Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse
| Posting date: | 06 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2026 |
| Location: | Brighton, BN25BE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9279-26-0195 |
Summary
The Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse is responsible for supporting the delivery of safe, effective and responsive safeguarding services across UHSx, based at the Royal Alexandra Childrens Hospital in Brighton. The postholder provides expert clinical advice, guidance and support to staff in relation to safeguarding concerns involving children and young people, ensuring that cases are assessed, escalated and managed in line with statutory requirements, national guidance and Trust policy. They will analyse highly complex and sensitive information, exercise a high level of professional autonomy and judgement, and contribute to decision making in multi-agency contexts. The role includes leading safeguarding activity on site, maintaining strong working relationships with paediatric teams, emergency departments, maternity, mental health liaison and other hospital services, as well as liaising closely with external partners including social care, police, community health teams, schools and local safeguarding partnerships. The postholder will support the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children by contributing to the Trusts safeguarding strategy, governance processes and quality assurance framework. They will participate in and contribute to safeguarding audits, statutory reviews, internal investigations and the development of action plans. They will prepare reports, chronologies and safeguarding analyses as required for internal and external processes. The role involves delivering safeguarding children training to a wide range of staff groups, providing safeguarding supervision, identifying learning needs and supporting the development of safeguarding champions across UHSx. The postholder will promote high standards of safeguarding practice, ensure compliance with local and national policies, and embed learning from incidents and reviews into everyday clinical practice. In addition, the Specialist Nurse will support the operational management of safeguarding activity on the Brighton site, assist in maintaining accurate safeguarding data, and help monitor safeguarding incidents, follow-up actions and performance indicators. They will represent the Trust at relevant meetings, including internal safeguarding forums and external multi-agency discussions, and will work collaboratively with partners to ensure timely, coordinated responses to children at risk of harm. The postholder will maintain a visible presence within clinical areas, act as a role model for best practice in safeguarding and contribute to the continuous improvement of safeguarding services across UHSx.