Job overview

An exciting opportunity is now available  to work within our Learning and Development Team!

You will work very closely with the Integrated Safeguarding Team and with a broad range of stakeholders from across Sirona.

You will support staff to identify and access training opportunities to achieve expected compliance and take the lead on promoting a Safeguarding culture through development of training initiatives and opportunities to meet local and national policy.

We are looking for someone with a passion for training, safeguarding  and quality improvement and who enjoys working as part of a wider friendly team. 

Main duties of the job

• To work closely with the Learning and Development team, service managers and clinicians to make quality improvements to services which will ensure the development of a positive, proactive, safeguarding culture.
  
  
• To provide leadership with respect to supporting staff identifying and accessing training safeguarding training opportunities to achieve expected compliance.
  
  
• Ensure that Safeguarding practices and quality improvement programmes are based on current policies, are centred on sound safeguarding research and evidence base.
  
  
• Lead on the development, implementation and reporting of clinical audit and surveillance programmes.
  
  
• To proactively identify areas of risk to programme delivery, recommending actions and developing plans to assist implementation.
  
  
• To support the delivery of quality improvement programmes through assessing, interpreting complex data, comparing a range of options, and making subsequent recommendations, or changes and applying these skills to quality improvement of Safeguarding.
  
  
• To ensure the delivery of national and local targets appropriate to Sirona business requirements /  expectations related to safeguarding.
  
  
• To provide support through teaching, mentoring and training staff in developing and applying safeguarding practice in order to improve service quality and performance against quality and performance indicators

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.