Safeguarding Practitioner - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

NHS AfC:
Band 6


Main area

  • Safeguarding
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Grade

  • NHS AfC: Band 6
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Contract

  • Permanent, Fixed Term or Secondment
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Hours

  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Part Time hours considered)
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Job ref

Site

  • Queens Medical Centre
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Town

  • Nottingham
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Salary
- £33,706 - £40,588 PA
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • Today at 23:59Job overview
Flexibility will be required to work across the adults, children's and midwifery safeguarding teams where required.

Main duties of the job


In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

To deliver a high quality service of safeguarding expertise, in conjunction with the adult safeguarding lead. Provide professional advice, support and education to the multi-professional team, patient and carers with their specialist service. To support the children's and midwifery safeguarding teams where required.

Convey and present highly complex and sensitive information written and verbal, formally and informally as appropriate. Ensure that when applicable information is maintained and kept in an appropriate place.


Work together with named professionals in the development of evidence based patient care policies and procedures/audit; addressing the Governments goals for adults and children in relation to safeguarding adults and children, domestic abuse, mental capacity act, deprivation of liberty safeguards and the mental health act and have a working awareness of the Children's act 1989/2004.

Working for our organisation


The post holder will work in conjunction with the Trust wide Safeguarding Team to deliver a high quality service of safeguarding expertise to the Trust.

They will provide professional advice, support and education to the multi-professional team, patient and carers and ensure that the Trust meets statutory safeguarding requirements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical


To assist with raising the profile of safeguarding adults and children, domestic abuse, mental capacity act, deprivation of liberty safeguards and the mental health act across NUH.

A working awareness of the Children's Act 1989/2004 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018.


Provides effective and appropriate support and specialist advice to trust staff, patients and carers following a suspicion of or a disclosure of abuse and/or neglect.


To assist ward staff, trust wide, with day-to-day safeguarding of adults and children and domestic abuse issues acting in a consultative and advisory capacity.

To provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and confidential information in relation to safeguarding.

Will be required to analyse and interpret data which may conflict and provide options.

To facilitate and support staff in accurate completion of all safeguarding documentation.


To liaise closely with other health, social care professionals, police and legal departments to ensure a co-ordinated approach and high quality care is provided, including attendance at case conferences and reviews if appropriate.

To represent NUH at external meetings where required, including attendance at the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)


Becomes an effective resource to clinical teams trust wide to provide safeguarding adults supervision for staff members involved in safeguarding cases.

Effectively communicates with multi-professional and multi-agency teams.


Works with the Adult Safeguarding Lead, Safeguarding Adult Team Leader, Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding/Domestic Abuse and the Named Doctor for safeguarding at Nottingham University Hospitals to maintain and utilise links within local and national networks.

To provide feedback and supervision for staff involved in adult safeguarding cases.


Assist staff to achieve the delivery of a high quality service from identification of concern to a safe discharge, through assessment, diagnosis, referral, treatment and review.

Assist in the implementation of systems to measure and achieve high standards of clinical quality.

To contribute to the development of multi-agency and trust wide policies and procedures within their specialist field.

Contributes to audit process in conjunction with wider safeguarding team.

Professional


Is a credible, accountable practitioner within the remit of safeguarding adults, working independently but managed by the adult safeguarding lead.


Accept personal responsibility for identifying own learning needs and professional development and demonstrate a commitment to develop skills, practice and knowledge within the speciality.

Ensure that you maintain confidentiality at all times.

All employees must comply with the Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy and must not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any grounds which cannot be sh
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