Job overview
The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Safeguarding Specialist Advisor to join our professional team in Kent.
We’re a close team but we’re never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Could you use your skills and experience to support the NHS to deliver great patient care? Great patient care needs great people to support clinical teams. That’s where you come in.
We’re always looking for enthusiastic, responsive, and adaptable people to join our outstanding trust. This role is an important one as you’ll be using your knowledge, experience and expertise to provide safeguardingsupport to our hard-working frontline NHS teams.
You will have a key role in promoting good professional practice and providing all elements of the Safeguarding agenda under the guidance of the Named Nurses for Safeguarding Adults. You will take the lead in providing supervision, training, specialist advice and support related to safeguarding adults.
You'll contribute to developing the skills of the frontline practitioners, particularly in relation to assessment of risk, and report writing.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
See where you can go with KCHFT
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered General Nurse Registered Midwife, District Nurse, Mental Health Nurse, Practice Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Registered Allied Health Professional
Desirable criteria
2. Supervision qualification/course.
Experience
Essential criteria
3. Post registration clinical experience
4. Experience of working with partner agencies in relation to safeguarding adults
5. Experience of managing caseloads that contain adults at risk.
6. Experience of teaching
Desirable criteria
7. Experience of providing safeguarding supervision and or clinical supervision.
8. Experience of participating/undertaking audits
9. Experience of participating/undertaking audits
Knowledge
Essential criteria
10. Advanced level of understanding of key government legislation and current guidance, relevant to safeguarding adults
11. Knowledge of application of NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice.
12. Knowledge of frameworks in respect of safeguarding supervision
13. Demonstrates a clear understanding of adult abuse and neglect and the impact for adults and families/carers.
14. Knowledge and Understanding of MCA Legislation and DOLs
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
15. IT skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
16. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
17. Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations
18. Ability to plan and prioritise own workload and manage time effectively.
19. Full UK Driving License and a car
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
20. Ability to work to agreed deadlines.
21. Ability to work within a team.
22. Ability to cope with emotionally demanding situations.
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