Safeguarding Children Practitioner
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
The post holder will work in collaboration with the named nurse and other safeguarding professionals within the safeguarding team to supportactivities that ensure the Trust meets its responsibilities outlined and in accordance with the Children Act (1989, 2004) and Working Together to
Safeguard Children (2023).
The post holder will work with the safeguarding team to ensure that the Trust maintains optimum standards including the update of safeguarding
policies in line with local and statutory national guidance. The post holder will be expected to provide professional advice and support to health
professionals across the PAH NHS Trust on matters relating to safeguarding Children/Young People babies and unborn babies, working with partner agencies to ensure robust, timely communication and effective practice to safeguard.
The post holder will be expected to support the planning, facilitation and evaluation of a robust training programme that is consistent with the
Intercollegiate Document. Safeguarding Children and Young People, Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff (2019) and supports the
requirements of the workforce at PAH NHS Trust
The post holder will have a key role in providing reflective safeguarding supervision for employees at PAH NHS Trust as set out within the TrustSafeguarding Supervision Policy.
Main duties of the job
Maintain knowledge and expertise on National Policy in relation to safeguarding and provide advice and support to all staff.- Be aware of and apply where possible, the recommendations of the Safeguarding practice reviews , Confidential Enquiries, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and NHSE
- Demonstrate overt professional leadership and safeguarding expertise and foster a culture where all staff can develop their
- Establish good working relationships and work collaboratively with other agencies including Social Care and the Police.
- Liaise with Named/safeguarding practitioners a locally and nationally, Children’s Social Care, GP’s and health visitors
- Ensure effective communication on all aspects Safeguarding including all changes and new initiatives and an effective learning environment for both students and qualified staff.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at anytime
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria- Maximum 3 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse
- Experience of safeguarding within existing role
- Experience of working in the community
Education and qualification
Essential criteria- Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- United Kingdom recognised Degree in a healthcare profession
- RSCN/RN
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
- Evidence of recent level 3 safeguarding children/Young people training
- RSCN/RN
- Safeguarding supervision training
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Experience and knowledge in safeguarding
- Comprehensive IT skills
- Report writing
- Good presentation skills – verbal and written
- Experience of conducting audit
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria- Excellent communication skills, confident and articulate
- Flexible and adaptable
- Work as part of a team
- Able to work alone and prioritise workload effectively
- Present in a professional manner at all times
- Effective communicator, Dependable & Flexible
- Ability to recognise risk and respond appropriately
- Able to deal with aggressive and volatile situations
- Act with integrity and honesty at all times with colleagues and clients
- Car driver with access to a car, to travel off site throughout Essex and Hertfordshire
What we can offer you:
- Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
- Free car parking for our staff
- Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
- Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
- Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
- Access to NHS Pension scheme
- Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
- Onsite creche facilities
- Annual appraisals with career pathways
- In-house training courses
- Discounted hospital restaurant
- Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
- Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
- All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
- The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
- Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
- Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn