Lead Nurse/Professional for Safeguarding

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Lead Nurse/Professional for Safeguarding

The closing date is 19 November 2025

We are looking for keen and enthusiastic professionals to work within our Safeguarding Team. Previous safeguarding experience is essential.

We are looking for people to provide advice and assessment of risk and triage to all staff on all safeguarding matters. To support the CPFT Safeguarding Team in promoting sound professional practice in relation to Safeguarding through training, consultation and supervision. To provide advice and support to Trust staff to engage and work cohesively and effectively in safeguarding processes.

Main duties of the job

- To provide advice and assessment of risk and triage to all staff on all safeguarding matters.

- To support the CPFT Safeguarding Team in promoting sound professional practice in relation to Safeguarding through training, consultation and supervision.

- To provide advice and support to Trust staff to engage and work cohesively and effectively in safeguarding processes.

- To provide individual consultation, guidance and supervision to staff when requested regarding vulnerability, safeguarding and protection concerns.

- To communicate appropriately and in a timely manner on all issues of a highly sensitive nature.

- To work in partnership with other agencies/partners to investigate allegations and participate in safeguarding and protection plans.

- Assist the CPFT Safeguarding Team in evaluating and auditing the quality and effectiveness of safeguarding supervision and advice.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Supervisory and advisory role

To provide advice to all staff on all safeguarding matters.

To provide supervision and guidance to staff.

To provide advice and support to Trust staff to engage effectively in safeguarding processes.

To provide individual consultation, guidance and supervision to staff when requested regarding vulnerability, safeguarding and protection concerns.

Assist the Safeguarding Team in evaluating and auditing the quality and effectiveness of safeguarding supervision and advice.

Training and development

To support in the development and delivery of the safeguarding training strategy to all staff within CPFT.

To work with the Named Nurse/Heads of Services to ensure that all training meets requirements of all statutory and intercollegiate guidance, including Section 11.

To provide training to external organisations or on an interagency basis where appropriate.

To work with the Named Nurse/Heads of Services to strategise and ensure the training offer meets the needs of the organisation.

To participate in regular supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines and Trust policy.

To participate in the Trusts annual appraisal process.

To attend all relevant mandatory training as and when required to do so.

Clinical Governance

To work with the Named Nurse/Heads of Services in ensuring that the Trusts safeguarding arrangements are evidence based, represent best practice and are line with LSCB policy and procedure.

To work with the in ensuring that the Trust has arrangements in place to meet its statutory safeguarding duties.

To work with the Named Nurse/Heads of Services to ensure the completion of Individual Management Reviews and other internal reviews of practice when appropriate.

To work with the Named Nurse/Heads of Services to ensure the implementation of actions arising from Serious Case Reviews and other internal reviews of practice.

To work with the Named Nurse/Heads of Services in monitoring adherence through audit and evaluation to safeguarding policies and procedures

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

- Professional Qualification

- Post registration education and/or training in safeguarding

Experience

- Relevant experience of working with vulnerable children and/or adults and their families initiating safeguarding children/adult procedures

- Experience in multi-agency assessment/working together with partner agencies

Skills & Abilities

- Ability to critically analyse safeguarding issues

- Ability to provide safeguarding expertise and advise to a wide range of professionals both across the Trust and to external partner agencies

- Sound working knowledge of relevant national and local policy and procedure in relation to safeguarding and mental capacity

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata

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