Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 October 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS2 8BJ |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7499493/387-TS1570-JJ-A |
Summary
The Senior Safeguarding Nurse / Practitioner role is a visible and knowledgeable resource and support to patient facing staff across the Trust for safeguarding children’s concerns. They will work alongside trust staff developing safeguarding competence and confidence with a focus on improving patient outcomes.
They will use their own robust knowledge to support staff through advice, guidance, supervision and training keeping the working together to safeguard children framework at the forefront of their interactions.
They will contribute to the safeguarding agenda through the provision of evidence based safeguarding advice, support, guidance, supervision and training for all disciplines of staff across all trust sites.
To deputise for the Operational Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Children.
Support Trust staff in the management of all aspects of complex and serious safeguarding children/young people.
To be a competent, knowledgeable, and visible practitioner, ensuring the provision of high-quality safeguarding children support for frontline practitioners.
Assess, implement, plan, and evaluate care and interventions for service users.
To complete safeguarding audits.
Maintain and develop own levels of specialist knowledge and skills.
Work collaboratively with partner agencies.
To escalate safeguarding concerns, internally and externally as per local, regional and National directives
Attend as required all appropriate safeguarding meetings, to advocate on behalf of service users, acting as a support to staff and as a representative of the Trust.
Utilising the Think Family approach to support managers and staff in the delivery of high- quality safeguarding care throughout the journey of the child, young person whilst in Hospital.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025
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