Designated Nurse for Cared for Children in Manchester

Main area Nursing Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (NHS GM operate Hybrid working) Job ref 896-C&N-1046-A

Site Tootal Buildings Town Greater Manchester Salary £57,528 - £64,750 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join NHS Greater Manchester Safeguarding Team. The Designated Nurse for Cared for Children assists NHS GM in fulfilling its role to improve the health of children and young people in local authority care and care leavers.

The post holder has a strategic/professional leadership role, working collaboratively with a range of partner agencies to improve outcomes for children and young people, supporting health staff and drive performance.

As the Designated Nurse for Cared for Children you will provide expert leadership, advice and assurance in line with statutory guidance and national best practice .

Main duties of the job

• To ensure that NHS GM the meet their statutory responsibilities in relation to cared for childrenand care experienced young people and review strategic commissioning arrangements to make sure that the appropriate monitoring and assurance procedures of provider services are effective and efficient.
• Works with multi-agency leaders for cared for children and care experienced young people, working within the public directorate and working closely with designated doctor for cared for children, safeguarding children and adult leads and the specialist cared for children teams within provider services.
• Work autonomously organising, planning and prioritising own workload to meet the needs of the NHS GM Safeguarding team

Working for our organisation

NHS GM is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and workforce culture. We support flexible working and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities.,

We offer a range of family friendly inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, facilities, and services to support a diverse range of staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Designated Nurse for Cared for Children will provide leadership and supervision within NHS GM and with local NHS commissioned services and outreach into the health economy to ensure services effectively safeguard our population.

The Designated Nurse will be responsible to ensure delivery of the designated function as set out in the appropriate statutory guidance, and all associated safeguarding functions.

The Post Holder will form part of a wider extended management team and will carry responsibility to identify and elevate risks and provide safeguarding leadership in the management and response to risks identified.

The post holder will be supported in this role by the Associate Director of Safeguarding and the Assistant Directors of Safeguarding, Designated Doctors for Safeguarding Children, Named GP for Safeguarding, the Designated Nurse / Professional for Safeguarding Adults who collectively form the Safeguarding Team.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience Extensive experience of working with Children & Young People
• Evidence of continuing professional development at Masters’ level or equivalent
• Qualification in Leadership/Change management programme

Professional Registration

• UK Registered Nurse with the NMC (Part 1 or 3)

Knowledge

• Knowledge of current cared for children legislation and guidance, and of health and social care policies relating to the post.

Experience

• Significant community experience with children and vulnerable families
• Experience of working with children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties
• