ED Navigator Nurse | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 PA Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2024 |
| Location: | blackpool, FY38NR |
| Company: | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6393121/382-COR44-24 |
Summary
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTH) is looking to appoint Emergency Department Navigators. This roles will be based in the Emergency Department
As an Emergency Department (ED) Navigator, you will be working on the frontline to support victims of serious violence. Using a “trauma informed and trusted relationship” model, you will provide immediate safeguarding support and safety planning advice. You will assist victims and build trusted relationships, whilst supporting them to access other services.
As a Trust, we recommend that individuals employed in patient facing roles, or those located on a ward or department where patients receive a service are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The team is looking for an experienced professional to advocate for children and adults, ensuring delivery of improved health outcomes for those at risk of harm from serious violence. The post holder will support victims of serious violence, whilst being an integral member of the multi-agency Safeguarding team, ensuring that the health needs of this most vulnerable group are included in any multi-agency assessments.
The post-holder will maximise positive outcomes for identified victims by building trusted relationships and supporting victims at a reachable and teachable moment. The post holder will work closely with ED staff, the Safeguarding Team, Police, Social Care and community services to ensure positive outcomes for victims. The post holder will work with the Named and Lead Professionals for Safeguarding to ensure appropriate quality assurance mechanisms are in place and to assist in the development and raising awareness across the Trust.
The post holder will work closely with the victims to ensure appropriate safety planning is in place and continued support.
It is essential that the post holder is a victim focused professional and able to build good working relationships with a wide range of professionals.
The post holder needs to be pro-active when supporting victims within a health setting. They should always aim to reduce repeat incidents of serious violence and increase engagement with Safeguarding.
For more information please thoroughly read the job description and person specification. If you have further questions do not hesitate to contact us (information below).
• Provide support to and manage a caseload of vulnerable children and adults who have been victims of serious violence.
• To be the link health professional for victims and services they need to access.
• To facilitate, develop and sustain effective working relationships with all health professionals across the health economy and other agencies in the development of Safeguarding practices.
• Establish and maintain communication with groups and individuals on complex and sensitive issues in a range of inter and intra agency settings within Health, Social Care, Police, Education and Voluntary Sectors.
• Manage unexpected and unpredictable safeguarding activity and the competing demands of this highly complex area of work.
• Analyse complex, high risk safeguarding situations and provide professional judgements as to a range of options, deciding on best courses of action to ensure positive outcomes for children and adults.
• To work closely with Named and Lead Professionals in supporting all activities in relation to the ED navigator service, ensuring that the Trust discharges its responsibilities in relation to Safeguarding Children and Adults who have been victims of serious violence.
• Ensure clear pathways for accessing the service and pathways for victims to access appropriate services in the locality.
• Continuously contribute to the monitoring and review of the service, to ensure it continues to provide effective support to victims of serious violence. Ensure changes required are communicated and if agreed implemented, whilst in line with Trust policies and guidelines.
• To advise Police, Social Care and other agencies on health matters with regard to safeguarding children and adults.
• The ability to retain a clear health identity whilst working with multi-agency teams.
• To contribute to the achievement of the service requirements and ensuring service meets agreed contractual objectives.
• To contribute and ensure that BTHNHSFT meets its obligations under all relevant legal frameworks for children and adults.
• To have an understanding of the Lancashire Violence Reduction Network Outcomes Framework.
• Demonstrate an ability to manage over lengthy prolonged periods of time, emotionally demanding work that is frequently distressing and stressful and be able to support others to carry out such work.
• Exercise a degree of autonomy to make critical decisions and judgments in the case management of safeguarding adults and children with complex safeguarding needs.
• Promote, influence, and develop relevant training in relation to serious violence on both a single and interagency basis to ensure that the competency needs of health staff are addressed.
• Play an active part in the planning and delivery of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency training.
• Monitor, audit, and review training delivered to ensure a high, up to date standard is maintained.
• Attend and contribute to meetings in relation to serious violence as required.
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Jul 2024
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