Job summary

The Safeguarding Specialist role is an exciting opportunity to develop your professional practice, and leadership skills

This role will support the adults safeguarding agenda but the ethos of our Safeguarding Team is that all specialists cross-cover in the absence of colleagues, so you should expect to develop a working knowledge of other safeguarding sub-specialities.

Main duties of the job

To be a clinician for safeguarding in the Trust working in collaboration with the safeguarding team
Provide visible, accessible clinical safeguarding support in all areas of the Trust where adults are patients.
Support the team in the Provision data to clinical divisions on a monthly basis to guide their clinical practice and inform management decisions.
Provide Trust wide advice and consultation on all aspects of safeguarding including Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Coordinate with other safeguarding specialists
Produce chronologies for all Serious Adult Reviews, Multi-Agency Reviews and serious incidents and co-produce chronologies for Domestic Homicide Reviews with Safeguarding Specialist in Domestic Abuse.
Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to less experienced/ non registered and new staff at all times

About us

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Date posted

15 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum, plus of 5% high cost area supplement

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

292-6967433-CORP

Job locations

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the attached Job description and person specification. These will be available to download at anytime.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the attached Job description and person specification. These will be available to download at anytime.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
United Kingdom recognised Degree in a healthcare profession
Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment

Desirable

Previous training in MCA and DoLS (over and above mandatory training)
Previous experience of safeguarding

Skills

Essential

Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
Excellent presentational, communication and interpersonal skills
Able to maintain and develop standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team and Head of Safeguarding
Able to use clinical reasoning skills and techniques to assess patients considered to lack capacity, investigate fully and establish whether DoLs justified
Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice.
Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective Safeguarding practice
Able to effectively and appropriately respond to escalation of concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
Tenacity to pursue goals energetically and succeed despite resistance
Strong, professional leadership qualities, assertive and self-confident individual
Ability to lead, manage and motivate all staff within sphere of responsibility
Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative and prioritise workload

Desirable

Up to date with professional issues that influence healthcare-based MCA practice.
Able to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to MCA, DoLS and safeguarding
Able to question and challenge MCA practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved

personal Qualities

Essential

Enthusiastic and self-aware
Creative and Flexible approach to working
Resilient under pressure
Team focused
Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable

Trust Values

Essential

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
United Kingdom recognised Degree in a healthcare profession
Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment

Desirable

Previous training in MCA and DoLS (over and above mandatory training)
Previous experience of safeguarding

Skills

Essential

Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
Excellent presentational, communication and interpersonal skills
Able to maintain and develop standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team and Head of Safeguarding
Able to use clinical reasoning skills and techniques to assess patients considered to lack capacity, investigate fully and establish whether DoLs justified
Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice.
Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective Safeguarding practice
Able to effectively and appropriately respond to escalation of concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
Tenacity to pursue goals energetically and succeed despite resistance
Strong, professional leadership qualities, assertive and self-confident individual
Ability to lead, manage and motivate all staff within sphere of responsibility
Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative and prioritise workload

Desirable

Up to date with professional issues that influence healthcare-based MCA practice.
Able to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to MCA, DoLS and safeguarding
Able to question and challenge MCA practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved

personal Qualities

Essential

Enthusiastic and self-aware
Creative and Flexible approach to working
Resilient under pressure
Team focused
Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable

Trust Values

Essential

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

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