Job vacancy: Community Safeguarding Adults Lead, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London

Job summary

Main area: Safeguarding
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 393-NMUH-1934

Employer: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Town: London
Salary: £59,490 - £66,239 per annum inclusive of HCAs
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/11/2024 23:59

Community Safeguarding Adults Lead

NHS AfC: Band 8a

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.

In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Provide clinical expertise and consultancy at both Board and frontline levels on safeguarding adults, the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), and Mental Health issues.

· Support and guide staff in managing adult abuse concerns under the Care Act (2014), applying expert knowledge and evidence-based research, and in exceptional cases, lead enquiries and attend strategy meetings.

Recognising and responding appropriately to self-harm and suicide prevention in

line with Trust policies and training guidelines.

· Having knowledge of the legal requirements of the MH Act, Care Act, MCA, DoLS, and Community Treatment Orders, with particular regard in A&E setting.

· Ensure systems and processes are in place within each service to safeguard adults at risk, in line with Care Act (2014) and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) guidelines, collaborating with partner agencies.

· Offer professional safeguarding leadership in complex, risky, or uncertain situations, ensuring protection of adults at risk while respecting their human rights.

· Communicate complex, sensitive, and contentious information to professionals in various settings, analysing situations, making judgments and supporting staff in creating person-centred safety plans.

· Advise on Duty of Candour for safeguarding-related incidents, and assist in sharing lessons learned from SARs, DHRs, and local reviews across services.

· Collaborate with the Trust’s Children’s Safeguarding Team to promote best practices and ensure consistent safeguarding across the organisation.

· Contribute to Serious Case Review Panels, lead the implementation of complex case review recommendations, and maintain a log of section 42s, SARs and DHRs across services.

· Escalate key safeguarding risks, issues, and concerns to senior management, and assist with the Prevent agenda within your locality by serving as a point of contact and decision-maker for Prevent referrals.

· Assist with the design, deliver and tailor training on Safeguarding Adults, MCA, and Mental Health ensuring compliance with the Intercollegiate Document and Trust expectations, while continuously reviewing and updating training content.

· Participate in multi-agency research, practice and service development, and lead annual team-based training to ensure staff possess key safeguarding skills and knowledge.

· Review Datix incident forms and provide recommendations and support in policy development.

· Act as an accessible point of reference for safeguarding adults, MCA, DoLS, and mental health queries ensuring a respectful service that upholds the principles of the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Mental Health Act (1983).

· To contribute and attend Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH) and/or Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC) when required to do so.

· Ensure DoLS trackers are maintained and staff are knowledgeable in fulfilling statutory duties, and assist in interpreting national policies, case law, and legislation into local strategies and policies.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Nurse or Social Care professional
Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act / Mental Health Act
Knowledge and Experience of Safeguarding Adults

Desirable criteria

Qualified BIA Assessor
Experience of service development

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3^rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

NMUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of NMUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to NMUH transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.

If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system

We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.

Care Quality Commission - Requires improvement

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Sian Carter-Jones
Job title: Associate Director for Safeguarding
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07432288112

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: WHT
Telephone: If you have any queries, please contact NLPSS Recruitment Helpdesk tel. 020 3758 2060

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