Designated Nurse/Professional Safeguarding Adults

The Designated Professional will provide expert advice and safeguarding and professional leadership to local health providers and partner agencies in relation to safeguarding adults at risk. They will support the effective delivery of the ICB's statutory safeguarding duties, working closely with the ICB Safeguarding Team to ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policy, and national standards.

The postholder will work in close partnership with Heads of Safeguarding to lead and manage the ICB Safeguarding Team, including Deputy Designated Nurses and Professionals and business support roles, promoting a culture of high quality practice, accountability, and continuous improvement.

The role will support improvements in the quality and provision of health services through collaboration across the Integrated Care System, including local authorities and health partners, ensuring that safeguarding and clinical governance policies, procedures, and best practice are understood and consistently applied. Working jointly with the Head of Safeguarding, the postholder will lead on quality assurance of safeguarding practice across the health economy, including oversight of safeguarding performance, and ensure there is robust evidence of learning and improvement arising from statutory safeguarding reviews.

To be a member of the infrastructure that supports each of the NHS C&M Safeguarding Adult Boards/ and Community Safety Partnerships and contribute from a health perspective to their work programmes which may include on occasion leading and Chairing a sub group for a set period of time.

To be a source of expert health advice for Named professionals across the health economy, and system partners on policy

To work closely with the Named GPs for NHS C&M to develop robust safeguarding adult arrangements across primary care services, including guidance and processes relating to Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery, PREVENT, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards etc.

To support the Partnership work at a strategic level in relation to Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery, PREVENT, and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

Leadership and advisory role

To work with the Heads of Safeguarding to provide strategic leadership and direction on all aspects of safeguarding adults to ensure that health service contributions are coordinated across the health economy in C&M.

To be accountable for the implementation of recommendations and evidence-based learning within the health system from Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews andwrite reports for the ICB and ICS on the outcome of this work. Alongside this, to take a system view by reviewing and evaluating the practice of all involved health professionals within the C&M area to identify good practice, differences in safeguarding practice and areas for improvement.

To ensure that high quality reports are submitted to statutory safeguarding reviews (DHRs and SARs) and to maintain the quality of reviews through supporting colleagues undertaking panel membership and quality assuring final reports to ensure the recommendations identified resolve system safeguarding issues

To lead and actively disseminate knowledge relating to safeguarding adults through publications, conference presentations and participation in local and national groups relevant to the safeguarding agenda, including system learning from audits and reviews.

To advise NHS C&M as strategic commissioners on identified risks where changes to safeguarding practice or service design could be made to improve the health and wellbeing of adults at risk in C&M.

To provide innovative clinical/professional leadership in the area of prevention, early identification and effective intervention for safeguarding adults across the ICS,

To represent NHS C&M nationally, regionally and locally on safeguarding work to raise the profile of NHS C&M and drive innovative practice.

To take an holistic think family approach to safeguarding by working closely with ICB safeguarding children colleagues and wider partners, identifying areas of commonality to inform joint strategic working and system development.

To provide advice to all organisations across the healthcare services on the implementation of an effective system of safeguarding adults through audits, training, and supervision.

To advise contracting colleagues within the ICB on requirements for safeguarding in line with legislation and statutory guidance to ensure that quality schedules and contracts reflect what is required by healthcare providers.

To lead on organisational safeguarding issues relating to adults at risk, working closely with the local authority and the All age Continuing Healthcare Team within the ICB. Analysing this work to identify trends and themes to improve practice and prevent future safeguarding incidents.

Co-ordination, communication, and liaison

To work with other professionals within the ICB Safeguarding Team to agree team responsibilities and leadership of work programmes.

To adopt and support a place-based approach to safeguarding, where possible and with the support of team members, by liaising and working with the place Boards/Partnerships or neighbourhood teams that make up the wider system to build safeguarding capability and capacity within these place-based arrangements.

To build strong working relationships with other Designated Professionals for Safeguarding Adults, and attend national and regional forums for peer support and continued professional development

To build and maintain close working relationships with other key adult safeguarding professionals working in the health economy, sharing ideas, risks, and information to strategically plan a direction of travel with the Heads of Safeguarding.

To work jointly with the ICB colleagues from the AACC Team to ensure that, where appropriate, care for adults is integrated and coordinated around their needs and the needs of their families. The post-holder will advocate for the safeguarding and wellbeing of adults of risk and their families to deliver better, more effective, joined-up services.

Take a partnership approach to working with system partners by contributing to the C&M wide strategy to promote the safeguarding adults agenda from a health perspective, ensuring that as a strategic commissioner safeguarding is understood and included in strategy and planning.

To support the Heads of Safeguarding to ensure that all healthcare organisations across the system have appropriate policies, processes, training, and audits in place that aim to safeguard adults at risk. These should also be in line with partnership arrangements and priorities for the local area, therefore there is a need to adopt a system and place-based approach.

To write efficient and evidence based written reports for the ICB and system, with the support of Heads of Safeguarding, that detail how the work undertaken by the health safeguarding community of practice is making a difference to the lives of adults living in C&M.

To make a positive contribution to the ICBs Safeguarding Annual report and any other reports required as the Strategic lead for Safeguarding Adults.

To interpret and analyse safeguarding qualitative and quantative data into high level reports and presentations

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside serves a population of over 2.7 million people across nine localities, working with 16 NHS provider organisations, 51 Primary Care Networks, local authorities and voluntary sector partners.

We are proud of Cheshire and Merseyside's record of collaborative working and there are countless examples of brilliant care, but there are also examples of variation in service which only serve to exacerbate health inequalities.

Our vision is for everyone in Cheshire and Merseyside to have a great start in life and get the support they need to stay healthy and live longer.

We will do this by working together, as equal partners, to support seamless, person-centred care and tackle health inequalities by improving the lives of the poorest fastest.

Our values are rooted in the NHS Constitution, and we strive to create a compassionate, collaborative and innovative culture where staff can thrive and make a real difference to local communities.

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