Job summary
Interviews will be held on 28th March 2024
The post holder will fulfil
the statutory role of Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children as defined in
Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) and the Intercollegiate Guidance
(2019).
The Designated Nurse will take a strategic professional
lead on all aspects of the health service contribution to safeguarding children
across North Yorkshire, providing support to service providers and linking with
named safeguarding health professionals, local authority childrens services,
Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships (LSCPs) and NHS England. The post
holder will work collaboratively with the Designated Doctor for Safeguarding
Children, the Designated Paediatrician for the Child Death Review process
(CDOP), the Designated Professionals for Looked After Children, Named Nurse
Primary Care, Named GPs for Safeguarding and the Designated Professionals for
Safeguarding Adults.
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will
Translate
complex policy in relation to safeguarding to ensure that the ICB, Managers and
Clinicians are clear about the requirements placed on the ICB. Provide
recommendations for implementation.
Lead
on the strategic direction of safeguarding children services, supporting and
advising the ICB Committees and Board on safeguarding children issues.
Set
and monitor safeguarding children quality standards for service providers to
promote safe, effective practice and systems and ensure the ICB receives
appropriate assurances.
Act in
a clinical advisory role to the ICB, NYSCP and partner agencies.
Work
with the Named and Designated Doctors to promote effective safeguarding
practice within commissioned services and primary care.
Provide
safeguarding supervision to Designated Professionals, Named and specialist
professionals as appropriate within the health economy.
Provide
specialist advice, support and training.
Take
the lead role for implementation of the ICON programme across North Yorkshire
and York
Analyse
and translate national policy and information into local context to inform
policy and strategy development.
Support
commissioned services and primary care in developing and updating safeguarding
children policies and procedures in line with appropriate legislation, national
guidance and the local safeguarding Partnership procedures.
Contribute
to the dissemination and implementation of ICB policies and procedures.
About us
The ICB welcomes all applicants, however, we must
remind applicants that we currently do not hold a Tier 2 sponsorship license
(now called Skilled Worker visa sponsorship). Can we politely ask this is
considered before applying for this position.
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for planning and arranging the provision of NHS services to meet the diverse health needs of a population of 1.7 million people. Our area reaches over 1,500 square miles and includes the cities of Hull and York and the large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
The ICB is part of the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, one of 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICS) across England to meet health and care needs, coordinate services and plan in a way that improves population health and reduces inequality between groups. The Health and Care Partnership comprises of NHS organisations, local councils, health and care providers and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.
The Designated and Deputy
Designated Nurses Safeguarding Children is a small team (at place) who work
together to ensure that Children and Young People are safeguarded and their
wellbeing promoted. Team working and
flexibility are extremely important to us, and we would look for the successful
candidate to hold these values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Designated Nurse will:
Have
extensive knowledge of the safeguarding children agenda to enable sustained
improvements to be made at the interface with partner organisations. Network
effectively to ensure good practice, new ideas and lessons learnt are shared.
Provide
a specialist safeguarding children/child protection consultancy role for all
partners and relevant agencies, including policy design and implementation as
well as individual case issues.
Develop
implement policies, procedures, and guidance consistent with legislation,
national guidance and NYSCP procedures and guidance.
Provide
expert advice, professional support, leadership and reflective supervision to
Named Professionals for Child Protection /Safeguarding Children within
commissioned services to enable them to work effectively within the highly
stressful and distressing nature of child protection/ safeguarding children
work.
Ensure
that there is continuous assessment of clinical and organisational risk and
that the ICB Board, the Directors for Quality and Governance and relevant local
partners are informed in a timely fashion about potential problems and
evaluated options.
Be
responsible for coordinating, analysing and evaluating the multi-organisational
health component of statutory safeguarding children reviews undertaken by NYSCP
where ICB commissioned services have been involved; and collaborate with
Designated Nurses from other LSCPs areas to evaluate practice when North
Yorkshire services have had involvement in their reviews.
Analyse
and interpret complex multi-agency information to ascertain any single or
multi-agency actions which may have prevented the death or permanent impairment
of a child/children making judgement on highly complex clinical and system
issues, including reconciling differences of professional opinion where
necessary.
Present
the often extremely complex, highly sensitive or contentious findings to the
ICB, NHS England, and the Boards of relevant commissioned service providers, as
well as the involved Local Safeguarding Children Partnership and other relevant
partners as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Designated Nurse will:
Have
extensive knowledge of the safeguarding children agenda to enable sustained
improvements to be made at the interface with partner organisations. Network
effectively to ensure good practice, new ideas and lessons learnt are shared.
Provide
a specialist safeguarding children/child protection consultancy role for all
partners and relevant agencies, including policy design and implementation as
well as individual case issues.
Develop
implement policies, procedures, and guidance consistent with legislation,
national guidance and NYSCP procedures and guidance.
Provide
expert advice, professional support, leadership and reflective supervision to
Named Professionals for Child Protection /Safeguarding Children within
commissioned services to enable them to work effectively within the highly
stressful and distressing nature of child protection/ safeguarding children
work.
