Lead Practitioner for Adult Safeguarding

Job summary

Are you dynamic and motivated, innovative and compassionate Nurse, Social Worker or Allied Health Professional with extensive adults safeguarding experience within the NHS?

This is a key role within our growing team, and you will be a highly skilled, visible professional with proven leadership experience. With the leadership and support of the Associate Director of Safeguarding, as the Named practitioner, you will drive the Trusts operational and strategic adult safeguarding agenda. Collaborating with your safeguarding colleagues to ensure that the Trust is represented at local safeguarding partnerships, subgroups meetings.

You will embed gold standard practice, ensuring high quality and good compliance with training and education programs across the Trust. You will participate in the peer review accreditation program.

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead on all issues relating to safeguarding adults across the Trust
• Work with the Chief and Deputy Chief Nurse, Associate Director of Safeguarding, Named Doctor Adult Safeguarding, Named Nurse for Children's safeguarding and Lead Professional for MCA/ LPS to take a lead in all strategic planning and development relating to the protection and welfare of adults
• To be a highly visible senior practitioner, providing specialist knowledge, advice and clinical expertise to all staff in the Trust in all areas of safeguarding adults.
• Advise the Trust to ensure it appropriately discharges and fulfils its safeguarding inter-agency obligations
• To work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and partner agencies to ensure adults who come into contact with the Trust are safeguarded and their welfare promoted
• To provide specialist knowledge and expertise in adult safeguarding, Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty to all Trust employees
• To develop and deliver inter-professional training in safeguarding, domestic abuse, modern slavery and Prevent across the Trust
• Line management responsibilities for the Specialist Practitioner, Adult Safeguarding, Specialist Practitioner, Learning Disabilities and Autism, Support Worker, Learning Disabilities and Autism, Practitioner, Domestic Violence and Abuse and administrator

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.