Paediatric Safeguarding Specialist Nurse

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Paediatric Safeguarding Specialist Nurse.

The closing date is 09 October 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Children's Safeguarding Team as a Band 7 specialist nurse advisor.

We are looking for an experienced paediatric nurse or SCPHN to support Trust staff in safeguarding children through providing training, advice and support and safeguarding supervision.

This is a part time role but is shared with another team member to create a full time post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is a recognised expert in safeguarding children and is responsible for supporting staff to identify and support children, young people and families at risk of harm.

Responsible for providing advice and support to frontline staff, delivering formal and informal training, delivering safeguarding supervision.

Responsible for information sharing internally and within the multi-agency safeguarding network to enable robust safeguarding risk assessment.

Required to participate and lead clinical audits in own specialist area and participate in developing robust clinical governance procedures.

Required to represent CUH at multi-agency meetings including, strategy meeting, safeguarding conferences and core group/child in need meetings, discharge planning meetings.

Required to work as part of the safeguarding children partnership and to work collaboratively within the multi-agency network.

About us

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country.

We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services.

Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days.

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

- Diploma or Degree RN Children, OR RN Adult with Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting /School nurse).
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Significant experience of working with children.
- Research module.
- Teaching qualification.

Experience

- Evidence of experience in safeguarding children practice processes and working with complex child protection issues.
- Experience in developing, delivering and evaluating training.
- Evidence of collaborative inter-agency working.
- Experience of identifying and evaluating areas for potential service improvement.
- Experience in participation in governance including auditing and review of practice or services.
- Experience of managing own workload.
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Awareness of the sensitive nature of safeguarding work; including issues of equal opportunities, confidentiality, and information sharing.

Knowledge

- Demonstrable knowledge of safeguarding Children legislation and guidance.
- Knowledge of the Government's anti- terrorism strategy and the health strand 'PREVENT', modern slavery and Domestic Abuse processes including MARAC.
- Knowledge of children's health services in particular.
- Awareness of current adult safeguarding legislation and guidance, including the Care Act (2014), the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act (2019).

Skills

- Ability to offer safeguarding advice and support to staff within own sphere of competence.
- Able to demonstrate critical thinking skills.
- Excellent communication skills both written and oral.
- Demonstrable team working skills.
- Good organisational / management of own work ability and able to prioritise workload effectively.

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

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