Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding Adults
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 150-GM1618-COR
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hassocks, Lancing, Bognor Regis
- Town
- Lancing
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/04/2025
Employer heading
Adult Safeguarding Specialist Nurse
Band 7
Job overview
The successful candidate will work with all staff, across both community hospital and community-based settings, to deliver safeguarding adults’ complex case work. They will have excellent verbal, written communication and analytical skills to lead on monitoring and evaluating the quality and effectiveness of training, data collation, and liaising with internal and external stakeholders. They will carry out training on topics relevant to the safeguarding adults’ agenda including the Mental Capacity Act (2005), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (2007), Care Act (2014) and Prevent (2015). In addition, they will also possess excellent skills to support the detailed analysis of adult safeguarding concerns, information gathering, and writing health enquiry reports. Have the ability to demonstrate a good understanding of roles and responsibilities within the health and social care environment is paramount, and when required they will participate in joint working with key stakeholders such as patients/clients using services and statutory and voluntary organisations within the area.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will advise SCFT staff on their statutory and legislative duties for all aspects of Adult Safeguarding as stipulated in primary legislation, government strategy, national, regional, and local guidance. Offering highly specialist advice, support and mentorship to service leads on prevention, concerns and Enquiries, promoting a positive quality culture in which continuous improvement in clinical care is sought and achieved.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
- Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Research opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will ensure best practice for all SCFT staff by providing expert advice and support including practice development, education, and training, and supporting SCFT staff involved within Enquiry work.
See the attached job description for full details.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or professional registration
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent experience
- Registered Nurse (1st level) (Adult, Mental health or Learning Disabilities)
- Completed specific post-registration training in Safeguarding Adults
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- ENB 998 or equivalent teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience of safeguarding adults casework working within the community.
- Experience of partnership working within Health Trusts and other agencies
- Experience of planning and delivering a variety of teaching to single and multi-agency audiences.
- Experience of contributing to Safeguarding Adults Reviews
- Development of clinical policies and guidelines
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking audit.
- Experience or interest in research.
- Evidence of supporting staff in adult safeguarding supervision.
- Experience of supporting staff with legal proceedings.
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to work and communicate effectively at all levels with staff within SCFT and other partner organisations.
- Ability to plan, organise and work under pressure.
- Ability to work autonomously, to organise own workload and to make informed clinical decisions in the absence of manager.
- Up to date knowledge of adult safeguarding multi agency policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates initiative and drive.
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
- Demonstrate leadership skills.
- Ability to present confidently to single and multi-agency audience.
- Excellent analytical and reflection skills.
- IT skills in Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
- Standard keyboard skills.
- Excellent and accurate verbal and written presentation skills.
- Excellent Report Writing skills in order to communicate complex issues in concise, accurate and high quality completed reports.
- Clinical supervision skills.
- Evidence of knowledge and skills in undertaking Risk Assessment.
- Ability to manage conflict or professional disagreement.
- Ability to develop appropriate networks within health and with other agencies.
- In depth knowledge and understanding of national and local adult safeguarding guidance, policies and procedures.(including detailed knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005) DoLS (2007) Care Act (2014)
- Knowledge and understanding of multi-disciplinary, inter-professional practice to include primary care and adult social services.
- Understanding of role in Clinical Governance.
- Knowledge of evidence based practice in relation to safeguarding adults, including those with learning disabilities.
- Able to drive regularly throughout the day to locations across the Trust.
- Able to use VDU for long periods throughout the day.
- Facilitation skills to lead change within clinical practice, processes and organisations.
- Able to think and act strategically and escalate concerns.
- Ability to formulate policies, procedures and practice guidance.
- Ability to multitask.
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Full driving licence.
- Ability to be flexible and may on occasions need to work unsocial hours.
- A level of personal and professional resilience to recognise the impact the safeguarding role can have on an individual regarding the content of some of the work associated with the role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Russell Hite
- Job title
- Head of Safeguarding
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07766 473326
- Additional information
Sam Visram
Named Nurse, Adult Safeguarding
07717 427356
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