Specialist Health Practitioner-Safeguarding Children & Adult inWakefield inWakefield PUBLISHED MON 11 NOV 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled qualified nurse to join the dynamic and progressive Safeguarding Team at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (WYICB) Bradford place as a Specialist Health Practitioner for Safeguarding Children and Adults.

The Bradford place safeguarding team works in conjunction with the wider safeguarding teams across the West Yorkshire ICB and support the WY ICB consolidated safeguarding team to deliver its core purpose and functions. The successful candidate will work as a member of the Place based and wider ICB safeguarding team, with a specific focus on safeguarding children and adults across primary care.

The successful applicant will hold a relevant first level degree in a professionally related subject or equivalent and will have a in depth experience of safeguarding children and adults within health care and multi-agency settings.

The post holder will be required to work collaboratively with the Named GPs and GP Practice Safeguarding Leads, to support the development of safeguarding children and adults practice. Important aspects of the role will include supporting the development of safeguarding children and adults related training for ICB and Primary Care, facilitating projects to support relevant safeguarding quality improvement and quality assurance within Primary Care, acting as a resource, providing specialist safeguarding children and adults advice and support to primary care practitioners and staff. The post holder will support coordination of the primary care contribution to statutory safeguarding related reviews such as Domestic Homicide Reviews, Safeguarding Children Practice Reviews and Safeguarding Adult Reviews.

Applicants will need to demonstrate in depth knowledge of the legislative, policy and procedural context of safeguarding children, safeguarding adults and domestic and sexual violence at individual, organisational and system level. The ability to assess, analyse and make decisions on complex information and situations is essential. The successful applicant will be required to adopt a flexible approach to managing their workload and will be required to be a good team player, with excellent communication skills and experience of working with multi-agency partners. You will be joining a supportive team and friendly working environment, and we offer opportunities for development.

About us

To work as a member of the WY ICB Bradford District and Craven place safeguarding team, with a focus on safeguarding children and adults practice across primary care.

Act as a resource, providing specialist safeguarding children and adults advice to support primary care practitioners and staff.

This will involve working collaboratively with the Named GPs for both Safeguarding Adults, Safeguarding Childrens including GP Practice Safeguarding Leads, to support the development of safeguarding practice and ensure that primary care providers deliver on their statutory safeguarding responsibilities.

All post-holders within WY ICB Bradford District and Craven are expected to: contribute to working in the health and care system, manage and develop relationships, innovate, work across organisational boundaries, and serve the people of Bradford District & Craven from pre-conception to their death.

In undertaking your role in the WYICB, you will: Work in line with the health and wellbeing strategies for Bradford & North Yorkshire to deliver the Bradford District and Craven vision of happy, healthy at home.

Support the ICB to work as a key strategic partner in our local system and in the West Yorkshire and Harrogate ICS.

Support the WY ICB consolidated safeguarding team to deliver its core purpose and functions.

Please refer to the attached job description including person specification for more information regarding this position.