Safeguarding Exploitation Health Lead
Surrey and Sussex ICB
Lewes, BN7 2FZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 November 2026
10 days leftJob description
Please note that if you are applying for this role as an internal secondment from a permanent Surrey and Sussex ICB role, you will need to have confir...
With the support of the ICB and wider safeguarding team, act as a lead for exploitation across the health system, ensuring and co-ordinating health representation and engagement within the exploitation agenda, and all relevant risk assessment and relevant meetings.
Support the Head of Safeguarding, Designated Professionals and wider team to ensure that the exploitation workstream is planned and managed effectively and take the lead in assisting in their successful delivery.
Work closely with the Safeguarding Children Partnerships, (and Safeguarding Adult Boards as needed), to continually improve safeguarding arrangements regarding exploitation across the health economy in partnership with a range of agencies and services, including the Local Authorities and Police
Lead and coordinate the NHS health economy activity to prevent, identify and respond to exploitation.
Act as the NHS safeguarding lead and subject-matter expert for exploitation and maintain awareness of emerging issues, legislation, policy and best practice.
Ensure organisational awareness of exploitation and its relationship with wider safeguarding processes.
The job description is an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role, and the job specification is an outline of the skills, experience and qualities needed. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Directorate and ICB.
The Integrated Care Board (ICB) has the responsibility to decide what health services are needed in Surrey and Sussex and set out how they'll be provided, making sure hospitals, primary care, and other services work together, rather than in silos, for the benefit of everyone in the community. NHS Surrey Heartlands and Sussex ICB achieve this by working in partnership with local health and care organisations, staff, patients, carers, families and the public, to support three million people across Surrey and Sussex to live healthier lives.
Together, we have an ambitious vision for improving health and care services across Surrey and Sussex. We are working to: - Improve health and care outcomes for everyone, with a focus on preventing ill health andproactive care. - Tackle inequalities to reduce unfair gaps in access, experience, and outcomes. - Get better value from our services by enhancing productivity and value for money. - Support local communities to grow and thrive through social and economic development.
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Hold current clinical registration and membership of relevant professional body.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level qualification in relevant subject or significant experience of working in specialist area
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a multi-agency environment
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of managing risks and reporting
- Experience of drafting briefing papers, reports and correspondence at a system wide level
- Understanding of the public sector and multi-agencies within the system
Desirable: - oDemonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Numerate and able to understand complex issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal and multi-agency processes and procedures
Communication & Relationship Skills
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
Planning Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Physical Skills
Essential: - oWorking knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
Equality and Diversity
Essential: - oUnderstanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
Autonomy
Essential
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Other
Essential
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- Used to working in a busy environment
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Effective organiser
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management
- Ability to demonstrate the NHS and ICS values and behaviours in all aspects of work and interactions with colleagues, stakeholders, patients and service users.
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
19 October 2026
Last checked
21 October 2026
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