Senior Specialist Safeguarding Children Nurse

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Essential & Desireable

Essential criteria

• Registered Children's Nurse/Community Public Health Practitioner
• 1st level Degree OR equivalent experience
• Evidence of ongoing development and training undertaken in respect of safeguarding to minimum level 3
• Knowledge of national and local Safeguarding policy and guidelines and recommendations
• Knowledge of legislation relating to safeguarding
• Experience of safeguarding supervision
• Experience delivering training
• Experience of policy development and implementation
• Awareness of issues affecting diverse populations
• Experience of multi-agency child protection work
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
• IT skills
• Ability to analyse, critically evaluate information in a concise and accurate manner
• Confidence to challenge appropriately in difficult situations
• Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines and to prioritise work

Desirable criteria

• Qualification in safeguarding supervision
• Accredited training qualification

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

• Job description and personal specification (PDF, 307.6KB)
• Functional requirements (PDF, 1000.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)