Ensure
that there is continuous assessment of clinical and organisational risk and
that the ICB Board, the Directors for Quality and Governance and relevant local
partners are informed in a timely fashion about potential problems and
evaluated options.
Be
responsible for coordinating, analysing and evaluating the multi-organisational
health component of statutory safeguarding children reviews undertaken by NYSCP
where ICB commissioned services have been involved; and collaborate with
Designated Nurses from other LSCPs areas to evaluate practice when North
Yorkshire services have had involvement in their reviews.
Analyse
and interpret complex multi-agency information to ascertain any single or
multi-agency actions which may have prevented the death or permanent impairment
of a child/children making judgement on highly complex clinical and system
issues, including reconciling differences of professional opinion where
necessary.
Present
the often extremely complex, highly sensitive or contentious findings to the
ICB, NHS England, and the Boards of relevant commissioned service providers, as
well as the involved Local Safeguarding Children Partnership and other relevant
partners as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Have completed specific training in the care of babies/children and young people and be Registered on either Part 1 of the NMC register as a registered childrens nurse, or part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse, having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus.
- Completed specific post registration training in safeguarding children/child protection at Masters Level
- Extensive knowledge of childrens rights/legislation
- Understanding of impact of change on professional practice
- Extensive knowledge of role/function of other relevant statutory and voluntary agencies
- Extensive knowledge of supervision theories, models and their application
- Knowledge of evidence-based safeguarding children practice
- Evidence of recent professional updating relevant to safeguarding children
Desirable
- Masters in safeguarding / child welfare and development
- Teaching or education qualification
- Evidence of formal leadership education
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of implementing and monitoring safeguarding /child protection supervision arrangements
-
- Evidence of having undertaken research in the field of safeguarding children
- Delivery of supervision
- Evidence of partnership / multi organisational working to promote clinical excellence.
- Formulation and implementation of safeguarding children / child protection policy and procedure
- Experience of responding to national directives in practice and service development
- Development of standards of practice
- Monitoring of standards of practice
- Involvement in undertaking case / management reviews
- Report writing Chairing meetings
- Undertaking training needs analyses
- Development of education, training and supervision strategies
- Planning and delivering multiagency safeguarding children
- Involvement in pre and post registration / graduate education, training and development
Desirable
- Evidence of having undertaken research in the field of safeguarding children
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills.
- Able to demonstrate a high level of personal professional accountability and autonomy to manage the unpredictable workload/pattern of the post.
- Demonstrates innovation in practice, service development and/or delivery.
- Demonstrates critical appraisal skills. Excellent presentation & teaching skills
- Demonstrates an understanding of educational structures, funding andnational imperatives relating to health services.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills & interpersonal skills
- Excellent inter-personal skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Skilled negotiator and influencer
- Ability to manage change.
- High level of supervision skills, both in provision and receiving
- Knowledge of health inequalities and issues of diversity
- Proven negotiation and leadership skills
- Able to travel efficiently across the area
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Have completed specific training in the care of babies/children and young people and be Registered on either Part 1 of the NMC register as a registered childrens nurse, or part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse, having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus.
- Completed specific post registration training in safeguarding children/child protection at Masters Level
- Extensive knowledge of childrens rights/legislation
- Understanding of impact of change on professional practice
- Extensive knowledge of role/function of other relevant statutory and voluntary agencies
- Extensive knowledge of supervision theories, models and their application
- Knowledge of evidence-based safeguarding children practice
- Evidence of recent professional updating relevant to safeguarding children
Desirable
- Masters in safeguarding / child welfare and development
- Teaching or education qualification
- Evidence of formal leadership education
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of implementing and monitoring safeguarding /child protection supervision arrangements
-
- Evidence of having undertaken research in the field of safeguarding children
- Delivery of supervision
- Evidence of partnership / multi organisational working to promote clinical excellence.
- Formulation and implementation of safeguarding children / child protection policy and procedure
- Experience of responding to national directives in practice and service development
- Development of standards of practice
- Monitoring of standards of practice
- Involvement in undertaking case / management reviews
- Report writing Chairing meetings
- Undertaking training needs analyses
- Development of education, training and supervision strategies
- Planning and delivering multiagency safeguarding children
- Involvement in pre and post registration / graduate education, training and development
Desirable
- Evidence of having undertaken research in the field of safeguarding children
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills.
- Able to demonstrate a high level of personal professional accountability and autonomy to manage the unpredictable workload/pattern of the post.
- Demonstrates innovation in practice, service development and/or delivery.
- Demonstrates critical appraisal skills. Excellent presentation & teaching skills
- Demonstrates an understanding of educational structures, funding andnational imperatives relating to health services.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills & interpersonal skills
- Excellent inter-personal skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Skilled negotiator and influencer
- Ability to manage change.
- High level of supervision skills, both in provision and receiving
- Knowledge of health inequalities and issues of diversity
- Proven negotiation and leadership skills
- Able to travel efficiently across the area
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
