Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/PractitionerNHS

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Safeguarding Support Team to appoint two skilled, motivated, and enthusiastic Registered Professionals as an adult focused Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/Practitioner.

The post holders will support the Named Nurse/Professional in embedding a family-focused safeguarding approach across the Trust within a designated geographical hub model as part of the wider Safeguarding Support Team.

The Portsmouth Hub supports the Portsmouth city services which includes an inpatient mental health unit as well as the community physical and mental health teams and works closely with Portsmouth Local Authority.

The Forensic and Learning Disabilities Hub works across the Trust's Adult Low and Medium Secure Services and Learning Disabilities, Secure and Community Forensic, Services. Working closely with both the Local Authority and Provider Collaborative.

The Safeguarding Support Team is required to cover the needs of the clinical teams across the Trust, therefore core working hours are Monday to Friday, 9am -- 5pm.

Please advise in your supporting statement which area you are interested in working in.

Main duties of the job

The Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/Practitioner will be part of a service dedicated to supporting and promoting the welfare of adults and children.

The role involves assisting the Named Nurse/Professional in delivering a responsive, expert service that provides daily support, advice and safeguarding supervision to Trust staff, ensuring good safeguarding practices which align with evidence-based research.

The post holder will actively contribute to safeguarding training across the Trust.

The role involves supporting the Named Nurse/Professional in the management of allegations against staff.

The post holder will also work in the multiagency arena supporting and working with the Named Nurse/Professional to support completion of safeguarding reviews, internal and external, including Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR), Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews (DARDR) and Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPR).

In return we can offer the opportunity to extend your safeguarding knowledge across adults, young people and children to become a well-rounded Safeguarding Specialist in a supportive environment.

The Safeguarding Support Team takes a proactive and responsive approach towards the safeguarding of adults, young people and children and if you are passionate about helping to deliver safeguarding across Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust then this is an exciting opportunity.

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence