Designated Safeguarding Nurse

Ensure the ICB 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

and 2004

2005 and Liberty Protection Safeguards (when implemented)

2021

undertaking delegated responsibilities from the Lead Designated Nurse in your

area

quality oversight

across a range of multi-agency safeguarding boards and partnership arrangements

to deliver effective safeguarding and key priorities and service improvements.

advice across a range of safeguarding matters to support ICB staff in

contracting, commissioning, quality roles, health economy staff in a range of

strategic and operational roles and multiagency partners

analytics colleagues to integrate safeguarding performance and population risk

indicators into commissioning decisions and monitoring frameworks.

Please refer to the full job description and person specification attached.

You will be

accountable for supporting the Designated Nurse for Safeguarding to

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

Mental Capacity

Act 2005 and Liberty Protection Safeguards (when implemented)

1.

Undertake delegated responsibilities in respect of the designated nurse

function for safeguarding children and children looked after and adults.

2.

In collaboration with the Designated Nurse foster excellent working relationships, at a senior level,

on matters relating to strategic direction and policy interpretation and

implementation of safeguarding

3.

Establish links with regional and national networks in relation to

safeguarding processes and review to inform future developments.

4.

With the Designated Nurse provide timely and accurate translation and interpretation

of national policy and legislation relating to safeguarding, putting this into

context to enable policy and procedure development across the health service.

1.

Support the Designated Nurse in developing, implementing and evaluating systems and

processes, which provide the ICBs with assurance that commissioned services,

have in place appropriate safeguarding arrangements.

2.

Actively participate in use of the Safeguarding Commissioning Assurance

Toolkit (safeguarding-CAT), oversee compliance audits, and ensure provider

services meet SAAF indicators

3.

Partake in ICB commissioner assurance visits and clinical quality

assurance mechanisms to ensure that safeguarding is considered.

4.

Advise and ensure that there is input of safeguarding expertise in the

development of service specifications, contract performance measures and

service level agreements with provider organisations, and in the review of

their on-going performance.

1.

Deputise for the Designated Nurses at multi-agency partnership meetings

including Safeguarding Childrens Partnerships and Adult board its subgroups

and other safeguarding / partnership meetings as appropriate e.g. Domestic

1.

Provide safeguarding/child/adult protection and Mental Capacity Act health

advice on policy development and case management to the ICB, commissioned

services and partner agencies

2.

Support commissioned services and primary care in developing and

updating safeguarding policies and procedures in line with appropriate

legislation, local and national guidance.

3.

Support and contribute information, give advice to help resolve complex

enquiries that may have legal, ethical and professional implications

4.

Collaborate with Business Intelligence and analytics colleagues to

integrate safeguarding performance and population risk indicators into

commissioning decisions and monitoring frameworks.

Learning,

improvement and Governance

1.

Interpret and clearly communicate the highly sensitive health findings

from serious case and learning lessons reviews, domestic homicide and LeDer to

senior managers and staff within the multi-agency forum and other forums as

required.

2.

To ensure the learning and outcomes of the Health component from Local

and National Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews/Learning Lessons

Reviews/Domestic Homicide Reviews and LeDer are disseminated to safeguarding

professionals

3.

Lead or participate in case reviews and have oversight of complex cases,

liaising with partner organisations as appropriate to provide employees with

updates in respect of safeguarding adult investigations/enquiries

Workforce Development

1.

Maintain professional registration and highly specialised clinical

2.

Provide and receive formal reflective/restorative

supervision sessions, professionally documented, to support clinical

decision-making and mitigate isolation.

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.

Skills and Abilities

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential: - Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles; - Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act

Experience

Desirable: - Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

Personal Qualities

Qualifications

Mobility

Essential: - Car driver / owner or reasonable alternative

Autonomy