Safeguarding Adult Nurse

To hold a supportive role in promoting good professional safeguarding practice within the safeguarding team at Gateshead. To support the safeguarding lead with the provision of education and training to clinical staff, demonstrating a high degree of professional nursingskill, competency, and knowledge in Safeguarding practice within the safeguarding adult's team at Gateshead., Lead the provision of specialist clinical knowledge and advice to other nursing staff, the wider multi-professional team, allied health professionals, patients and their families/carers and partner organisations.? Lead the provision of education and training for nursing and allied healthprofessionals, including health promotion.? The post holder will take a lead role within a team who, in collaboration with the multi-professional team co-ordinate and develop pathways for patients who require safeguarding.? Work collaboratively with the wider safeguarding teams to embed the 'Think Family;' approach.? Work with the Trust safeguarding team and Local authority safeguarding teams to support the implementation of the multi-agency safeguarding procedures.

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.