Named Nurse for Safeguarding ChildrenNHS

Job summary

The post holder will undertake the role of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children for Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust.

The post holder will support the Trust Safeguarding Lead to provide leadership in working strategically across the Trust facilitating safeguarding service development, education and training to all Trust staff. The post holder will significantly contribute to the review, development and delivery of the long-term strategic plan for safeguarding children in line with Trust values.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will offer expertise and specialist advice and support staff Trust wide, regarding safeguarding issues.

The post holder will provide assurance to the Chief Nurse and Head of Safeguarding on matters relating to safeguarding children and the Trust's organisational responsibility with regard CQC and Section 11 responsibilities (Children Act 2004).

The post holder will support Trust wide policy development in key areas of practice e.g. child protection supervision that relates to Safeguarding of Children. The post holder will work closely with the Designated Professionals and partner agencies, contributing to the development of the wider safeguarding agenda.

The post holder will work closely with the Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Adults in relation to allegations against staff and the Named Midwife in relation to highly complex midwifery cases.

The post includes the role and responsibilities of the Named Nurse as detailed in "Working Together to Safeguard Children" (2026), The Children Acts (1989 and 2004) and "Safeguarding Children and Young People, Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff" (2006). This includes working to implement safeguarding partnership strategy for the safeguarding of children representing the Trust in interagency forums.

The role holder will manage the Child Sexual Assault Assessment Service (CSAAS) which is co-located with the Safeguarding Children Team. This management role is currently under review due to NHSE contract changes.

Job description

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.

We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.