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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
236-NCA-NM863-24
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Oldham Hospital
Town
Oldham
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/12/2024 23:59

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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Named Nurse Safeguarding Children

Band 8a

Job overview

The Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children will support all activities to ensure the organisation meets its statutory safeguarding responsibilities with regard to children and young people.

The post holder will provide leadership and assurance across the field of safeguarding children, seeking assurances from and holding to account services regarding their safeguarding responsibilities.

This post holder will manage a safeguarding team providing expert leadership of the safeguarding children agenda for Oldham Care Organisation .  The post holder will provide access to a highly expert and supportive team approach for the children and young people from, and using  services in Oldham Care Organisation. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide expert highly specialist advice and support across the organisation on all safeguarding matters. They will provide the ADNS for safeguarding with support in implementing the safeguarding children agenda across the Northern Care Alliance. 

Assist the Alliance in meeting its statutory duties and responsibilities relating to Safeguarding children and young people. This includes providing  cover, where necessary, in the absence of named nurses from other localities.

Please view our job description document for more information on the main duties of the job 

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk 

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ people representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We continually review our recruitment processes to ensure they are supporting us achieving an inclusive and representative team.

Person specification

registration

Essential criteria
  • Registered General Nurse Registered on Part 1 of the NMC.
  • Part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus.

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Have completed specific training in the care of babies / children and young people.
  • Have completed a post registration training in safeguarding Children including Law, Policy and Practice at post graduate Level.
  • Working towards Masters qualification in safeguarding or related subject or equivalent experience.
  • Training on the Mental Capacity act (MCA).
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership or management course.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Have substantial safeguarding experience at Band 7 or above.
  • Significant experience related to caring for babies / children / young people and have an understanding of forensic matters.
  • Development of safeguarding pathways, standards and service models.
  • Experience of participating in undertaking and providing clinical and safeguarding supervision.
  • Experience in dealing with highly contentious and emotive information and advising on management of sensitive.
  • Extensive knowledge of national safeguarding policies.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of dealing with safeguarding adult incidents.
  • Previous line management responsibilities.

knowledge and skills

Essential criteria
  • Exemplary leadership skills High level critical thinking skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate at local level
  • Ability to write, revise and implement policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
  • Ability to work with senior managers to implement recommendations from Child safeguarding practice reviews (SCR’s) and Domestic homicide reviews
Desirable criteria
  • Good working knowledge of the application of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA)
  • Understanding of the principles of Liberty protection safeguards

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

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
Audrey McCoy
Job title
Assistant Director of Nursing
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07592361686
Additional information

Please contact Monday to Friday 9am -5pm

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