Head of Safeguarding - Ashford, United Kingdom - East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

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Ashford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust is looking for an exceptional leader who is passionate about safeguarding children, young people and adults.

Within your role as Head of Safeguarding you will be responsible for overseeing the day to day corporate and strategic safeguarding functions and statutory duties required across the Trust.

You will ensure that the Trust Board is assured of the compliance requirements for safeguarding children, young people and adults across our 5 sites (3 acute hospitals and 2 non acute hospitals) to ensure that they maintain the statutory duties required for the Trust.

Reporting to the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, this is a senior level role that will require you to be a strong leader and team player, with excellent communication skills at all levels, adaptable, committed, ability to work autonomously, well organised, and work well under pressure.

You will be required to deal with complex and challenging issues affecting patients, and be an expert resource to the Board, Trust and the safeguarding team.

Together with the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, the post holder will provide, advice, guidance, consultation, and education to the workforce on the expected standards of safe and effective the implementation of the Safeguarding Adult Policy, Safeguarding Children Policy, and other relevant safeguarding procedures.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'.

Everything we do is guided by our values:
'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'.

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day.

We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.