Specialist Practitioner Safeguarding Adults

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
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 (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.

**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

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**Employer certification / accreditation badges**:
**Applicant requirements**:

- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.