Named Professional for Safeguarding

NUPAS are embedding a Named Professional for Safeguarding into our existing Quality Directorate. Working 24 hours per week across 4 - 5 days. This is an opportunity to work for one of the leading Organisations supporting Womens reproductive choices and, as such, it is essential that you feel as passionately about this, and the right to choose, as we do.

The Named Professional for Safeguarding will form key relationships with the Executive Safeguarding Lead, Clinical and Medical Directors, Regional Safeguarding Leads and external partnership bodies.

Main duties of the job

To ensure that NUPAS's safeguarding procedures are regularly monitored, evaluated and reviewed to minimise risk.

To carry out audits of safeguarding practice within NUPAS to ensure that vulnerable women and children are being safeguarded effectively.

To provide expert professional advice and support regarding safeguarding to all clinical staff and employed staff within NUPAS.

To ensure day to day safeguarding provision, support and advice is readily available and that there is clear routes for who to contact when out of hours and during periods of leave.

To ensure that high quality supervision is provided to clinical staff and that attendance is recorded and reported centrally.

To work closely with the Named Doctor and Executive Safeguarding Lead to develop policy and practice.

To ensure that NUPAS is represented at case conferences, strategy meetings and serious case reviews and staff who are required to attend are supported.

To lead on NUPAS safeguarding training strategy and to ensure that systems are in place to audit training needs and monitor training attendance.

To meet regularly with the Head of Quality to facilitate reporting on safeguarding within NUPAS and identify any areas or systems which may place NUPAS at risk.

To contribute to the Safeguarding annual report and contract reporting requirements.

To update, review and implement NUPAS policies and procedures whilst ensuring they reflect evidence-based change in practice and those brought about by legislation/key guidance.

The post holder will have a duty to ensure that the principles of patient, carer and public involvement and engagement are adhered to in line with Section 11 of The Health and Social Care Act 2012 for Improving Patient Experience.

All staff are required to adhere to the principles of patient centred care as detailed in the NICE Quality Standard for Patient Experience and to treat patients with dignity, kindness, compassion, courtesy, respect, understanding and honesty.

The post holder will, in support of the NUPAS Visions & Values and ensure that everyone is treated as an individual and will acknowledge and value difference in order to treat everyone fairly.

£28.95 an hour Working 24 hours per week across 4 - 5 days