Safeguarding Adult Practitioner | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

7 days ago


Colchester, United Kingdom Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Overview We are currently recruiting to our Safeguarding Families team and are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and innovative individual to join our dynamic and forward thinking team as Safeguarding Adults Practitioner. The post holder will be a highly visible experienced practitioner, providing, with support from the Safeguarding Adults Lead, specialist knowledge and advice to all staff in the Trust and the community in all areas of Safeguarding Adults. With support from the Safeguarding Adults Lead you will provide the professional interface between hospital and community services with respect to the welfare of adults, providing a robust and safe communication system for the effective and timely flow of information between hospital and community health professionals and other agencies as appropriate. The Safeguarding Adult Specialist Practitioner will work closely with the wider safeguarding and complex health teams to ensure a holistic approach to the care of the most vulnerable patients and their families in delivering safeguarding advice, support, training and supervision. The hospital provides an efficient and effective liaison and expert screening system and you will be sharing information to the appropriate community staff where there are specific health, social or safety concerns. Responsibilities Apply knowledge to support positive clinical outcomes and compassionate care for patients who are experiencing abuse and/or harm from others. Promote best practice and evidence based approaches to safeguarding adults at risk. To support the co-ordination of care and safety planning for people who require support to ensure there are safe and to support clinical teams to follow these and respond to escalation in concerns. To support the delivery of training and education to staff when they work with adults at risk. About ESNEFT We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. Benefits and Working Here We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. How to Apply If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr



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