Named Nurse Safeguarding Children

Overview

We are seeking an experienced senior nurse to join our Nursing, Midwifery and Quality Directorate as Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children (Band 8a).

This is a Trust-wide leadership role with responsibility for providing strategic and operational oversight of safeguarding children and child protection practice across acute and community services. Working closely with the Named Doctor, Named Midwife and safeguarding colleagues, the post holder will ensure the Trust meets its statutory responsibilities and delivers safe, effective and child-centred safeguarding practice.

• Provide Trust-wide strategic and operational leadership for safeguarding children and child protection across acute and community services.
• Act as the Trust's Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, ensuring statutory duties are met in line with legislation, national guidance and local safeguarding partnership arrangements.
• Work closely with the Named Doctor, Named Midwife, Looked After Children team and safeguarding colleagues to deliver a coordinated approach.
• Provide expert advice, leadership and professional support to staff at all levels, including leading safeguarding supervision.
• Lead the development, implementation and review of safeguarding policies, procedures and pathways.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate safeguarding children training, including contribution to multi-agency education where appropriate.
• Lead safeguarding quality assurance activity, including audit, learning from incidents and assurance reporting.
• Represent the Trust at multi-agency safeguarding meetings and partnerships, working collaboratively with external agencies.
• Line manage members of the safeguarding children team, including appraisal, supervision and workforce planning.
• Contribute to service development and improvement, using evidence, audit findings and service user feedback.
• Provide professional advice and assurance on safeguarding children matters to senior leaders as required.
• Based in the North East of England, provide hospital and community health services from facilities including Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, Gateshead.
• Maintain the Trust's values (ICORE: Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement) and support staff networks and wellbeing initiatives.

Established in 2005, the Trust employs around 4,800 staff and provides 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region. We are one of the first foundation trusts and are committed to high-quality care. We offer a range of staff networks and the Balance wellbeing programme.

We are looking for a senior registered nurse with significant safeguarding experience, strong leadership skills and the ability to work confidently across professional and organisational boundaries.