Responsibilities
- has expert knowledge of the legislation and statutory guidance in relation to safeguarding children and adults
- has a keen interest in ensuring high standards of safeguarding practice
- will provide expert knowledge, support, and advice to staff across Birmingham Children’s Hospital
- will provide safeguarding supervision to staff across Birmingham Children’s Hospital
The role requires the individual to have advanced experience of safeguarding children and adults. The individual will need to be enthusiastic, energetic and passionate about safeguarding children and adults. The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively with other partner agencies across Birmingham, you must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills, be a caring and compassionate individual focused on working within the values held by the Trust.
The post holder will be part of an integrated safeguarding team of experienced, dedicated specialist nurses and midwives providing high quality specialised care for women, children, young people. This is a full time substantive post.
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a Centre of excellence in specialist healthcare for women, children, adults and their families in the West Midlands. This post is a safeguarding nurse is for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The post holder will be based between BCH. Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world‑class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world‑leading neo‑natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family‑centred care.
Birmingham Children’s Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women’s Hospital is one of two dedicated women’s hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
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