Adult Safeguarding Administrator Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust inSouthport inSouthport PUBLISHED
THU 9 JAN 2025
Opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable adults through effective safeguarding administration.
A supportive and collaborative work environment within a reputable NHS Trust, known for its dedication to patient care.
Exposure to a wide range of professional interactions with clinical, nursing, and management staff, enhancing your networking skills.
Role flexibility allowing for diverse administrative responsibilities, which can contribute to personal and professional growth.
Access to continued professional development and training opportunities within the NHS framework.
Contribution to significant local health initiatives, helping to ensure safety and quality of care for a large population.
The Adult Safeguarding Administrator at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will play a crucial role in supporting the Safeguarding Adults Team at the Southport Hospital site. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive administrative services, including processing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications, taking minutes at meetings, and managing data collection. The position requires excellent communication skills for interacting with various stakeholders, including external organisations and internal staff, while maintaining high standards of confidentiality and flexibility.
In addition to administrative responsibilities, the role includes maintaining accurate databases, preparing correspondence, and contributing data for audits and reports related to safeguarding. The administrator will support the delivery of efficient services while prioritizing patient safety and may be required to provide cross-cover support for other administrative personnel in safeguarding. Applicants are encouraged to apply early as the vacancy may close sooner than anticipated if a sufficient number of applications are received.
In addition to administrative responsibilities, the role includes maintaining accurate databases, preparing correspondence, and contributing data for audits and reports related to safeguarding. The administrator will support the delivery of efficient services while prioritizing patient safety and may be required to provide cross-cover support for other administrative personnel in safeguarding. Applicants are encouraged to apply early as the vacancy may close sooner than anticipated if a sufficient number of applications are received.
An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen to join the safeguarding adults team at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust working at the Southport Hospital site.
The post holder will provide a comprehensive, professional and effective administrative service to the team, including the processing of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications . The role will also include taking minutes at meetings and data collection. Flexibility and confidentiality are key requirements of this role and a calm and friendly manner when dealing with enquiries and external organisations.
Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
Provide comprehensive confidential administrative service to the Assistant Director of Nursing Safeguarding and the Safeguarding Adults Team, including the processing of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisations.
The role will include the necessitating of contacts with external bodies, clinical, nursing, management, executive and clerical staff.
Some cross cover may be required for the safeguarding adults and safeguarding children administrative support when colleagues are absent.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements
Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Clinical & Professional Responsibilities
To receive sometimes complex and highly sensitive communications on behalf of the Adults Safeguarding Team and be able to advice, prioritise and share information appropriately.
To attend team and departmental meetings as necessary.
To always work in a flexible way to enable delivery of the services.
To undertake any other routine duties that may be required and are appropriate to the post holders band, experience, and competence.
Administrative Responsibilities
To provide a comprehensive administrative service to the Adults Safeguarding Team and Associate Director of Safeguarding.
To maintain the administration of the services, including maintaining databases, data input, ensuring all data held is accurate and kept up to date.
Confident use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other IT programmes as required.
To be responsible for processing the daily Deprivation of Liberty Authorisations and maintaining the relevant databases.
Retrieve patient information as directed by the Safeguarding Team to support information sharing as required with the Local Authority and partners.
To prepare letters, e-mails, and general communications.
To prepare and distribute agendas for meeting, take minutes of meeting, distribute minutes and other papers.
To receive communication in relation to Trust meetings attended by the above leads.
To assist in the development of policies and protocols relevant to the services.
Provide data for the quarterly and annual returns for local Safeguarding Adult Boards, the Integrated Care Board, and the Care Quality Commission.
Teaching & Training Responsibilities
To support the team in working towards the most cost-effective service always prioritising patient safety.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
To provide data that contributes to the Safeguarding audits.
To support the delivery of audit and survey material.
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Jan 2025
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.
The post holder will provide a comprehensive, professional and effective administrative service to the team, including the processing of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications . The role will also include taking minutes at meetings and data collection. Flexibility and confidentiality are key requirements of this role and a calm and friendly manner when dealing with enquiries and external organisations.
Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
Provide comprehensive confidential administrative service to the Assistant Director of Nursing Safeguarding and the Safeguarding Adults Team, including the processing of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisations.
The role will include the necessitating of contacts with external bodies, clinical, nursing, management, executive and clerical staff.
Some cross cover may be required for the safeguarding adults and safeguarding children administrative support when colleagues are absent.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements
Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Clinical & Professional Responsibilities
To receive sometimes complex and highly sensitive communications on behalf of the Adults Safeguarding Team and be able to advice, prioritise and share information appropriately.
To attend team and departmental meetings as necessary.
To always work in a flexible way to enable delivery of the services.
To undertake any other routine duties that may be required and are appropriate to the post holders band, experience, and competence.
Administrative Responsibilities
To provide a comprehensive administrative service to the Adults Safeguarding Team and Associate Director of Safeguarding.
To maintain the administration of the services, including maintaining databases, data input, ensuring all data held is accurate and kept up to date.
Confident use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other IT programmes as required.
To be responsible for processing the daily Deprivation of Liberty Authorisations and maintaining the relevant databases.
Retrieve patient information as directed by the Safeguarding Team to support information sharing as required with the Local Authority and partners.
To prepare letters, e-mails, and general communications.
To prepare and distribute agendas for meeting, take minutes of meeting, distribute minutes and other papers.
To receive communication in relation to Trust meetings attended by the above leads.
To assist in the development of policies and protocols relevant to the services.
Provide data for the quarterly and annual returns for local Safeguarding Adult Boards, the Integrated Care Board, and the Care Quality Commission.
Teaching & Training Responsibilities
To support the team in working towards the most cost-effective service always prioritising patient safety.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
To provide data that contributes to the Safeguarding audits.
To support the delivery of audit and survey material.
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Jan 2025
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.
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