Senior Specialist Safeguarding Children Nurse

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to take on a developing role within an established Safeguarding service. The service covers a large Trust which presents both challenges and opportunities within the safeguarding arena.

We are seeking individuals who will work as part of the MFT Safeguarding Team, which consists of Named Nurses (children’s community, acute, adult and midwifery services; Specialist Nurses Safeguarding ; Specialist Nurses for Looked After Children, mental Health Learning Disability and Autism nurses. This opportunity is based within the Children’s Acute parts of the service, though there is an acknowledgement that you will be able to work across both the community and acute safeguarding bases. 
 You will provide child protection and safeguarding training, leadership, advice, supervision and expertise to health practitioners within the Trust and will promote the embedding of the principles of safeguarding into every day professional practice.

You must be able to demonstrate the ability to work well within a team environment as well as autonomously as the role requires. You should be an autonomous worker who can lead on various work projects whilst being a team player and working collaboratively with other members of the team, the wider Trust and external agency partners.

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The post holder will be expected to provide safeguarding knowledge and expertise in demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues relating to identification, assessment, management and review of safeguarding vulnerable children and families.

S/He will monitor and improve standards of care through safeguarding leadership, supervision, audit, evidence based practice, training and provision of safeguarding advice and support.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

 Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

 We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

 We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.