Job overview
Expression of Interest
Closing date for applications is Thursday July, interviews are to take place on Tuesday July .
The Safeguarding Practitioner is expected to provide expertise and knowledge demonstrating a sound understanding of safeguarding issues to support Trust staff in the identification, assessment, treatment and management of vulnerable children and families and adults. To contribute to the development, the delivery of the safeguarding education programmes and support the function of the Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).
Main duties of the job
·Contribute to the delivery of Safeguarding services as detailed in Working Together to Safeguard Children, Children’s Acts &, Care Act and other national and local legislation and policy.
·To support the development and implementation of safeguarding practice across the Trust ensuring effective multi-agency liaison, meeting the statutory requirements.
·Provide specialist advice, support and guidance to all Trust staff in relation to legislation, policy, multiagency procedures for safeguarding our patients at risk of abuse or neglect to embed the principles of safeguarding into every day professional practice.
·Attend multi-agency case conference meetings, strategy meetings and other safeguarding related meetings as agreed with the Safeguarding Named Nurse/Professional, Operational Safeguarding Manager or Head of Safeguarding.
·Disseminate and communicate decisions and appropriate health information to relevant health professionals including the Named Nurse and/or Doctor where appropriate and sharing of best practice.
·Contribute to the development and delivery of the training requirements that the team is responsible for within the Trust.
·Work in partnership with the patients’ families / carers to be actively involved in the caring process on behalf of the patient.
·Communicate effective information to patients/relatives/carers/ and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.