Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Looked After Children

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic practitioner passionate about safeguarding children and looked after children who has strong leadership skills or feels ready to be taking the next step in their career progression.

We are an emerging All Age Safeguarding team who provide support, advice, guidance and training to all staff across the Trust. This role will be to provide expert specialist knowledge, advice, clinical leadership and undertake statutory duties as a Named Nurse , acting as a role model of exemplary practice to team members. You will be based at Buckland Hospital but expected to work on all Trust sites.

Main duties of the job

Operational management of the child part of the team.

Undertake training and leadership and management training to enable you to fulfil the requirements of Named Nurse role

Being part of the leadership structure for the All Age service, support both new and existing staff to gain/develop safeguarding knowledge, skills and expertise

Work as a Safeguarding Child practitioner undertaking duty, training, supervision, report writing.

Undertake Child Safeguarding Practice reviews, Domestic Homicide Reviews

Working Closely with our Multi Agency partners for safeguarding and looked after children and adults but also in addition for Domestic Abuse

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with three acute hospitals and community sites serving a local population of around 700,000.We also provide specialist services for Kent and Medway.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'.

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day."