Safeguarding Children - Named Nurse

We are happy to announce that an exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and responsive individual to join our integrated Think Family Safeguarding Team at The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust as the Safeguarding Children Named Nurse, The Named Nurse will act as a clinical expert and professional resource to all practitioners within the Trust and will be responsible for providing lead support to staff who are dealing with or supervising cases of actual and suspected child abuse.

The post holder will be responsible for undertaking the Trusts internal management reviews where there is a statutory responsibility to participate in a Safeguarding Practice Reviews and will contribute to ensuring that the Trust meets its statutory responsibilities in relation to Section 11 of The Children Act 2004. The development of collaborative working in relation to safeguarding children and leading the Vulnerable Children Agenda whilst contributing to the multi-agency work and action plans to support the agenda is an integral part of this Role.

This post is a senior role sitting within the corporate nursing team at Mid Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust and as such the post holder will be expected to lead and contribute to a range of developments that enhance nursing and midwifery practice.

The role will work in partnership with internal and external partners, including attendance at the children partnership board meetings.

Would you like to work as part of a supportive, dynamic and dedicated Think Family team to support our ambitious forward plans?

Experience of safeguarding within a healthcare setting is essential together with an ability to influence and develop practice and policy in this area.

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.