Job summary
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You will be based at PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
Main duties of the job
This post is only open for applications from individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board.
Organisations within scope are as follows:
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Band:8a
Hours: 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
We are seeking an experienced, motivated safeguarding professional to join our senior safeguarding team as the Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults. This is a pivotal Trust-wide leadership role, influencing practice, culture, and outcomes for adults at risk across our organisation and with key partner agencies.
You will provide expert advice, strategic leadership, and professional support to staff at all levels, ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding practice, governance, and learning. Working across complex systems, you will collaborate with multi-agency partners to strengthen coordinated responses and improve outcomes for vulnerable adults.
About us
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role offers the opportunity to:
- Lead and influence safeguarding practice across the Trust and in partnership with colleagues across the Isle of Wight, ensuring a cohesive, high-quality approach across the Group
- Provide expert advice on complex cases, legal frameworks, and policy, supporting consistent decision-making across both trusts
- Drive the development and implementation of a shared safeguarding strategy, including aligned policies, training, supervision, governance, and quality improvement programmes
- Contribute to serious case reviews, thematic reviews, audits, and organisational learning, ensuring lessons are translated into system-wide improvements
- Champion a culture of reflective practice, professional curiosity, and continuous improvement across services and sites
We are looking for a highly credible practitioner with advanced safeguarding expertise, strong strategic leadership skills, and the ability to influence across organisational boundaries. You will be confident in providing constructive challenge, fostering collaboration, and inspiring others to deliver high-quality safeguarding practice.
If you are passionate about protecting adults at risk, developing staff, and driving sustainable system-wide improvement across Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, we would welcome your application.
Please refer to the Job description for further details
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role offers the opportunity to:
- Lead and influence safeguarding practice across the Trust and in partnership with colleagues across the Isle of Wight, ensuring a cohesive, high-quality approach across the Group
- Provide expert advice on complex cases, legal frameworks, and policy, supporting consistent decision-making across both trusts
- Drive the development and implementation of a shared safeguarding strategy, including aligned policies, training, supervision, governance, and quality improvement programmes
- Contribute to serious case reviews, thematic reviews, audits, and organisational learning, ensuring lessons are translated into system-wide improvements
- Champion a culture of reflective practice, professional curiosity, and continuous improvement across services and sites
We are looking for a highly credible practitioner with advanced safeguarding expertise, strong strategic leadership skills, and the ability to influence across organisational boundaries. You will be confident in providing constructive challenge, fostering collaboration, and inspiring others to deliver high-quality safeguarding practice.
If you are passionate about protecting adults at risk, developing staff, and driving sustainable system-wide improvement across Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, we would welcome your application.
Please refer to the Job description for further details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level
- Current healthcare professional registration e.g. NMC, AHP or equivalent e.g. qualified social worker.
- Relevant leadership/management course.
- Extensive specialist training in adult safeguarding.
Desirable
- Formal teaching qualification
- Educated to a masters level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in participation in the adult safeguarding procedures.
- Detailed and thorough knowledge of safeguarding adults agenda, MCA and DoLs legislation.
- Experience of developing and delivery of training/education to all staff groups.
- Proven experience of working within the multi agency safeguarding arena
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of training needs requirements for an acute provider organisation
- Critical appraisal skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Attention to detail and completer finisher attributes
- High level communication skills, effective communication to members of MDT and external partners.
- Policy and protocol development and implementation
- IT skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Proven organisational and people management skills
- Proven ability to effectively manage change
Desirable
- Meeting management and chairing committees/groups
- Policy and protocol development and implementation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level
- Current healthcare professional registration e.g. NMC, AHP or equivalent e.g. qualified social worker.
- Relevant leadership/management course.
- Extensive specialist training in adult safeguarding.
Desirable
- Formal teaching qualification
- Educated to a masters level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in participation in the adult safeguarding procedures.
- Detailed and thorough knowledge of safeguarding adults agenda, MCA and DoLs legislation.
- Experience of developing and delivery of training/education to all staff groups.
- Proven experience of working within the multi agency safeguarding arena
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of training needs requirements for an acute provider organisation
- Critical appraisal skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Attention to detail and completer finisher attributes
- High level communication skills, effective communication to members of MDT and external partners.
- Policy and protocol development and implementation
- IT skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Proven organisational and people management skills
- Proven ability to effectively manage change
Desirable
- Meeting management and chairing committees/groups
- Policy and protocol 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.
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).
