Job overview

The post holder will be an integral member of the Trust safeguarding team working in a complex multi-disciplinary acute hospital environment, working closely with the Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse and the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, to ensure that all statutory safeguarding guidance is in place across the organisation. They will ensure the health promotion and improvement of outcomes for children and families at risk of abuse and/or neglect. As a Children’s Safeguarding Nurse the post holder will work within Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust supporting the Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children to ensure that comprehensive and robust arrangements are in place for vulnerable children and young people and to support staff in meeting their statutory responsibilities concerning the Care Act, Children’s Act, Mental Capacity Act and local safeguarding procedures.

 

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

·        To work within the Trust’s Integrated Safeguarding Team, providing specialist advice and support to staff as appropriate, including adult areas, to ensure that the Think Family approach is embedded within practice.

·        To offer safeguarding children advice and support to healthcare practitioners within the Trust and promote the integration of safeguarding principles into daily professional practice.

·        To contribute to the development and delivery of the Trust Safeguarding Training Programme, ensuring that safeguarding training requirements are met across the organisation.

 ·        Provide support to patients and their families as needed throughout the safeguarding process.

 

·        Contribute to the implementation of recommendations and lessons learned from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews across all areas of the Trust.

 

·        Foster strong working relationships with multi-agency colleagues to ensure the effective safeguarding of children, young people, and adults.

 

Support with the Child Death Overview Process in the event of a child or young person's death, in accordance with statutory guidance.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

Our Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.