Specialist Practitioner Safeguarding Adults

**Job overview**:
**Job Title**:Specialist Nurse / Practitioner for Safeguarding adults

**Band**:7***

**Reports to**:Named Practitioner for Safeguarding Adults***

**Responsible to**:Assistant Director of Nursing: Safeguarding Adults

**Base/Department: Rochdale/Bury Care Organisation**

**Main purpose of job**:
The post holder will report to the Named Practitioner for safeguarding adults across The Northern Care alliance and that the required operational and service quality standards are achieved.

The post holder will support the Named Nurse in the operational delivery, service development and monitoring of the statutory and regulatory Safeguarding adults duties as outlined within the Care Act 2014

The post holder will provide high quality “hands on” clinical presence, specialist advice and training to staff in relation to
- Safeguarding adults
- Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) 2009
- Associated continuous professional development and service requirements as identified by the Named Nurse

**Main duties of the job**:
The post holder will provide effective leadership and on-going direction to safeguarding colleagues in order to meet CQC Standards of Care, regulatory and commissioning contractual requirements.

The post holder will work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders involved in safeguarding adults activity in order to promote effective partnership working. This will involve a high degree of effective coordination, communication, networking and liaison to establish and maintain good working relationships within health and other agencies both locally and more widely.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Job Specification attached**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Professional qualification in Health or Social Care with current registration with relevant professional bodt
- Relevant 1st level degree qualification or evidence of relevant experience
- Knowledge of the Safeguarding adults agenda with the NHS, knowledge on the implications of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in health
- Have substantial safeguarding experience at Band 6 (or equivalent) or above.
- Expert working knowledge of key legislation and health policy relating Safeguarding adults

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience in working with complex adult safeguarding cases and understanding of adult safeguarding procedures
- Working towards a Masters level degree or evidence of relevant experiential learning.
- Managing groups / stakeholders in conflict

**Job Specification attached**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Professional qualification in health or social care with current registration with the relevant professional body
- Relevant 1st level degree qualification or evidence of relevant experience
- Knowledge of the Safeguarding adults agenda with the NHS, knowledge on the implications of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in health
- Have substantial safeguarding experience at Band 6 (or equivalent) or above.
- Expert working knowledge of key legislation and health policy relating Safeguarding adults

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience in working with complex adult safeguarding cases and understanding of adult safeguarding procedures
- Working towards a Masters level degree or evidence of relevant experiential learning.
- Managing groups / stakeholders in conflict
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommod