Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Nurse
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover until 06-OCT-2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-TM- EMF19178 B7
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey County Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £50,008 - £56,908 per annum pro rata inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Nurse Safeguarding Children
Band 7
Job overview
Safeguarding Children’s Nurse – Women and Children’s Directorate
Band 7 Role. 22.5 hrs pw. 1 years fixed term ending 6/10/26
We are recruiting to our Trust safeguarding team and require a band 7 Safeguarding Nurse to support Children’s Safeguarding. The opportunity for a 1 year fixed term secondment has arisen in our team.
Working as part of the Trust Safeguarding team, the post holder will help provide an integrated, trust wide safeguarding service.
The post holder will be passionate about delivering training to staff throughout the trust and will develop a close working relationship with partner agencies.
The post holder will support the Safeguarding Team with achieving local and national performance targets and ensure that safeguarding requirements are met.
We are looking for a qualified nurse with an interest and knowledge in safeguarding children. The post holder will need to be a team player and have excellent communication skills.
They will need to work throughout the Trust and alongside our multiagency partners; meeting the needs of children, young people and families in our care.
The post hold will be part of a supportive team and there will be development opportunities
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a committed and expert practitioner working within the specialist safeguarding team. As part of the team they will be responsible for delivering a safeguarding service that ensures quality training, supervision, audit and expert advice to all trust staff.
The post holder will support the Named Nurse Safeguarding Children (Named Nurse) to ensure the trust meets its statutory responsibilities in safeguarding children. They will have a key role in developing and embedding safeguarding leadership and excellent professional practice within all sections of the organisation.
They will work as part of a specialist team to support the organisation in its quality assurance role, ensuring that identified safeguarding issues are managed effectively and support is provided appropriately. They will support the internal case review process.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the development and delivery of all levels of safeguarding training in the trust. They will have an expert knowledge of safeguarding children and be able to provide supervision and advice to all members of staff. They will be expected to lead on audit and write comprehensive reports.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with a statutory health professional council.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Post registration qualification /experience in safeguarding
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification (ENB 998/C&G730 or equivalent).
- Evidence of relevant post registration professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Safeguarding Supervision Training/ Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with a caseload that includes safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- Evidence of significant/relevant experience at a senior level in acute or community children’s services acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience
- Experience of developing and delivering safeguarding / educational training and be able to evaluate training.
- Member of relevant professional body
- Experience of delivering improvements on patient quality and safety
- Sound working knowledge regarding the recognition and impact of abuse and neglect, capacity and consent
- Understanding of national and local policy in relation to vulnerable adults / children and domestic abuse
- Can demonstrate knowledge of audit and databases
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of proactive involvement in the supervision and development of staff
- Sound working knowledge of safeguarding and its application within an acute care setting
- Experience of service development and change management
- Experience of policy development and research practice
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
- Kirstie Craig
- Job title
- Named Nurse Children's Safeguarding
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For further information, please contact the Childrens Safeguarding Team:
Children's Safeguarding - 01483 571122 x 4251 / 07824 104526
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