Safeguarding Strategy Nurse

The Wakefield 0-19 Service have an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse who would like to develop their existing knowledge and skills in safeguarding.

The 0-19 service is delivered by a multidisciplinary public health team in a variety of settings for children age 0- 19 years. Practitioners work with children, young people and families in their communities across the Wakefield district with the aim of promoting optimum health and wellbeing outcomes as part of the Healthy Child Programme.

The Safeguarding & Strategy Nurse will work within this Wakefield team to ensure safeguarding of children and young people is supported effectively. This will include gathering information from clinical records to assess and analyse risk in order to share the appropriate health information at safeguarding meetings, signposting to appropriate health providers and services, and supporting children, young people and their families through child protection processes.

A full preceptorship package will be provided.

To work closely with the 0-19 team and multi-disciplinary partners to gather information from clinical records to assess and analyse risk in order to share appropriate health information at safeguarding meetings. The Nurse will signpost colleagues to other relevant Health information/professionals where appropriate.

Offering safeguarding supervision and supporting training and development to members of the Wakefield 0-19 team.

Line management of junior staff.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We Offer Colleagues

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please Note

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
• All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca Mary Knight Job title: Service Manager 0-19 Email address: rebecca.knight27@nhs.net Telephone number: 07788363059