Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 372-CORP1913-A
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Calderdale Royal Hospital
- Town
- Halifax
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/02/2025
Employer heading
Paediatric Liaison Sister/Charge Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
The post holder will assist the Named Nurse Safeguarding Children to carry out operational responsibilities as set out in Working Together (2023) and the Intercollegiate Document (2019) in the application and development of the national safeguarding agenda across Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
To work as part of the integrated safeguarding team to identify risks in management of vulnerable children and families in accordance with the Trusts safeguarding children policy, to ensure appropriate action is taken in line with policy and procedure. This will include the delivery of training, safeguarding supervision & audit programmes
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist knowledge, advice to the Emergency Department at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Calderdale Royal Hospital and across the Trust and facilitate the sharing of information between primary and acute care as well as between statutory and voluntary agencies. Extended support may be required to allied areas, including paediatrics, therapies and adult areas to support the liaison process.
To provide knowledge, advice and support in safeguarding children to medical staff, nursing staff and allied health professionals staff across the trust, so as to enable staff to exercise professional judgement within a framework of accountability.
The post holder will be expected to display high levels of competence, judgement and integrity and personal accountability.
Working for our organisation
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Paediatric liaison sister will play an active role in preventative work, to recognise when early help is required to prevent significant harm to children and young people.
The role will involve reviewing Paediatric ED attendances and safeguarding cases notified to the safeguarding team, to ensure the appropriate interventions have been initiated and to maintain effective information sharing where safeguarding concerns have been identified, to improve continuity and standards of care facilitating a seamless service for children and their families, including those without a GP.
To identify frequent attendees to the ED department, liaising directly with appropriate professionals as required.
To initiate and manage alert systems of vulnerable children, with support from lead clinicians and the Named Nurse.
To establish close working relationships with the leads for the ED department and Paediatrics, and have the ability to deal with challenge and escalation as necessary.
To support clinicians with information gathering and sharing for children and young people not brought to medical appointments and those undergoing child protection medicals.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification in Health (RSCN/ RN Child/ RHV/ RSN)
- Current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship / teaching / supervision qualification
- Post graduate Diploma or degree level qualification (or working towards) or can demonstrate significant comparable experience or qualifications within Safeguarding Children
- Additional training in Safeguarding Supervision skills
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration/qualification experience within a healthcare/safeguarding environment
- Experience of involvement with multi-agency and multi-professional care packages for infants, children, and young people with requirements for safeguarding
- Extensive experience of supporting communication between clinicians and nursing staff throughout established care pathways working across services.
- Extensive experience in risk assessment, Safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults, and multi-agency responses.
- Experience of primary care/acute interface and multi-agency working.
- Good understanding of child/ young people’s development
- Extensive knowledge of safeguarding children’s policies and procedures and best practice nationally and locally.
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality working across organisational boundaries and integrated care providers.
- Evidence of current safeguarding training
Desirable criteria
- Participated in service development and implementation of change.
- Evaluation of clinical standards of care through audit and participation in research activity.
- Safeguarding training and supervision knowledge and experience
- Knowledge of the extensive network of services with acute, primary and third sector care orientated to meet the needs of families
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential criteria
- Excellence in interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal, which is dignified, compassionate and culturally respectful.
- Excellent time management and self-organisation skills to prioritise workload
- Report writing in relation to safeguarding
- Mentoring and supervision skills
- Experience of working as part of a team and ability to work on own initiative
- Able to manage own workload and work within defined clinical parameters with minimal supervision
- Evidence of clinical leadership through providing a positive role model to effect change and aspire to excellence in quality care standards.
- Competent use of IT systems including electronic clinical records
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership and change management
- Evidence of leadership and change management Service review and audit
- Highly developed systematic clinical assessment, analytical and problem-solving 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
- Natalie Wood
- Job title
- Named Nurse Safeguarding Children
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01422 224570
- Additional information
Natalie Wood - mobile 07796 848588
Stephanie Ingram - Named Professional Adult Safeguarding/ Deputy head of Safeguarding
01422 224570
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