Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking an exceptional and highly motivated Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults to provide strategic leadership, expert professional advice and system-wide influence across West Yorkshire. This is a senior specialist role offering the opportunity to work at the forefront of safeguarding, commissioning, quality improvement and partnership working across health and social care systems., As the Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults, you will lead the strategic safeguarding adults agenda on behalf of the ICB, ensuring statutory safeguarding responsibilities are met and embedded across commissioning, quality and provider assurance functions. You will provide expert advice to senior leaders, commissioners, providers and multi-agency partners, influencing policy, strategy and practice across the West Yorkshire health and care system.

You will contribute to safeguarding adult reviews, domestic abuse related death reviews and investigations where there are complex safeguarding concerns, ensuring learning is translated into improvements in practice and system performance. You will lead on the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), seeking assurance of compliance, supporting policy development and promoting best practice across health and care organisations.

Due to organisational change, staff who are employed by NHS West Yorkshire ICB who are not confirmed in a post/are in the redeployment pool will have access to posts on a preferential basis