Job summary
Hybrid working model - office/home
Are you interested in making a difference?
Do you have a passion and commitment to improving outcomes
for children and young people through effective safeguarding? Then why not join
us on our journey developing the system wide babies, children, young people and
families safeguarding agenda across Kent and Medway.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated
Designate Nurse with initiative and drive who can work as part of a team and a
system to ensure and promote the safeguarding and well-being of children, young
people and their families living in Kent and Medway.
The successful candidate will provide strategic
safeguarding leadership for NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (NHSKM) exhibiting
excellent leadership and communication skills and will support all safeguarding
activities, to ensure NHSKM meet their safeguarding statutory responsibilities
regarding children and adults.
Think this might be you? We would really like
to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The role provides professional system leadership, challenge and support
to all partners and service providers, including the local authority, Kent Safeguarding
Childrens Multiagency Partnership and Medway Safeguarding Children Partnership
and Kent and Medways Safeguarding Adult Board. This role particularly provides
leadership across all health partners using their expert specialist knowledge
on child safeguarding issues.
The strategic post holder will provide and promote expert safeguarding leadership, professional and strategic challenge
and support to NHSKM on all aspects of safeguarding children in accordance with
national and local requirements arising from relevant legislation and guidance,
working across the health economy.
The job will have competing priorities including managing events that
need an immediate response in short timescales. As a senior and professional
leader, the post holder will have considerable opportunities to influence
change. The successful candidate will come into an established and highly
functioning, supportive team and will have access to regular clinical and team
support.
About us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS we are reminded
every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly
organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for
us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to
accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time
for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work
flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree
objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to
training opportunities.
We are committed to equal
opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our
population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the
community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual
orientation. If you would like this information in an alternative format, or in
a different language, please contact the HR team at kmicb.hr@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
senior post works as part of the
Integrated Care Board safeguarding team ensuring that ICB the statutory safeguarding
responsibility and function is appropriately and effectively discharged across the ICB
and the wider Integrated Care System.
The post provides strategic
safeguarding leadership and expert safeguarding advice and consultancy to
colleagues, senior managers and board members, ensuring that safeguarding
childrens standards and the statutory responsibilities of the ICB are well met
and children in Kent and Medway are appropriately protected and safeguarded
from significant risk and harm.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
senior post works as part of the
Integrated Care Board safeguarding team ensuring that ICB the statutory safeguarding
responsibility and function is appropriately and effectively discharged across the ICB
and the wider Integrated Care System.
The post provides strategic
safeguarding leadership and expert safeguarding advice and consultancy to
colleagues, senior managers and board members, ensuring that safeguarding
childrens standards and the statutory responsibilities of the ICB are well met
and children in Kent and Medway are appropriately protected and safeguarded
from significant risk and harm.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or midwife with current NMC registration
- Specific post-registration training in safeguarding/child protection at masters level or equivalent
- Extensive knowledge of children's safeguarding, acquired through specific post registration safeguarding training to level 4 at minimum and working towards level 5 of Intercollegiate Guidance for Children Safeguarding
- Management/leadership qualification
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Named Nurse/Midwife
- Substantial clinical experience relating to the care of babies/children and young people, be currently practicing in the field of safeguarding/child protection, and an understanding of legislation relating to children and young people, and of forensic medicine.
- Experience in supervising and advising staff in safeguarding children.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries in health and social care
- Experience of working with local Childrens Safeguarding Partnerships and sub-committees and contributing to Serious Case Reviews and domestic homicide reviews
- Experience of developing strategies, clinical guidelines, and policies for safeguarding children
- Experience of developing and delivering education, training, and support strategies for safeguarding
- Experience of making judgements involving highly complex situations and implement workable solutions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or midwife with current NMC registration
- Specific post-registration training in safeguarding/child protection at masters level or equivalent
- Extensive knowledge of children's safeguarding, acquired through specific post registration safeguarding training to level 4 at minimum and working towards level 5 of Intercollegiate Guidance for Children Safeguarding
- Management/leadership qualification
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Named Nurse/Midwife
- Substantial clinical experience relating to the care of babies/children and young people, be currently practicing in the field of safeguarding/child protection, and an understanding of legislation relating to children and young people, and of forensic medicine.
- Experience in supervising and advising staff in safeguarding children.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries in health and social care
- Experience of working with local Childrens Safeguarding Partnerships and sub-committees and contributing to Serious Case Reviews and domestic homicide reviews
- Experience of developing strategies, clinical guidelines, and policies for safeguarding children
- Experience of developing and delivering education, training, and support strategies for safeguarding
- Experience of making judgements involving highly complex situations and implement workable solutions.
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).
