Safeguarding Nurse

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic multi-agency integrated team, providing specialist safeguarding support to all clinicians - supervision, advice, guidance and training relating to the safeguarding agenda, along side a Mash role - assessing notifications and referrals regarding children aged 0-18 that are received by the MASH. The MASH process includes researching and collating health information from a range of NHS providers both locally and Nationally.

With due regard topatient confidentiality, the post holder needs to interpret and share the information that is necessary to safeguard and/or promote the welfare of a child.

Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)
Demonstrate clinical effectiveness and application of policies and procedures in practice.

Provide evidence-based care that is responsive to client/practitioner need.

Analyse and assess safeguarding situations appropriately and act accordingly.

Participate in the MASH multi-agency risk assessment to inform the case management, advising where necessary and challenging decisions when necessary.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

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The post holder will act as a resource for child protection advice and supervision, assisting the Safeguarding Children lead in the development and implementation of Safeguarding initiatives and practice improvement.

The post holder will work closely with all levels of staff in other statutory and voluntary agencies in order to continue to develop a seamless service for children and families. There is an expectation that they will assist in the development and delivery of training in both single and multiagency forums and carry a supervisory caseload of practitioners who are involved in the care of vulnerable children and their families.

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic multi-agency integrated team, providing specialist safeguarding support to all clinicians - supervision, advice, guidance and training relating to the safeguarding agenda, along side a Mash role - assessing notifications and referrals regarding children aged 0-18 that are received by the MASH. The MASH process includes researching and collating health information from a range of NHS providers both locally and Nationally.

With due regard topatient confidentiality, the post holder needs to interpret and share the information that is necessary to safeguard and/or promote the welfare of a child.

The post holder will work closely with all levels of staff in other statutory and voluntary agencies in order to continue to develop a seamless service for children and families.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)
Demonstrate clinical effectiveness and application of policies and procedures in practice.

Provide evidence-based care that is responsive to client/practitioner need.

Analyse and assess safeguarding situations appropriately and act accordingly.

Participate in the MASH multi-agency risk assessment to inform the case management, advising where necessary and challenging decisions when necessary.

To promote and develop collaborative interagency work, representing health in these matters.

Work in partnership with community healthcare colleagues, primary and secondary health care, voluntary and statutory organisations in response to clients identified health and social needs, including child in need/child protection needs.

Through liaison and dialogue, identify and collate the relevant health information to add to the multi-agency risk assessment.

Record, interpret and present health information and issues that can impact on the risk or needs assessment of child/children from a range of health perspectives. This may involve disclosing relevant information on the parents or carers in ensuring the information is processed fairly and proportionately.

Explain clearly, and with sound rationale, highly complex safeguarding children information, to a wide range of professionals.

Disseminate and communicate decisions and appropriate health information to relevant health professionals including the Named Nurse and/or Doctor where appropriate and for sharing best practice.

Identify service gaps and issues relating to effective clinical pathways and /or cross boundary arrangements. Escalating evidence of ineffective safeguarding arrangements within or outside of the MASH.Immediately report to the statutory Named Safeguarding…