Associate Safeguarding Nurse

Job Summary:

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse to gain experience of safeguarding children, vulnerable adults and/or children in care and work with a specialist team with a genuine commitment to promoting the welfare of children and young people.

The Associate Safeguarding Specialist Nurse is an integral member of the Safeguarding Team. Their role is to support contribution of health information to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH) and assist the Safeguarding Nursing Team to provide safeguarding advice. The team work closely to fulfil the safeguarding obligations of the Trust to ensure safe and effective service provision for vulnerable children and adults in the delivery of high standards of holistic family centred care.

• To take a lead role in responding to MASH requests. This includes the collating and sharing of health information, reviewing the outcomes and appropriately documenting on the child's records
• To support the Specialist Safeguarding Nurses to provide safeguarding advice and group safeguarding supervision to colleagues across the Trust.
• To support the Safeguarding Trust to fulfil statutory safeguarding responsibilities.
• Help co-ordinate safeguarding in a variety of settings, ensuring the high-quality care provision to children and young people, using Trust Policies.
• To support in delivery of safeguarding training and the monitoring and reporting of compliance rates within the recognised reporting systems

About Alder Hey:

Alder Hey Children's Hospital has a large catchment area and provides secondary health care for the boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, and Sefton. It is also a tertiary referral centre for specialist services with a specialist Paediatric Intensive Care Unit which receives patients from the local and regional areas.

The team works closely with a range of specialities such as Burns and Plastics, Critical Care, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Major Trauma, and CAMHS colleagues in the management of some of the most complex child protection investigations within the country.

Skills/Experience Required:

Essential

• Registered Children's Nurse (RCN/RN child)
• Current NMC registration
• Post Graduate qualification or evidence of further study relevant to the role
• Evidence of working with families where safeguarding concerns have been identified
• Substantial experience of multi-agency working
• Extensive current/recent experience of working with children and their families in a health setting
• Demonstrates evidence of relevant continued professional development
• Demonstrates expert knowledge of local and national policy relating to the safeguarding and protecting children's agenda
• Demonstrates expert interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.
• Reflective practitioner & motivator

Desirable

• Clinical/safeguarding supervision experience
• Basic understanding of forensics