Deputy Designated Nurse/Professional for Safeguarding

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We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated safeguarding professional to join the NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight safeguarding team as a Band 8a Designated Nurse/Professional for Safeguarding Adults. The post holder will provide specialist safeguarding leadership, advice, professional challenge and assurance, working across the health and care system to support the delivery of statutory responsibilities and improve outcomes for adults at risk. 

We are particularly interested in appointing someone who brings expertise in mental health and/or learning disability and can use this knowledge flexibly across an all-age safeguarding context. While the substantive focus of the post is adult safeguarding, the successful candidate will work collaboratively with designated colleagues across children’s and adults’ safeguarding, contributing specialist expertise where mental health and/or learning disability is a significant feature of risk, vulnerability or complexity.

This is an opportunity to influence safeguarding practice at both system and place level, contribute to multi-agency working and quality improvement, and help strengthen a whole-person and whole-family approach to safeguarding across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. 

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The post holder will provide specialist safeguarding leadership, advice and support across NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight, working with health, social care and multi-agency partners to support the delivery of statutory safeguarding responsibilities for adults at risk. The role will provide expert advice in relation to complex safeguarding practice, contribute to assurance and quality improvement, support the development of policy and practice, and represent the ICB across relevant multi-agency safeguarding arrangements. 

In addition to the core adult safeguarding portfolio, we are particularly seeking an individual who brings expertise and experience in mental health and/or learning disability. The successful candidate will use this specialist knowledge flexibly across the safeguarding team, supporting an all-age approach where required. This may include providing specialist advice, professional challenge and leadership in complex safeguarding situations involving children, young people and adults where mental health and/or learning disability is a significant factor, working alongside the appropriate designated safeguarding professionals and within relevant statutory and professional frameworks.

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This is an exciting opportunity to join the NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight safeguarding team and contribute to a collaborative, system-wide approach to safeguarding. The team works across organisational and professional boundaries and with a wide range of partners, including NHS providers, primary care, local authorities, police and safeguarding partnerships. 

We are continuing to develop an increasingly integrated, all-age approach to safeguarding, whilst maintaining the specialist professional expertise required within individual safeguarding portfolios. We therefore welcome applicants who can bring strong adult safeguarding knowledge alongside expertise in mental health and/or learning disability. This specialist knowledge will help strengthen the team's collective capability, particularly where safeguarding concerns span traditional service or age boundaries, and support a person-centred and whole-family approach to complex safeguarding practice.

The successful candidate will be joining a supportive multidisciplinary safeguarding team where professional expertise is valued, shared and used flexibly to improve outcomes for children, young people and adults across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.