Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children

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Full time
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join our children's safeguarding team to cover the current post holder's maternity leave. As Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children, you will assist the Named Nurse and provide high-quality safeguarding advice, support, education, and guidance to the staff at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust.

The successful post holder will be an innovative nurse committed to developing and supporting the safeguarding children team. You will need to have skills in managing a busy and varying case load of patients who require support from the safeguarding children team. You will also need to be confident at liaising with members of the multi-agency safeguarding providers across the two main counties we work with. You'll need to be involved in teaching and have basic IT skills, along with working knowledge of safeguarding children policies including The Working Together Document, Children's Act, and The Intercollegiate Document.

The hours of work are Monday to Friday at East Surrey Hospital. If you would like any further information, please contact Ruth Morley, Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill, serving a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient and diagnostic services, while Crawley Hospital, Horsham in West Sussex, and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding', and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the Year award 2021. National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do. We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the role, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role. A complete and accurate application. Suitability for the role evidenced in a supporting statement. Evidence of essential experience for the role. Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role. Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration. Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours. Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification.

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

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