Associate Safeguarding Nurse (Children and Young People)
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6279028/200-6279028-MA-AA |
Summary
A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Under the supervision of the clinical nurse specialists and named nurse, the post holder will provide safeguarding support and advice to staff working within the trust, signposting to relevant services, or escalating to the CNS/Named Nurse/Named Doctor as required.
The post holder with assist the clinical nurse specialists for the emergency department, inpatient wards and intensive cares in their day-to-day duties including case management, liaison, data entry and teaching.
The post holder will work closely with both the named nurse and clinical nurse specialists to continually promote and develop best practice within the trust, including participation in audit, quality improvement, teaching and with training and experience safeguarding supervision.
The post holder will work on site at St George’s Hospital and may on occasion be requested to travel to partnership meetings, or clinical sites outside of the main trust.
The safeguarding team at St George's works across the Trust providing expert knowledge, advice and liaison for children, young people and families at risk of or experiencing vulnerability or harm.
We work closely with the hospital clinical teams, and safeguarding partners including children's social services, police, primary care, maternity services and community health to improve outcomes for children and families.
As a tertiary referral centre for children, St George's provides a wide range of specialisms across medicine, surgery and therapies. We are a regional major trauma centre for children, and provide level three neonatal and paediatric intensive care.
The associate safeguarding nurse will support the safeguarding clinical nurse specialists (CNS), Named Nurse and Named Dr in the delivery of advice, care and education to promote safeguarding of children and young people at St George's hospital.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with a keen interest in safeguarding to 'step into' the specialism and develop knowledge and skills in the management of safeguarding concerns, quality improvement and safeguarding education. We are a diverse team and welcome applicants from a broad range of clinical backgrounds, including community and acute health.
For more information about the role, or an informal visit to the hospital please contact:
Keri Page, Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Young People
keri.page@stgeorges.nhs.uk
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024
Under the supervision of the clinical nurse specialists and named nurse, the post holder will provide safeguarding support and advice to staff working within the trust, signposting to relevant services, or escalating to the CNS/Named Nurse/Named Doctor as required.
The post holder with assist the clinical nurse specialists for the emergency department, inpatient wards and intensive cares in their day-to-day duties including case management, liaison, data entry and teaching.
The post holder will work closely with both the named nurse and clinical nurse specialists to continually promote and develop best practice within the trust, including participation in audit, quality improvement, teaching and with training and experience safeguarding supervision.
The post holder will work on site at St George’s Hospital and may on occasion be requested to travel to partnership meetings, or clinical sites outside of the main trust.
The safeguarding team at St George's works across the Trust providing expert knowledge, advice and liaison for children, young people and families at risk of or experiencing vulnerability or harm.
We work closely with the hospital clinical teams, and safeguarding partners including children's social services, police, primary care, maternity services and community health to improve outcomes for children and families.
As a tertiary referral centre for children, St George's provides a wide range of specialisms across medicine, surgery and therapies. We are a regional major trauma centre for children, and provide level three neonatal and paediatric intensive care.
The associate safeguarding nurse will support the safeguarding clinical nurse specialists (CNS), Named Nurse and Named Dr in the delivery of advice, care and education to promote safeguarding of children and young people at St George's hospital.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with a keen interest in safeguarding to 'step into' the specialism and develop knowledge and skills in the management of safeguarding concerns, quality improvement and safeguarding education. We are a diverse team and welcome applicants from a broad range of clinical backgrounds, including community and acute health.
For more information about the role, or an informal visit to the hospital please contact:
Keri Page, Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Young People
keri.page@stgeorges.nhs.uk
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024
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