Head of Safeguarding & Vulnerabilities
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B31 2AP
Salary
£79,504 to £91,609
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 September 2026
4 days left
Job description
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As the Trust's senior professional safeguarding adviser, you will lead and develop a comprehensive safeguarding and vulnerabilities portfolio, including:
- Safeguarding Children and Adults
- Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Dementia Care
- Learning Disability and Autism
- Transition Services
- Domestic Abuse
- Modern Slavery
- PREVENT
- Persons in Positions of Trust (PiPoT)
- Public Protection and Vulnerability Programmes
You will provide strategic oversight of safeguarding governance, ensuring robust systems are in place to identify, monitor, escalate and learn from safeguarding concerns, incidents and statutory reviews. Working closely with executive colleagues, clinical leaders and system partners, you will ensure safeguarding remains embedded in every aspect of patient care and organisational decision-making.
Leading a highly respected Safeguarding and Vulnerabilities Team, you will foster a culture of professional curiosity, learning, compassion and accountability. You will provide expert guidance on complex safeguarding issues and ensure high-quality safeguarding supervision, education, quality assurance and support arrangements are in place across the Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence safeguarding strategy at organisational, local and system level. You will represent the Trust across safeguarding partnerships and Integrated Care System forums, helping to shape policy, drive innovation and ensure learning translates into meaningful improvements for patients and staff.
You will join an ambitious senior nursing team committed to delivering outstanding care, promoting a culture of safety and ensuring that safeguarding remains everyone's business.
If you are an inspirational leader with the vision, expertise and determination to drive excellence across the safeguarding and vulnerabilities agenda, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now and help us make a difference to the lives of our patients, families and communities.
Informal Enquiries For an informal discussion about the role, please contact:
Nicola BrockieChief Nurse & Director of Safeguarding and Vulnerabilities
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.
Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we're always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.
The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace. Flexible working requests will be considered.
The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.
If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.
Qualifcation
Essential
- Degree in healthcare related subject:
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor or School Nurse qualification) - Post graduate qualifications and experience equivalent to Masters level or significant experience of working in safeguarding Adults - Managerial experience in safeguarding adults
- Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife.
- Evidence of current ongoing training and development in safeguarding services
- Evidence of significant experience working with safeguarding partners such as ICBs, LA, Police and VSCP
Desirable
- Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in a senior role within safeguarding
- Extensive relevant NHS experience at senior level (Band 8a or above), including managing staff
- Operational experience in working with vulnerable adults / adult protection
Skills
Essential
- Experience of taking part in Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs), Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPRs), Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs), Serious Incident Reviews (SIRs), and LeDeR reviews, with in-depth knowledge of their purpose, processes, and contribution to improving safeguarding practice and outcomes for children, adults, and families.
- Experience of producing high-quality court reports as part of safeguarding practice, presenting clear, evidence based analysis and professional recommendations to support legal proceedings and promote the safety and welfare of children and adults at risk
- Intuitive, good judgment and the ability to communicate thoughts clearly and simply
Desirable
- Health and safety knowledge current
Professional
Essential
- Provide leadership for safeguarding and vulnerabilities across the Trust, ensuring statutory and contractual responsibilities are effectively discharged.
- Act as the Trust's senior specialist lead for safeguarding children, safeguarding adults, mental capacity, deprivation of liberty safeguards, learning disability and autism, mental health, dementia, transition, domestic abuse, PREVENT, PIPOT, modern slavery and wider vulnerability agendas.
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First seen
25 August 2026
Last checked
27 August 2026
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