Lead Nurse/Professional for Safeguarding

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Nurse/Professional for Safeguarding
Salary: £62,215 to £72,299 (Band 8b Agenda for Change)

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire as well as some people living across the borders in surrounding counties. We provide care to over half a million patients every year in our hospitals, community settings and in people’s own homes. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, create healthy communities and make a BHT a great place to work.

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

As the Professional Lead for Safeguarding, you will provide leadership, management and expertise within this specialist field, encompassing Adults and Childrens Services in both Acute and Community settings.

As the successful post-holder you will continually assess the training and development needs relating to safeguarding for the whole organisation, and plan with the education team and colleagues in the Local Authority on how to deliver the training required. You will work with the whole organisation to enable compliance with statutory training requirements adjusting to legal changes as required.

In addition, you will lead on the monitoring and reporting on safeguarding performance indicators. You will prepare reports for the Safeguarding Committee and Quality committee. You will also brief the Executive Team on organisational responsibilities in safeguarding writing quarterly and annual board reports to provide assurance.

The successful post-holder will have extensive experience within a senior Safeguarding role within a health or social care setting. You will need current registration with NMC/HCPC or Social Work England/Wales/Scotland to apply for this position.

As an organisation, we're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborated, aspire, respect and enable.

If you would like an informal discussion about this position, please contact Donna Larder, Divisional Director at Finegreen on 07805 349 152. Alternatively, you can email directly on donna.larder@finegreen.co.uk and request a candidate briefing pack.

Recruitment Timetable:
Applications Close: Sunday, 8th December 2024
Final interviews: w/c 16th December 2024