Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Safeguarding Team for a Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated candidate to join us who is willing to go that extra mile and to be part of a successful and effective team.

We are looking for someone who can bring their expertise and work as part of our system to enable health colleagues to deliver the highest standards of care in respect of child abuse and neglect.

We offer the successful candidate professional development through our safeguarding team, our regional network and our chief medical officer. We would welcome applications form individuals who are looking pursue avenues of research in relation to safeguarding children.

You will be working alongside other professionals including the designated nursesand Named GPs for safeguarding.You will be expected to take a strategic, professional lead in all aspects of the health service contribution to safeguarding children across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. This is a statutory role within the Integrated Care Boardin accordance with the roles and responsibilities set out in detail in the intercollegiate document - Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competences for Health Care Staff (2019).

As the Designated Doctor you will advise on questions of planning and strategy with regards to safeguarding children ensuring performance indicators are in place where child protection is concerned.

Main duties of the job

The role of the designated doctor for safeguarding children is to take a strategic and professional lead for safeguarding children across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, with the Designated and named professionals.

The Designated doctor provides advice to organisations, safeguarding partnerships and across healthcare services on questions of planning, strategy and commissioning with regard to safeguarding children.

The post holder works as a clinical expert to the ICB, children's social care, the health system, other local partners and the safeguarding children partnership in matters relating to safeguarding children.

The post holder will lead and support all activities necessary to ensure that organisations within healthcare services meet their responsibilities to safeguard and protect children and young people.

A key function of this role is to ensure a full contribution from medical and health services as part of an effective multi agency response when there are serious concerns about abuse, neglect or perplexing presentations.

Using their expertise, the Designated doctor for safeguarding children will provide clinical advice and supervision to paediatricians and other medical practitioners including the Named GPs about safeguarding children.

NHS STW was established on 1 July 2022 as part of the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System (ICS) and is responsible for the strategic planning, commissioning, and monitoring of health and care services from a range of providers, to support our local population. These include GP and primary care services, hospital care, community healthcare and mental health services. We also have a duty to monitor these services to ensure they provide a high level of care and are value for money. We are clinically led and work closely with the 51 GP practices across the county.

In return, we provide a supportive environment in which to learn and develop, with the opportunity to further your skills and career within an exciting and evolving environment. Joining our inclusive and innovative team comes with a range of benefits including flexible & agile working arrangements, pension scheme and generous annual leave allowance. With our training schemes and support networks, you will be empowered to play a leading role in the future of healthcare, whatever your specialism or interest.

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin currently have an agile working policy, with a combination of working from home and office-based work. The role will require onsite working when required to meet the needs of the service.

£20,000 to £30,000 a session Salary £20,000 - £30,000 - 2 PA's per week.