Specialist Nurse Practitioner

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people. We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage applications from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining a healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as part-time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

The post holder will work within a multi-professional/agency context and take a lead with coordinating internal training. The post-holder will provide advice on child in need/child in need of protection issues/safeguarding adult, policies, procedures and clinical practice which will enable the trust and its workforce to conform to mandatory and statutory frameworks pertaining to the Safeguarding Agenda to ensure the most appropriate outcome for children, young people and adults are achieved. The post holder will work closely with the Named and Lead Professionals for Safeguarding to ensure appropriate quality assurance mechanisms are in place and to assist in the development of skills and competencies of the workforce and BTH NHS FT staff.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide expert safeguarding advice across Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT), ensuring the effective implementation of safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance, and best practice.
• Support the assessment and management of complex safeguarding concerns involving children, young people, adults, and families, offering specialist guidance to Trust staff and partner agencies.
• Work collaboratively with Named and Lead Professionals to ensure compliance with statutory and contractual safeguarding responsibilities, including Section 11 of the Children Act 2004.
• Provide safeguarding advice to Police, Social Care, and other partner organisations, contributing to the protection and well-being of vulnerable individuals.
• Support complex case management, prepare and present reports for multi-agency meetings, strategy discussions, and case conferences, and contribute to child death review processes where required.
• Exercise professional judgement and autonomy in safeguarding decision-making, including for children with complex needs, looked-after children, and vulnerable adults.
• Represent the Trust within multi-agency safeguarding forums and steering groups.
• Demonstrate resilience in managing highly sensitive and emotionally demanding work, provide support to colleagues, and deputise for the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children as required.

Person specification:

• Registered Children's Nurse
• Evidence of supervision training
• Has attended a Leadership or management training Course

Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form. If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50. You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures. Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check. DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.

By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed. The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here. Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.

Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier. Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking. The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.