Job summary
- Main area
- Named Nurse for Safeguarding Adults
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 216-AM-A7241461
- Employer
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Plymouth
- Town
- Plymouth
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 £53,755 - £60,504 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
University Hospitals Plymouth has an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as the Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults, MCA and DOLs.
The Trust has a well-established Safeguarding Team working within an integrated framework alongside the Safeguarding Children team, Safeguarding Midwife and the MCA and DOLs team.
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, dynamic and passionate registrant with high level leadership and management skills, to support the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer in taking our Safeguarding and MCA and DOLs agenda forward. This includes the design and delivery of the Trust's Safeguarding Strategy as well as the exciting opportunity to assist the Trust Legal Team in matters associated with court of protection and literacy around Deprivation of Liberty. As the Named Professional you will line manage Safeguarding Specialist Nurses for the Adult Safeguarding Team and the MCA and DOLs team and assisting them to deliver their operational objectives.
As a senior professional with recent and proven experience in safeguarding adults you will be able to demonstrate a high level of knowledge and expertise in the fields of safeguarding and Mental Capacity and have a track record of driving improvement and collaborative working across professional boundaries. We at UHPNT are committed to the development of our staff and we are keen to offer you the opportunity to further develop your leadership and management skills within the corporate team.
Main duties of the job
This role will be to undertake the daily operational management of the Safeguarding Adult team whilst undertaking the statutory duties as a Named Professional. We would want you to act as a role model of exemplary practice to team members and deputise, when required, for the Safeguarding Manager, collegiately with the Safeguarding Name Nurse for Children. This role will provide expert advice and support across the Trust, from Board to Ward, ensuring that patients admitted to the Trust have their human rights protected. It is essential that candidates are registered nurses with experience of working clinically with vulnerable and complex patients.
Liz Cox, the Deputy Chief Nurse, would welcome a conversation about this position and the exciting opportunities offered.
***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***
Working for our organisation
We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Leadership & Management
- Provide leadership, management and clinical supervision for the Safeguarding Adult and MCA team.
- Manage the recruitment and human resources issues of staff in the Safeguarding Adult and MCA team.
- Agree objectives and personal development plans are created jointly for staff in the team.
- Lead on the recruitment of staff for the adult's team and participate in interview panels in this and other organisations.
- Lead the implementation of change to service delivery as agreed with the Head of Safeguarding in line with the Quality Improvement strategy.
- Lead on the MCA/DoLS frameworks for the Trust and represent UHPNT regionally and nationally.
- Work closely with the legal team.
- Lead on the implementation of current and emerging legal frameworks around MCA/DoLS and Safeguarding.
- Working with Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children to ensure there are safeguarding practitioners available for advice and support to staff of UHP.
- Working with Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children to ensure there is strategic leadership advance available for the Service and UHP.
- To represent UHP and actively contribute to the work of the Local Safeguarding Adult Board subgroups and Domestic Abuse Subgroups.
- Working with the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children to ensure that there is appropriate representation at MARAC.
- To promote effective interagency working and collaboration to ensure a high standard of multiagency working is developed and maintained to improve the outcome for Adults at Risk of abuse/or neglect.
- To present and provide reports to subgroups of the Boards and subgroups as required.
- To lead and manage on UHP contribution to Safeguarding Adult reviews when commissioned.
- To lead and manage on UHP contribution to Domestic Homicide reviews as requested.
Clinical
- Ensure that UHP adopt current best practice/evidence-based practice regarding safeguarding.
- Ensure policy is compliant with statutory and regulatory requirements as well as Plymouth Safeguarding Adults Board procedures.
- Provide highly specialised knowledge and support on safeguarding matters inclusive of Mental Capacity Act.
- Be responsible and accountable for the management of the risk assessment process in relation to individual cases on complex Safeguarding Adults at Risk cases.
- Ensure there is safeguarding clinical supervision available.
- Participate in interagency risk assessments and planning in complex cases.
- Contribute to investigations when necessary.
- Ensure recommendations, learning and action plans are implemented within UHP from Safeguarding Adult reviews and Domestic Homicide reviews.
Training & Education
- Working in conjunction with the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Head of Education, ensuring there is a comprehensive safeguarding training plan that is deliverable and meets the requirements of the respective intercollegiate and contractual requirements.
- Lead on the development of safeguarding training resources, participate in the planning, implementation and evaluation of multiagency training across the local authorities in relation to safeguarding.
- To ensure that there are appropriately trained UHP staff who are members of the Local Safeguarding Adults Board training pool.
- Act as a facilitator as well as assisting with developing Local Safeguarding Adult Board Inter-agency safeguarding training.
- Provide ongoing education to meet individual, identified needs of key staff members and specialist practitioners.
- To continue to ensure knowledge of legislation, government publications and initiatives are up to date in order to fulfil the role of Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults.
Quality Improvement
- Implement Quality Improvement programmes to monitor, improve and/or maintain standards for safeguarding.
- Provide accurate and relevant data to inform service planning, design and delivery.
- Support staff in implementing changes as a result of research/audit and monitor outcomes.
- Lead on UHP responses on LSAB audits.
- To undertake project work in relation to developing safeguarding services.
- Disseminate research and audit findings to inform best practice in relation to safeguarding.
- Support staff in implementing change as a result of research and audit and monitor outcome.
For further details please see attached JD&PS.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- First level degree
- Masters degree in a relevant subject or working towards completion
- Proven evidence of personal and professional development
- Management course/safeguarding leadership course
- Accredited/recognised course for safeguarding supervision
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive demonstrable experience of safeguarding work with adults at risk
- Extensive demonstrable experience of inter-agency/partnership working
- Robust proven knowledge and understanding of legislation which relates to safeguarding agendas including Care Act and Mental Capacity Act
- Significant understanding and able to analyse national agenda, policy and guidance relating to all elements of safeguarding
- Sound understanding of clinical governance and risk management processes
- Management/leadership
- Significant demonstrable experience of managing complex safeguarding cases at a supervisory role
- Multi agency training/teaching demonstrable demonstrable experience
- Delivery of safeguarding supervision demonstrable experience
- Demonstrable experience of leading a team
Desirable criteria
- Good proven knowledge of safeguarding children's agenda
- Demonstrable experience of leading on change management
Aptitude & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to deal with stressful situations and distress of others (highly resilient)
- Self motivated/work independently and with others
- Able to manage several projects simultaneously
- Flexible approach
- Enthusiasm
- Ability to travel
Disposition/Attitude/Motivation
Essential criteria
- Able to interrogate systems to produce high quality reports
- Excellent and effective verbal, written and communication skills
- Negotiation skills
- Able to identify and interpret complex information, take appropriate action and provide expert advice
- Leadership, motivation and influencing skills
- Management skills
- Risk assessment and management skills
- Quality Improvement skills
- Research and audit IT skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Liz Cox
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Nursing Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01752437073
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