Specialist Midwife / Senior Nurse Children’s Safeguarding

Job content

We are on a continuous journey of improvement and transformation , however our main priority is, and always will be, providing safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. If you share our passion then apply for this opportunity and help us make our patients’ experience the best it can possibly be.

With a budget of around £270m, three hospitals and 5,500 staff, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital-based services to the population of Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees and parts of East Durham and Sedgefield as well as community, therapeutic and screening to a wider population across Durham and Teesside.

Job Overview

As a safeguarding children’s nurse and safeguarding children’s trainer you will support the delivery of a comprehensive, co-ordinated and quality child protection advisory service to a range of health personnel across Stockton and Hartlepool Trust Services to safeguard the unborn baby and welfare of all children.

We are on a continuous journey of improvement and transformation, however our main priority is, and always will be, providing safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. If you share our passion then apply for this opportunity and help us make our patients experience the best it can possibly be

Main duties of the job

Through grounded safeguarding knowledge and experience the Specialist Midwife / Senior Nurse will be able to provide safeguarding education through training and facilitation of individual and group supervision as guided by local and national policies and procedures regarding child protection. Supporting the development of safeguarding knowledge and skills in our trust staff, they will be enabled to identify early the support children may require when exposed to life circumstances that make them more vulnerable and when it is required to provide protection where children are at risk of actual or potential harm. The role requires supporting staff to understand and guide them in providing the right support, in the right place at the right time.

Working for our organisation

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities will primarily to provide safeguarding support and advice through 1-1 and group supervision and training. However additional support will be provided as a Senior Nurse Children’s Safeguarding and Trainer when and as required to maintain a generic overview of the challenges and vulnerabilities of safeguarding children at all ages as guided by children’s rights and safeguarding children legislation.

Please see Job description and Specification attached for more detail of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree level study or equivalent
• Safeguarding experience
• Training qualification or equivalent
  

Desirable criteria

• Community Experience