Safeguarding Nurse for Adults

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Click on this link to find out about our values https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/p/about-us/our-trust-values, Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute to an innovative organisation that offers exceptional career growth prospects?
If you're an enthusiastic team player with a strong nursing background and experience in safeguarding adults , we want to hear from you!
We are currently recruiting for part-time position for Safeguarding Nurses to join our dynamic team. While the primary location is in Bristol, this role cover Trustwide.
Our Safeguarding Nursing Team, under the guidance of the Strategic Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Adults, provides evidence-based guidance, safeguarding supervision, and training for staff across all Trust sites. The team plays a pivotal role in assisting staff with complex and serious adult and child protection cases.
Safeguarding faces multifaceted challenges that demand specialised knowledge and diverse skill sets. In this role you will engage in a variety of safeguarding activities. These include offering advice and support to frontline practitioners, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and participating in a range of safeguarding meetings. This is a vital role that actively contributes to the development and delivery of safeguarding training programmes.

Main duties of the job, Clinical:
+ Serve as a role model and offer specialized guidance to healthcare professionals on safeguarding matters.
+ Foster a culture of best practices throughout the Trust regarding safeguarding.
+ Manage the sharing of confidential and highly sensitive information with external agencies, while also handling complex information within the Safeguarding domain.
+ Keep the Safeguarding Operational Nursing Leads for Children and Adults informed of current concerns and trends expressed by Trust staff.
+ Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in accordance with professional standards, such as NMC guidance.
+ Empower frontline staff to effectively address safeguarding issues in alignment with best practices, policies, and procedures.
+ Play a part in establishing and enhancing efficient communication among multiple agencies and disciplines., + Contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality, research-based safeguarding training across the Trust, catering to a diverse range of disciplines.
+ Participate in the assessment and evaluation of safeguarding training programmes across the Trust.
+ Collaborate in monitoring staff safeguarding training compliance using an established database, ensuring adherence to national and local training compliance targets., We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
· As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
· The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
· UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
· To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
· If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
· The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
· By applying for this post, you are agreeing to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
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UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' - our staff are proud to deliver excellent care. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston-super-Mare, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
Diversity & Inclusion
A core principle of the Trust is to ensure that patients and staff are treated with dignity and respect.
Promoting equality, diversity and human rights and challenging any form of inequality, discrimination, harassment or abuse are central to the Trust's Values.
'Committed to inclusion in everything we do' is the ambition set out in the Trust's Workforce Diversity & Inclusion Strategy.
The Trust will not tolerate discrimination, harassment or bullying under any circumstances and particularly because of a characteristic protected by the Equality Act 2010.