Safeguarding Children Nurse Specialist | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

We are currently recruiting to our safeguarding team and are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and innovative individual with experience of safeguarding children. Our team offers a Mon-Fri 9-5pm service). You will be a highly visible experienced health practitioner, providing specialist knowledge, advice and clinical expertise to all staff in the Trust and the community in all areas of Safeguarding Children/ Child Protection. The Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner will be a member of the ESNEFT Safeguarding Families & Complex Health team and will enable a holistic approach to the care of the most vulnerable children; young people and their families in delivering safeguarding advice, support, training and supervision. You will provide the professional interface between hospital and community services with respect to the welfare of children, providing a robust and safe communication system for the effective and timely flow of information between hospital and community health professionals and other agencies as appropriate. You will be reviewing and identifying vulnerable children and families who have accessed ESNEFT health care services to ensure the relevant health and social care professionals are informed in a timely manner. You will also be assisting in the co-ordination and contribution to inter-professional training in safeguarding children across the Trust and will be expected to deputise for the Named Nurse as required. We therefore welcome applications from individuals who have experiential knowledge of safeguarding. The safeguarding children team have a robust audit programme which the post holder will participate in. They will also be assisting in the co-ordination and contribute to inter-professional training in safeguarding children across the Trust and will be expected to deputise for the Named Nurse as required., We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

• To be a highly visible senior nurse, providing specialist knowledge, advice and clinical expertise to all staff in the Trust in all areas of Safeguarding Children/Child Protection.
• To provide the professional interface between hospital and community services with respect to the welfare of children, young people and their families, providing a robust and safe communication system for the effective and timely flow of information between hospital and community health professionals and other agencies as appropriate.
• To review and identify vulnerable children and families who have accessed health care services and to ensure the relevant health care professionals are informed in a timely manner.
• To facilitate high standards of professional practice and delivery of care by working with Trust and Divisional guidelines and protocols,
• Work within the Safeguarding Families & Complex HealthTeam providing support as required and responding appropriately to any safeguarding issues.
• To assist in the co-ordination and deliver inter-professional training in safeguarding across the Trust.
  
  We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.