Senior Professional for Adult Safeguarding, Practice and Education

As Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults you will be the operational safeguarding lead for the hospital, promoting early identification and management of safeguarding concerns through leadership, expertise, education and best practice. You will:

o Act as the hospital's expert on safeguarding adults, including self-neglect, domestic abuse, the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and PREVENT.

o Take lead operational responsibility for MCA at hospital level, working with the Associate Director of Safeguarding at Group level.

o Line manage the hospital safeguarding adults team, including appraisals, supervision and professional development.

o Provide expert advice and support to clinical staff, ensuring concerns are reported and escalated through the right channels.

o Lead the dissemination and implementation of safeguarding policies, training and the annual audit schedule, in line with the Care Act 2014.

o Contribute to Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) and Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs), sharing learning and monitoring action plans with Directors of Nursing.

o Manage a delegated budget and represent the hospital at multi-agency conferences, panels and the local Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB)., The post holder is an integral member of the Whipps Cross safeguarding team. They will carry theNamed Nurse for Adult Safeguarding function for three days per week, working in job-sharepartnership with the substantive Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults to ensure continuoussenior safeguarding cover across the working week. For the remaining two days, the post holderwill support the development of the hospital's safeguarding practice working collaboratively withthe wider trust safeguarding professional team to achieve the trust all age safeguarding strategy.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.