Safeguarding Adult Professional | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata pa |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2024 |
| Location: | Derby, DE22 3NE |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6252814/320-TWS-1642 |
Summary
Due to additional investment within the Adult Safeguarding team an exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, passionate adult safeguarding specialist to join our well established safeguarding team within University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.
This post provides an exciting opportunity to deliver safeguarding services for adults across University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) and in accordance with The Care Act 2014 and Local Safeguarding Boards Policies and Procedures.
The post holder will also support in the leadership and operational delivery of Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
The post holder will work with the Trust Safeguarding and Vulnerable People’s Team to lead the development of Think Family practice across the Trust.
The post holder will provide a crucial link between staff and services, the Safeguarding Team and external agencies (e.g. Police, Probation, housing and Social Care), and act as a safeguarding role model to staff by the delivery of high quality advice and support in individual cases. The post holder will ensure links with a variety of internal and external professionals, support legal services and senior clinicians, undertake audit, deliver training, update Trust Professionals, attend multi-agency meetings internal and external to the Trust.
Closing date of applications: 6 June 2024
Interview date: 20 June 2024
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
• We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust – over 3,300 per week
• An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day – 6th largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
• We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
• We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day
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This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024