East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England. Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong. By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities. Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process. East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you. We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community. Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future. Please note, our selection processes are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications i monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills. Job overview This role could be a Secondment or Fixed Term Contract for 12 months Ready to make a real difference in children’s lives? Are you a Registered Children’s Nurse, Midwife, SCHPN‑qualified practitioner (or equivalent) with experience and training in Safeguarding? If you’re looking for a role that’s challenging, fast‑paced, and deeply rewarding, this could be your next step. Join us as a MASH Health Practitioner! Become a vital part of the Multi‑Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) with Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, where no two days are the same and your expertise truly matters. What makes this role exciting? You’ll work at the heart of multi‑agency collaboration, partnering with professionals across health, social care, police, and education and other partners. You’ll play a key role in protecting children, using your clinical knowledge to assess and analyse health information when concerns are raised. You’ll directly influence decisions that safeguard vulnerable children—making this one of the most impactful roles in frontline safeguarding. If you’re passionate about safeguarding, have a Think family approach, thrive on teamwork, and want a role where your skills can change lives—we’d love to hear from you. Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 7th April 2026 Advert You will synthesise and analyse health information to appropriately inform strategy meetings and MASH enquiry risk assessments within the MASH. You will apply your professional judgement and help partner agencies to understand the health view when establishing risk and applying Local Authority thresholds to children and families. You will work alongside co-located partner agencies collaboratively to share information and contribute to joint decision making for children and families at risk, You will participate in the evaluation of MASH processes to ensure safe and appropriate information sharing within the MASH and across the wider health economy. You will support with the collection and review of data to support the development and understanding of the Health MASH workload. To ensure the maintenance of high standards of record keeping and documentation on cases where information has been shared. To highlight concerns regarding practice to the appropriate named professional within the provider organisation or directly with the ICB Designated Nurse in the case of primary care. Working for our organisation Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives. There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey. If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Job Purpose: Respond to requests for health information within the MASH as per the memorandum of understanding, GDPR, Data Protection Act and Information Sharing Agreement to safeguard and protect children from significant harm. Collate and analyse health information in relation to risk of significant harm to contribute to multi-agency decision making to safeguard and protect children. Facilitate interpretation of health information in relation to safeguarding risks within own scope of practice. Liaise with health colleagues/other health agencies where necessary and to support their attendance at strategy meetings for cases already open to them. To actively gather, share information and participate in strategy discussions for cases that are not open to CCS currently. Facilitate expert health advice/interpretation of health information where necessary to ensure health specific risk is fully understood and considered in decision making to safeguard children. Signpost multi-agency colleagues to appropriate relevant health staff within the health system to seek information not readily available to CCS through SystmOne as necessary. Support MASH Lead nurse in multi-agency audit and Joint Venture audits. Liaise with health partners to share information and outcomes from MASH enquiries and Strategy meetings as appropriate. Main Duties and Responsibilities To manage and analyse highly complex information to appropriately inform strategy meetings and risk assessments within the MASH. Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust: delivering excellence in children and young people’s health services. Ensure the Named Professional/safeguarding team specialist nurses are aware of serious cases involving CCS and Datix system is utilised to consider learning within the Trust services. Participate in MASH management meetings to ensure continued health contribution in the development of the MASH function. To highlight concerns regarding practice to the appropriate named professional within the provider organisation or directly with the ICB Designated Nurse in the case of primary care. Ensure the health team has access and share health records for children as per MASH Information Sharing Agreement and act as a conduit for information sharing between the health economy and MASH in the case of children and as appropriate parents, or carers. Contribute to the evaluation of MASH processes from a health perspective to ensure safe and appropriate information sharing within the MASH and across the wider health economy. To contribute to regular audit of referrals to Children’s Social Care from the Health System To maintain high standards of record keeping and documentation on cases where information has been shared. To ensure regular safeguarding supervision is accessed as per the CCS Safeguarding Supervision Policy Communication To establish good working relationships and work collaboratively with other agencies including social care and other health care providers. Participate in case and strategy discussions and inform decision making regarding thresholds and risk. Contribute to the safe and effective running of the health contribution to the MASH service in a timely manner, utilising resources efficiently. To promote effective safe communication networks between health agencies and social care. To maintain a clear focus of health’s role and offer professional challenge to support resolution of professional disagreements and disputes as needed. Undertake Audit where required to assist the Lead Nurse in providing appropriate data to contribute to quality assurance of MASH activity. Support the lead nurse to provide appropriate data as required by the MASH Operational group. The post holder will receive safeguarding and clinical supervision from the within CCS Safeguarding Children Team and as required from the CCS Assistant Director of Safeguarding. The post holder is expected to work in collaboration with multi-agency partners to promote effective information sharing and assessment to contribute to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. To maintain knowledge and expertise on local and national policy in relation to safeguarding children. Ensures that own personal and professional development maintains a high level of expertise in relation to safeguarding children. People Management Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process. Clinical and Practice Governance Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies. The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with the NMC and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration. Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust. The post holder must participate in clinical and other audits as required Participate in safeguarding supervision on a regular basis The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team. Work collaboratively with partner agencies in maintaining good communication, joint working and providing advice on issues specific to health within the MASH. Ensure that equality and diversity principles are integral to all activities Equal Opportunities - We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Disability Confident Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). All sites are Smoke Free. If you need this application in an offline format, please let us know. Immigration Status – East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is a diverse employer and welcomes all job applications. However, potential applicants should note that although the Trust is registered with the Home Office as a sponsor organisation for migrant workers, sponsorship can only be offered against eligible roles. If you are an applicant from outside the UK and do not already hold a self-gained right to work, we recommend you check the Home Office eligibility requirements before making an application. Please note: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system. Our safe recruitment pre-employment checks are undertaken before an appointment is confirmed and may include a DBS check. Where the role requires you to drive, we'll ask you to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA. Redeployment - Please note that in the first instance priority for this vacancy will be given to staff who are on the Trusts Redeployment Register. Closing and Interview Dates -This vacancy may close early if sufficient applicants are received. Data Protection - A privacy notice detailing how we will handle your data is attached to this advert as a document. Your application will be transferred to our recruitment management system (Trac) once the advert has closed and you will receive notification then detailing how Trac will handle your data. Our safe recruitment pre-employment checks are undertaken before an appointment is confirmed and may include a DBS check. Where the role requires you to drive, we'll ask you to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA. In submitting an application, you authorise East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed. ALL CORRESPONDENCE will be via the e-mail address on your application form. If you have not been invited to interview within 2 weeks of the closing date, you unfortunately haven’t been successful on this occasion, but keep an eye on our vacancies as a job that’s just right for you may appear!