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Job summary

Main area
Adult Safeguarding
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
362-A-24-6311417-B
Employer
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Stepping Hill Hospital
Town
Stockport
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/07/2024 23:59

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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Nurse/Practitioner for Safeguarding

Band 7

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.

Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.

Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise:  ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.

In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.

Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment

As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service).  If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.

Our Values:

We Care

About each other

Our patients and their families

The communities we serve

The environment

We support them and deliver on their promises

We Respect

Each other

Our patients and their families

Our partners

We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return

We Listen to

Each other

Our patients and their families

Our partners

We act and learn from what we hear


 

Job overview

Specialist Nurse/Practitioner for Safeguarding

Fixed term or  secondment opportunity, 12 months covering maternity leave. 

Are you looking for your next post? Do you have a passion and enthusiasm for supporting the most at risk people in society, do you want to support the development of Domestic Abuse? If yes, then we want to hear from you.

An exciting new opportunity has arisen as part of our think family journey within Stockport NHS FT for an enthusiastic and skilled Specialist Nurse/Practitioner to work as part of the wider Think Family Safeguarding Service for all aspects of Safeguarding, this role will have some delegated responsibility for Domestic Abuse such as people with learning disabilities, and people with complex needs along with family safeguarding.

This is a  full-time post, 37.5 hours.

Main duties of the job

In conjunction with the Named Professionals and the Head of Safeguarding, the Specialist Nurse/Practitioner for Safeguarding will provide specialist safeguarding advice and guidance for all aspects of safeguarding and they will take a delegated lead for Domestic Abuse for the Trust. They will ensure practice is in line with local and national policy, regulatory and legislative requirements. Service development, collaboration and multi-agency working to further the safeguarding think family agenda.

We are seeking a highly experienced practitioner with a strong interest in safeguarding and a genuine commitment to safeguarding under a whole family ethos. The post holder will be expected to demonstrate a sound understanding of the issues relating to patients and service users within a safeguarding context. The Specialist Nurse/Practitioner for Safeguarding will work closely with Named Safeguarding Professionals and multi-professional partners working to ensure that the Trust’s statutory responsibilities to safeguard and promote the welfare of patients and their families accessing SNHSFT services are met.

Working for our organisation

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

  • Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
  • NHS pension scheme membership
  • Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
  • NHS Staff discounts
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
  • Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be required to provide safeguarding and MCA/DOLs advice as well as ad hoc safeguarding supervision to staff and support in the preparation of written reports both in relation to formal adult protection procedures and for legal proceedings as well as attending safeguarding adult meetings, representing the Trust, and to deputise for the Named Safeguarding Professional as directed.

Knowledge of the Care Act 2014, MCA 2005 & DOLs, Domestic Abuse Act 2021 is essential; knowledge of MHA 1983 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 is highly desirable. Under the guidance of the Named Safeguarding Professional the post-holder will provide training, supervision, specialist advice & support. The post-holder should have significant experience of working with other professionals and agencies to ensure children, young people, adults, and their family’s needs are met.

Candidates are required to show evidence of their original certificates for qualifications to the interview panel.

The role will require you to work across all areas in the Trust which includes those that are designated as positive and asymptomatic and negative COVID wards.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

 If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

 

Person specification

Work Related Circumstances

Essential criteria
  • To be able to work flexibly & independently
  • Occupational Health clearance
Desirable criteria
  • Current driving licence

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse - general, mental health or learning disabilities
  • Experience of delivering training
  • Evidence of personal & professional development in safeguarding vulnerable adults/management of risk
Desirable criteria
  • Degree level or professional equivalent

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of local & national guidance & research in relation to safeguarding adults
  • Understanding of current issues affecting the safeguarding adults agenda
  • Knowledge of legal framework & of political & policy changes affecting safeguarding adults at risk
  • Knowledge of data protection & NHS code of confidentiality
  • Demonstrate awareness of issues when working across organisations & understand change management
  • Knowledge of MCA & implications in practice.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent verbal & written communication
  • Excellent planning & prioritisational skills
  • Inter-personal skills to inspire & motivate others
  • Negotiation skills to enable change
  • Risk assessment skills
  • Investigation/enquiry skills
Desirable criteria
  • Present information in a coherent way
  • To be able to train different levels of staff in safeguarding
  • Audit skills & be able to lead on implementation of audit
  • To be able to constructively comment on policies
  • IT skills to manage databases

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lee Woolfe
Job title
Named Professional Adult Safeguarding
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 419 5124
Additional information

If you wish to understand more about the role, please contact myself on 0161 419 5124 or email [email protected]  

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