Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children

We are looking for an exceptional and innovative Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children who will help us further develop our integrated safeguarding service and fulfil our statutory requirements as set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) and the Intercollegiate Document for the roles and competencies for healthcare staff (2019).

Using safeguarding expertise and highly developed skills you will work in partnership with the safeguarding senior leadership team, specialist practitioners and the other safeguarding named professionals, taking responsibility for children's safeguarding practice ensuring that structures, systems, policies, and processes are in place and effective across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide organisational safeguarding expertise, through the provision of highly specialised assessment, analysis, advice, and support.

They are expected to be highly visible and accessible to colleagues across the Trust providing training, supervision, and oversight of complex cases. They will act as an exemplary role model to staff across the Trust for all issues relating to children's safeguarding.

The post holder will liaise internally with all wards/departments, and externally with Children's Social Care teams, Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships, Integrated Care Boards, safeguarding colleagues in University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW), and other agencies within BNSSG, to lead on the development of safeguarding children practice.

The post holder will work in partnership with the NBT Named Doctors, Named Midwife for Safeguarding and Named Professional for Adult Safeguarding to lead an agreed portfolio of roles. The safeguarding team is an integrated all age service and everyone is expected to develop expertise in safeguarding across the all age arena.

North Bristol Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW) are working towards a hospital group model and as the acute providers for the BNSSG area it is expected that the named roles for safeguarding will engage in opportunities for positive collaboration across the two trusts.

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.