A Vacancy at South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you an experienced professional with expertise in safeguarding and HR investigations? We are seeking a highly skilled subject matter expert to join our team on a bank basis, providing flexible support when required.
Key Responsibilities
* Chair safeguarding allegations against staff panels, ensuring thorough completion of risk assessments and recommendations to protect both staff and patient safety
* Monitor and report on investigation progress, advising the Trust to meet its statutory duties around safer recruitment and reporting to professional bodies, DBS, and statutory partners
* Provide expert advice to chairs of disciplinary panels and appeals, ensuring compliance with policy and best practice
* Act as a trusted advisor on complex cases, supporting robust decision-making and safeguarding standards
This is a bank role, offering flexibility and the opportunity to contribute your expertise when needed. If you have a strong background in safeguarding, HR investigations, and regulatory compliance, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits we offer
* Full training and support when you join and ongoing throughout your employment with us
* Holiday entitlement is 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
* Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme
* Access to continual professional development and opportunities within SCAS and the NHS
* Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme
* NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing
* Staff networking and support groups
About Us
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services.
The Trust delivers most of these services to the populations of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Sussex.
We serve a population of over 7 million and answer over 500,000 urgent calls a year. We employ 4,551 staff who, together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In SCAS, we know that colleagues who are cared for and valued are enabled to provide the right care, first time, every time. That is why we strive to foster a culture that balances fairness, compassion, learning and accountability; a ‘just and learning culture’.
The full details of the role are included in the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.
This advert closes on Thursday 20 Nov 2025
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