Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children

Job summary

The post holder will undertake the role of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children for Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust. The post holder will support the Trust Safeguarding Lead to provide leadership in working strategically across the Trust facilitating safeguarding service development, education and training to all Trust staff. The post holder will significantly contribute to the review, development and delivery of the long-term strategic plan for safeguarding children in line with Trust values.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will offer expertise and specialist advice and support staff Trust wide, regarding safeguarding issues. The post holder will provide assurance to the Chief Nurse and Head of Safeguarding on matters relating to safeguarding children and the Trust's organisational responsibility with regard CQC and Section 11 responsibilities (Children Act 2004).

The post holder will support Trust wide policy development in key areas of practice e.g. child protection supervision that relates to Safeguarding of Children. The post holder will work closely with the Designated Professionals and partner agencies, contributing to the development of the wider safeguarding agenda.

The post holder will work closely with the Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Adults in relation to allegations against staff and the Named Midwife in relation to highly complex midwifery cases. The post includes the role and responsibilities of the Named Nurse as detailed in "Working Together to Safeguard Children" (2026), The Children Acts (1989 and 2004) and "Safeguarding Children and Young People, Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff" (2006).

This includes working to implement safeguarding partnership strategy for the safeguarding of children representing the Trust in interagency forums. The role holder will manage the Child Sexual Assault Assessment Service (CSAAS) which is co-located with the Safeguarding Children Team. This management role is currently under review due to NHSE contract changes.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff.

Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website. We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK. We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest.

Therefore early applications are encouraged.

Person Specification

Professional registration/Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration Educated to a degree level or evidence of working at this level

Desirable

Educated to a Masters degree Training and skills

Essential

Safeguarding Children Training Level 3 or higher Leadership training and development Accredited teaching and/or training module experience of audit or research

Desirable

Safeguarding supervision training Training in child protection medicals including sexual assault assessments

Knowledge and Experience · Essential

Evidence of 3+ years within a safeguarding specialist role and workload Delivery of safeguarding children's training including trauma informed practices

Desirable

Experience of working in both acute and community settings Experience of delivering and participation in safeguarding supervision communication and interpersonal skills

Essential

Evidence of leading a team Evidence of forming relationships with partner agencies, organisation's colleagues and wider services communication Essential excellent presentation skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).