Job summary
The
Designated Doctor Child Safeguarding will be a Consultant Paediatrician or
equivalent, registered with the General Medical Council with a licence to
practise, ideally in current clinical practice but certainly in recent clinical
practice. Enhanced DBS is essential for
this post.
The
postholder will be expected to have considerable experience in leadership roles
in child safeguarding, ideally with previous experience in holding a Designated
Doctor role.
The
role will be informed by the intercollegiate document. Safeguarding Children
and Young People, Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff, accepting that
Guernsey is not part of the UK and has different structures and legislation and
covers a smaller population than Designated Doctors typically cover in the
UK. Therefore, some flexibility to local
arrangements will be required.
Time Commitment 3 days per calendar month with additional days by advance mutual agreement if
and as required.
Main duties of the job
Be a member of the multiagency Islands Safeguarding Partnership and
serve as appropriate on subcommittees at the request of the Partnership.
Work with other health representatives on the Partnership to ensure that
the health components of the safeguarding procedures are current.
Provide safeguarding health advice on policy and individual cases to
statutory and voluntary organisations including the police, childrens social
care and education services.
Provide advice about safeguarding risks (including any deficiencies or
vulnerable areas in service provision) to organisations across the health
community via health representative arrangements, ensuring that learning from
all Serious Case Reviews and other reviews is incorporated.
Work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Nurse in fulfilling
strategic responsibilities.
Liaise with and support multiagency bodies responsible for safeguarding
training and provide input as appropriate.
Provide supervision for Named Doctors and other
medical safeguarding leaders or ensure that they are receiving it from
elsewhere
Working with Named
Doctors and other health safeguarding leaders, provide advice to organisations
across the islands healthcare community
Liaise with, advise and support the islands Named Doctor and other
Safeguarding Children Leads across the healthcare community to enable
development of practice guidance and policies for all health staff and that
performance against these is appropriately audited.
About us
The purpose of Health and Social Care in Guernsey and Alderney is to protect, promote and improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and the community.
In order to do this, we operate a wide range of services across many different teams, but our approach is always an integrated one. We work collaboratively, to provide the essential services needed by thousands of individuals. The varied nature of our work means that there is plenty of choice and opportunity for those kickstarting their career, those with advanced experience and those who are looking to support our services in many other ways.
Collaborative working is at the heart of what we do, as we are always engaging with fellow Health & Social Care professionals, colleagues, agencies, the third sector and the community. Our working environments allow for the time needed to get to know your colleagues and service users, so you can develop healthy, productive relationships.
Job description
Job responsibilities
SUMMARY OF MAIN DUTIES AND CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Be a member of the multiagency Islands Safeguarding Partnership and
serve as appropriate on subcommittees at the request of the Partnership.
Work with other health representatives on the Partnership to ensure that
the health components of the safeguarding procedures are current.
Provide safeguarding health advice on policy and individual cases to
statutory and voluntary organisations including the police, children's social
care and education services.
Provide advice about safeguarding risks including any deficiencies or
vulnerable areas in service provision to organisations across the health
community via health representative arrangements, ensuring that learning from
all Serious Case Reviews and other reviews is incorporated.
Work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Nurse in fulfilling
strategic responsibilities.
Liaise with and support multiagency bodies responsible for safeguarding
training and provide input as appropriate.
Provide supervision for Named Doctors and other medical safeguarding
leaders or ensure that they are receiving it from elsewhere.
Working with Named Doctors and other health safeguarding leaders,
provide advice to organisations across the islands healthcare community on
Planning, strategy and commissioning with regard to safeguarding
children including ensuring appropriate performance indicators and quality
assurance processes are in place.
Implementation of an effective system for audit, training and
supervision.
Monitoring of safeguarding elements of contracts, service level
agreements and commissioned services.
Liaise with, advise and support the islands Named Doctor and other
Safeguarding Children Leads across the healthcare community to enable
development of practice guidance and policies for all health staff and that
performance against these is appropriately audited.
Support and advise other professionals as required on the management of
all forms of child maltreatment, including relevant legal frameworks and
documentation and signposting as needed to key research and policy documents.
Provide direct input as required into, for example, complex safeguarding
cases in line with the islands Code Of Practice for complex cases and/or when
there is dispute between practitioners.
Support the work of the Child Death Overview Panel including providing
paediatric support to the Named Nurse in their role as Lead Health
Professional for Child Deaths in accordance with the island's Child Death
Review Process
KEY CRITERIA AND PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Be
able to assess and evaluate evidence, write reports and present information as
required to support multiagency and legal processes for safeguarding children
on the island
- Meet
the GMCs requirements for continuing professional development
- Attend
relevant regional and national continuing professional development activities
to maintain skills. This includes
specific training related to specialist activities.
- Receive
regular safeguarding supervision and peer review and undertake reflective
practice from outside the employing organisation and be provided by someone
with safeguarding expertise.
- Meet
the requirements of GMC revalidation so as to maintain their GMC licence to
practice in the normal way (appraisals etc).
- Be
accountable to the Medical Director and work closely with the Director of
Operations, Director of Care Delivery, Associate Director, Children &
family Services, designated nurse and other Members of the Safeguarding
Community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
SUMMARY OF MAIN DUTIES AND CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Be a member of the multiagency Islands Safeguarding Partnership and
serve as appropriate on subcommittees at the request of the Partnership.
Work with other health representatives on the Partnership to ensure that
the health components of the safeguarding procedures are current.
Provide safeguarding health advice on policy and individual cases to
statutory and voluntary organisations including the police, children's social
care and education services.
Provide advice about safeguarding risks including any deficiencies or
vulnerable areas in service provision to organisations across the health
community via health representative arrangements, ensuring that learning from
all Serious Case Reviews and other reviews is incorporated.
Work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Nurse in fulfilling
strategic responsibilities.
Liaise with and support multiagency bodies responsible for safeguarding
training and provide input as appropriate.
Provide supervision for Named Doctors and other medical safeguarding
leaders or ensure that they are receiving it from elsewhere.
Working with Named Doctors and other health safeguarding leaders,
provide advice to organisations across the islands healthcare community on
Planning, strategy and commissioning with regard to safeguarding
children including ensuring appropriate performance indicators and quality
assurance processes are in place.
Implementation of an effective system for audit, training and
supervision.
Monitoring of safeguarding elements of contracts, service level
agreements and commissioned services.
Liaise with, advise and support the islands Named Doctor and other
Safeguarding Children Leads across the healthcare community to enable
development of practice guidance and policies for all health staff and that
performance against these is appropriately audited.
Support and advise other professionals as required on the management of
all forms of child maltreatment, including relevant legal frameworks and
documentation and signposting as needed to key research and policy documents.
Provide direct input as required into, for example, complex safeguarding
cases in line with the islands Code Of Practice for complex cases and/or when
there is dispute between practitioners.
Support the work of the Child Death Overview Panel including providing
paediatric support to the Named Nurse in their role as Lead Health
Professional for Child Deaths in accordance with the island's Child Death
Review Process
KEY CRITERIA AND PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Be
able to assess and evaluate evidence, write reports and present information as
required to support multiagency and legal processes for safeguarding children
on the island
- Meet
the GMCs requirements for continuing professional development
- Attend
relevant regional and national continuing professional development activities
to maintain skills. This includes
specific training related to specialist activities.
- Receive
regular safeguarding supervision and peer review and undertake reflective
practice from outside the employing organisation and be provided by someone
with safeguarding expertise.
- Meet
the requirements of GMC revalidation so as to maintain their GMC licence to
practice in the normal way (appraisals etc).
- Be
accountable to the Medical Director and work closely with the Director of
Operations, Director of Care Delivery, Associate Director, Children &
family Services, designated nurse and other Members of the Safeguarding
Community.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Meet the GMCs requirements for continuing professional development
- Meet the requirements of GMC revalidation so as to maintain their GMC licence to practice in the normal way (appraisals etc).
Professional Registration
Essential
- To be registered with the GMC
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Meet the GMCs requirements for continuing professional development
- Meet the requirements of GMC revalidation so as to maintain their GMC licence to practice in the normal way (appraisals etc).
Professional Registration
Essential
- To be registered with the GMC
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).
