Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
Support the Assistant Director of Safeguarding to ensure the Trust meet its statutory duties to safeguard adults at risk of abuse
Support and provide supervision to staff in relation to safeguarding adult issues across the Trust
Direct line management responsibility of the Specialist Nurses/Professionals within the Safeguarding Team, ensuring the team remains compliant with mandatory training requirements and appraisals
Deputise for the Assistant Director of Safeguarding at internal and external meetings, the post holder will represent the Trust with multi agency partners
Prepare chronologies and management reviews for Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews on behalf of the Trust providing critical analysis of clinical practice and the development of recommendations and appropriate action plans
Collaborate with Trust managers, Complaints and Human Resources in conducting investigations of safeguarding related incidents, complaints and Serious Incidents
Manage and support the Safeguarding Team in working closely with clinical staff to ensure that decision making is supported by expert safeguarding advice.
Facilitate delivery of high-quality safeguarding services for adults, children and young people to agreed quality standards which comply with national legislation and local policy and guidance
Work alongside the Assistant Director of Safeguarding to ensure there is a robust training strategy and training programme to meet all educational needs. This will include supporting staff to work effectively within the Mental Capacity Act/Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards / Liberty Protection Safeguards and domestic abuse agenda in addition to safeguarding adult, children, and young people
To lead on development of the safeguarding adults audit calendar and oversight of the completion of the safeguarding adult audits, subsequent analysis and action plans.
Identify and implement learning from Safeguarding Adult reviews and similar processes.
Monitor, analyse and report on activity identifying trends and themes which may require training provision to be amended.
Clinical and Professional Responsibilities
Provide effective leadership on all aspects of the safeguarding agenda maintaining clinical / professional competence and credibility
Have an excellent understanding of relevant safeguarding legislation and provide expert advice to clinical staff
Challenge colleagues, both internally and externally, where decision making is not in line with local and national guidance or standards for best practice, ensuring that the process remains patient/client focused at all times
To provide advice and support to all practitioners and empower them to fulfil their safeguarding duties
Advise staff and liaise with appropriate representatives from the Local Authority and / or Police (i.e. Channel) in response to concerns raised regarding radicalisation and counter-terrorism
Ensure safeguarding documentation for patients is appropriate, accountable and defensible
Maintain own clinical / professional competence and credibility
Support the safeguarding nurses/professionals to develop their competencies through training, appraisal, supervision and shadowing
Support and guide the safeguarding nurses/professionals to oversee cases where safeguarding concerns are raised against the Trust
Provide expert advice to professionals when departments are requested to contribute to investigations, safeguarding reports, Court of Protection reports
Further develop safeguarding data collection tools to enable improvements in quarterly safeguarding reports and commissioning requirement
Managerial/Leadership
To act as a role model within the speciality field
Maintain a high profile across the Trust to promote the safeguarding agenda
Assist the Assistant Director of Safeguarding to develop, act upon or make changes to safeguarding policies, procedures, work plans and reports
Produce regular reports/data as requested by the Assistant Director of Safeguarding
Lead on behalf of the Trust, any Individual Management Reviews (IMRs) which may have been requested as part of a Domestic Homicide Review (DHR), Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) or Serious Case Review (SCR).
Support the Assistant Director of Safeguarding in coordinating action plans following Domestic Homicide Reviews / Safeguarding Adult Reviews / Serious Case Reviews ensuring implementation of all recommendations and audit as required to provide evidence to complete action plans
Deputise for the Assistant Director of Safeguarding as required.
Take a lead role in ensuring that the Trust engages its multi-agency partners to provide robust safeguarding services that are coordinated and collaborative.
Represent the Trust at professional safeguarding interagency forums and sub groups of Local Safeguarding Boards.
Working with clinical teams and directorates, ensure that appropriate arrangements for the dissemination and access to policies, practice guidelines and procedures in relation to safeguarding are available.
Undertake regular audit of safeguarding services, recommending and implementing changes to improve quality of services provision.
Develop process within the safeguarding team to ensure ward managers and other key staff are supported to develop skills to meet the responsibilities of safeguarding.
Provide line management of the safeguarding nurses /practitioners / team ensuring appraisal and ongoing professional development is in place.
To provide an innovative and progressive attitude to the personal and professional development underpinned by research and evidence based practice.
To participate in regular clinical supervision sessions in order to receive professional support.
To work with the Assistant Director of Nursing for Safeguarding to develop training needs analysis relating all aspects of safeguarding and development of teaching materials / training packages.
To contribute or deliver educational sessions to staff groups, liaising with other agencies and service uses in order to gain their participation in the education delivery.
To provide regular updates to nominated leads across the Trust including safeguarding champions
To develop and deliver ward based training and education to continuously develop the workforce to support the safeguarding agenda.
Maintain Professional Registration
Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body
Administrative Responsibilities
Keep accurate and detailed records
Prepare reports for Court of Protection as required
To have a robust data collection system that reflects Trust activity and supports key performance indicator returns
Reports to committees / councils as required
Teaching and Training Responsibilities
Ensure robust training packages are in place and delivered for the safeguarding adult agenda, mental capacity, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and PREVENT.
Bespoke training to be developed and delivered as required
Ensure training uses evidence based practice, NICE guidelines, updated legislation
Maintain own knowledge and skills as per Intercollegiate Document for Safeguarding Adults requirements as per role
Responsible for monitoring and review of the Trust safeguarding Adults training strategy and plan
Responsible for monitoring compliance and putting actions in as required to maintain compliance
Line Management Responsibilities
Line Management of Safeguarding Adult Specialist Roles practitioners and administrative support
Supervision requirements as per key performance indicators
Completion staff appraisals and performance reviews
RESEARCH & AUDIT
Develop a safeguarding adults audit programme for each financial year and ensure audits are completed, shared using assurance governance structure and actions plans developed as required with feedback provided as required
