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We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and motivated individual to join our well established safeguarding children’s nursing team. The post holder will be the safeguarding children nursing lead for community services in Southwark and integral in delivering the Trust’s statutory requirements and safeguarding agenda.
You will need to be strategic in nature but also have an operational focus. You will work closely with professionals and partner organisations to deliver a comprehensive safeguarding function. The post holder will directly oversee operational delivery, effectiveness, and performance of specified areas.
You will be expected to create an environment of continuous quality improvement and develop safeguarding practice across services; this will be through proven and visible leadership, knowledge and expertise in all aspects of safeguarding children. You will need to have a track record of driving improvement and change management. By leading safeguarding initiatives, you will play a crucial role in promoting a safe and supportive environments for all service users.
- Provide professional leadership, consultancy, advice, risk assessment and expert child protection practice, to support practitioners on actions to be taken in order to safeguard the child.
- Make critical decisions and judgements and deliver advanced clinical skills to the case management of children and young people with complex safeguarding needs.
- Contribute to the planning and development of child protection systems and arrangements within the Trust.
- Influence and contribute to the development of Policies and Procedures in line with national guidance and the LSCP.
- Contribute to sub groups of the LSCPs.
- Analyse and respond to serious and untoward incidents, including Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews.
- Oversee provision of safeguarding supervision to health visitors and school nurses.
- Operationally line manage the Safeguarding Nurse Specialists.
- Identify safeguarding training needs, prepare and deliver, a training programme to address these.
- Ensure the Safeguarding Children Service is embedded in the Evelina London Children’s Healthcare Community Services clinical governance structure.
Closing date: 30th July 2025
Interview date: 14th August 2025
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Debbie Saunders Job title: Head of Nursing Safeguarding Children Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 020 7188 2473
Debbie Saunders, Head of Nursing Safeguarding Children
[email protected]020 7188 2473
07795 813 503
