Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children

This is an exciting opportunity to join NHS Greater Manchester and play a key role in shaping safeguarding for children and young people across one of the largest integrated care systems in England.

As a strategic commissioning organisation, NHS GM is responsible for improving quality, safety and outcomes for its population, with safeguarding at the heart of its commissioning, assurance and quality improvement responsibilities.

The post holder will support the Associate Director of Safeguarding in ensuring NHS GM meets its statutory safeguarding duties and delivers effective safeguarding leadership across the system. Bringing significant safeguarding expertise and professional credibility, the successful candidate will work collaboratively with commissioners, providers, local authorities, safeguarding partnerships and wider system partners to strengthen safeguarding arrangements and improve outcomes for children and families.

As the Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children, the post holder will provide expert leadership, advice and assurance in line with statutory guidance and national best practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced safeguarding leader to influence policy, commissioning and practice at scale, helping to ensure that children and young people across GM are safeguarded and supported to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Main duties of the job

Provide designated expertise, support and advice into the safeguarding leadership team in overseeing delivery of the statutory safeguarding children functions and including statutory reviews.

Present the findings of reviews to NHS GM and NHS England as well as other relevant partners ensuring recommendations are implemented.

Where necessary be the contact point for statutory partners (Local Authorities and the Police) Attend strategic meetings across the safeguarding partnership arrangements representing NHS GM and be the recognised as part of the system leadership for safeguarding.

Manage agreed local and system wide work areas, working with other designated and safeguarding professionals.

Support and advise colleagues in the clinical assessment and care of children, young people and adults at risk where there are safeguarding/child protection concerns, as part of own clinical role, while being clear about other's personal clinical professional accountability.

Support and advise other professionals on the management of all forms of child maltreatment, including relevant legal frameworks and documentation.

Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.