Designated Lead Safeguarding Nurse

Safeguarding functions as outlined in the Safeguarding Accountability and

Assurance Framework.

ensure that all commissioned and contracted services adhere to the safeguarding

specialist advice and safeguarding leadership in the delivery of key

improvements.

impact on children, adults and families.

Partnerships in the delivery of their multi-agency safeguarding arrangements

and improvement plans, leading and coordinating key pieces of work supporting

the LSP and DSP

fully to ensure that the effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements is

understood.

organisation and ensure delivery

1.

meets all statutory safeguarding duties as defined in related documents

including the Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework (SAAF) 2024,

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023, Intercollegiate Documents for

Children and Adults 20025 and all relevant legislation including:Children Act 1989

and 2004;Care Act 2014;Mental Capacity

Act 2005 and Liberty Protection Safeguards (when implemented);NHS Act 2006;Domestic Abuse

Duty 2023

Ensuring that the

NHS can take forward the Safeguarding reforms being implemented as part of the

Family First Partnership Programme.

Strategic Leadership

1.

Director for Safeguarding and Partnerships in the statutory delivery for

Safeguarding Adults and Children designated functions for a defined Place and

for related workstreams at Place and System.

2.

Act as the expert

professional advisor to the Local Safeguarding Partnership and Board on

safeguarding matters related to health.

3.

Act as the expert

professional advisor to the ICB on safeguarding matters including risks,

priorities and statutory compliance.

4.

Act as the expert

professional advisor across the health economy as required.

5.

commissioning to ensure that safeguarding is embedded in all services, quality

and transformation programmes.

6.

Support the

Associate Director for Safeguarding and Partnerships in the interpretation of national

policy and legislation relating to safeguarding.

7.

Lead and support

the development of Policy and Procedures related to safeguarding.

8.

Direct and

support innovation and ensure efficiency and productivity is achieved in

safeguarding through effective working at Place.

9.

leadership and direction on key safeguarding areas as part of the wider

portfolio supporting other safeguarding nurses.

10.

Responsible as

line manager for a delivery of statutory safeguarding functions at place, line

management of the specialist safeguarding nurse and for wider delivery of

agreed safeguarding portfolio priorities across the footprint including

devising of training fir safeguarding.

Quality

1.

Support NHSE and

the ICB in the system assurance processes relating to NHS Provider

organisations in line with the NHSE Quality Strategy and including a range of

Safeguarding Tools including SCAT and SCRT.

2.

safeguarding is addressed as part of the service specifications, contract

performance measures and service level agreements with provider organisations,

and in the review of their on-going performance.

3.

Provide assurance

to the ICB Board that all commissioned and contracted providers meet statutory

safeguarding requirements as outlined within the SAAF.

4.

Lead safeguarding

elements of quality assurance including contract

monitoring; quality schedules;CQC interface;Serious Incident

oversight

5.

Ensure providers

meet safeguarding standards through contractual monitoring, quality schedules

and serious incident oversight.

6.

Analyse

safeguarding data, themes and intelligence to identify system risks and drive

improvement.

7.

Ensure learning

from reviews (SARS, CSPRS, DARDR, CDOPs) is embedded across the system.

8.

Develop

approaches to evidence impact and outcome of interventions to improve

safeguarding practice.

Partnership

1.

Represent the ICB

atSafeguarding

Partnerships

2.

Ensure effective

Multi-Agency Arrangements are in place including information sharing.

3.

Provide expert

health input into multiagency safeguarding reviews as required.

1.

Provide expert

safeguarding advice as required within the ICB and with all stakeholders.

2.

Support and

contribute information, give advice to help resolve complex enquiries that may

have legal, ethical and professional implications.

3.

Intelligence to support commissioners with safeguarding performance and population

risk indicators to inform commissioning decisions and monitoring frameworks.

4.

Provide up to

date specialist advice to support safeguarding related policy development

5.

Provide

specialist advice on complex

safeguarding cases involving all forms of abuse;Mental Capacity

and Deprivation of Liberty;Domestic Abuse;Exploitation (CSE,

CCE, Modern slavery)

6.

safeguarding oversight.

7.

Supporting system

resilience.

Learning, improvement

and Governance

1.

Leading and

supporting safeguarding innovation and transformation.

2.

Ensure learning from

incidents, audits and all reviews is translated into practice and system

improvements includingSafeguarding

Related Death Reviews

3.

Maintain

oversight of learning implementation from all reviews.

4.

governance framework including safeguarding related policies, procedures and

audit.

5.

Produce high

quality safeguarding reports for the ICB, SABS and SCPs.

6.

Ensure accurate

and timely completion of SCRT.

7.

Maintain

oversight of safeguarding risks and ensure timely escalation.

Workforce Development

1.

Ensure training

aligns with Intercollegiate Documents.

2.

Provide and

receive supervision allowing for reflection and restoration.

3. Provide

professional leadership to Named and Specialist Safeguarding professionals

across the system.

4.

Support primary

care with safeguarding advice.

Integrated Care Board (ICB) brings together the NHS, local councils and voluntary

sector partners to support 2.7 million people. Our vision is to make the area the

healthiest place to live and work by improving life chances and reducing

inequalities.

As an employee, you will demonstrate our system

values, champion inclusion and help address health inequalities

so everyone can thrive. In return, the ICB offers a

supportive, ambitious and inclusive workplace, with opportunities to develop and work with partners to

deliver meaningful change.

The ICB is committed to a workforce that reflects

the population of Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull. We promote

equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from everyone who meets the role criteria, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or

sexual orientation.

The ICB is a registered Disability Confident

Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will shortlist suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Employees formally notified that they are at risk

of redundancy within the organisation will receive priority consideration for

this vacancy if they meet the roles

essential requirements. This supports redeployment and helps

minimise compulsory redundancies.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential: - A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas

Skills and Abilities

Autonomy

Qualifications

Desirable: - Leadership/ Management Qualification; - Additional Safeguarding qualification; - Experience in commissioning; - Experience in quality assurance

Mobility

Essential: - Ability to travel to sites across the cluster as required

Experience

Desirable: - Experience of working in the NHS in addition to another sector; - Experience of directly line managing a team

Personal Qualities