's health and development and the nature and impact of child maltreatment.
• oCritical thinking, reflection and analysis to inform clinical assessment
• oExperience of policy development and implementation.
• oBasic IT skills, including email, Word
• oPresentation skills
• oAbility to analyse and critically evaluate information and record in a concise and accurate manner.
• oConfidence to challenge appropriately in difficult situations
• oAbility to communicate across organisational boundaries.
• oAbility to work under pressure, to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines.
• oCompletion of audits and reports within timescale.

Desirable

• oSpecialist Practitioner Public Health
• oRecognised teaching/ mentoring qualification
• oQualification in safeguarding supervision
• oAccredited training qualification
• oExperience of policy development and implementation.
• oExperience of policy development and implementation.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wythenshawe hospital

Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe

Manchester

M23 9LT

Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)