Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £57,528 - £64,750 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2026 |
| Location: | Dover, CT17 0HD |
| Company: | East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7992619/344-2619COR |
Summary
We are looking for an experienced, dynamic practitioner passionate about safeguarding children who has strong leadership skills or feels ready to be taking the next step in their career progression.
We are an All Age Safeguarding team who provide support, advice, guidance and training to all staff across the Trust. This role will be to provide expert specialist knowledge, advice, clinical leadership and undertake statutory duties as a Named Nurse , acting as a role model of exemplary practice to team members. You will be based at Buckland Hospital but expected to work on all Trust sites.
· Operational management of the child part of the team.
· Undertake training and leadership and management training to enable you to fulfil the requirements of Named Nurse role
· Being part of the leadership structure for the All Age service, support both new and existing staff to gain/develop safeguarding knowledge, skills and expertise
· Work as a Safeguarding Child practitioner undertaking duty, training, supervision, report writing.
· Undertake Child Safeguarding Practice reviews, Domestic Homicide Reviews
· Working Closely with our Multi Agency partners for safeguarding and looked after children and adults but also in addition for Domestic Abuse
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates for a Skilled Worker Visa for roles that are eligible at the time of application.
· Operational management of the child part of the team.
· Undertake training and leadership and management training to enable you to fulfil the requirements of Named Nurse role
· Being part of the leadership structure for the All Age service, support both new and existing staff to gain/develop safeguarding knowledge, skills and expertise
· Work as a Safeguarding Child practitioner undertaking duty, training, supervision, report writing.
· Undertake Child Safeguarding Practice reviews, Domestic Homicide Reviews
· Working Closely with our Multi Agency partners for safeguarding and looked after children and adults but also in addition for Domestic Abuse
· Support the safeguarding team to fulfil their multi -agency responsibilities as required by the Kent Safeguarding Children Multi Agency Partnership and Kent and Medway Adult Safeguarding Board
· Developing awareness of trauma informed practice across the Trust
· Participate in the development of safeguarding related policies and guidelines.
· Promote the “Think Family” agenda across all safeguarding working with the Named professionals to embed the paramountcy of the child and make safeguarding personal
· Provide advice and act as a resource to other departments within the Trust for safeguarding children and looked after children.
· Build strong and collaborative relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to achieve secure goals and objectives based on a foundation of self- awareness and emotional intelligence.
· Communicate very sensitive, complex condition related information to patients, relatives, colleagues providing empathy and reassurance.
· Working collaboratively with the senior nursing team and the Trust Safeguarding team to ensure there is effective education, supervision, oversight, completion of statutory safeguarding processes and service development.
· Support activities necessary for the Trust to meet it’s responsibilities for looked after CYP
· Work within the guidelines and standards set by the NMC, and abide by Trust Policies and Procedures. The post holder will ensure compliance with the Trust’s Risk Management Policies and Procedures. These describe the Trust’s commitment to risk management, the recognition that our aim is to protect patients, staff and visitors from harm, and stress that all staff have a responsibility to minimise risk.
Managers who have responsibility for supervising/managing people must comply with the guidelines that can be found in the “Code of Conduct for NHS Managers
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Jun 2026