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The Designate Nurse / Professional will carry a portfolio of responsibility across one of the following areas:

• Adult Safeguarding and MCA
• Children
• Children in Care 

This role is for the Safeguarding Adult and MCA portfolio and will be responsible to ensure delivery of the designated function as set out in the appropriate statutory guidance, and all associated safeguarding functions. Working closely with the Heads of Safeguarding, the Director of Safeguarding, Deputy Director of Safeguarding, Designate Doctors and Named GP’s, the Post Holder will form part of a wider extended management team and will carry responsibility to identify and escalate risks and provide safeguarding leadership in the management and response to risks identified. The post holder will be accountable to the Director of Safeguarding, and management responsibility will sit with the appropriate Head of Safeguarding.

This will be varied and will adapt over time as the ICB develops. However, the postholder is expected to fulfil the following key functions:-

• Provide designated expertise, support and advice into the safeguarding leadership team in overseeing delivery of the ICB statutory Adult Safeguarding functions and undertaking of statutory reviews
• Present the findings of reviews to the ICB and NHS England as well as other relevant partners ensuring recommendations are implemented
• Where necessary be contact point for statutory partners (Local Authorities and the Police)
• Attend strategic meetings across the safeguarding partnership arrangements  representing the ICB and be the recognised as part of the system leadership for safeguarding
• Manage agreed local and system wide work areas, working with other designated and safeguarding professionals
• Support deputy designated professionals in their statutory delivery of the safeguarding agenda in each Place and reiterate approach to working in an integrated and collaborative way with key partners
• Work with the Heads of Safeguarding to oversee the delivery of safeguarding in commissioned Providers at place, providing assurance to and Directors of Safeguarding and the Chief Nursing Officer and key Safeguarding governance groups, escalating concerns and risks as necessary.
• Prepare and, when required, deputise for the leadership team and present board reports
• Alongside the Heads of Safeguarding deliver an integrated approach to safeguarding with statutory partners at place, including supporting a culture of continuous learning and ensure voice and lived experience of adults at risk and children are at centre of the ICB
• When appropriate, align to the regional and national NHSE work streams for safeguarding embedding quality practice standards
• Continually assess and escalate any risk in relation to safeguarding arrangements
• Effective reporting into the ICB Place Based Assurance meetings and ICB Quality Committee of the effectiveness and barriers to safeguarding and MCA practice
• Contribute to an annual safeguarding report and regular assurance as required
• Work with and support preparation within local health services for regulatory body inspections of safeguarding and lead on improvement action plans arising
• Be a visible clinical leader in the provision of quality safeguarding arrangements
• Provide safeguarding supervision across the health economy both within and outside the ICB
• Ensure population health is understood and integral in the delivery of our safeguarding statutory functions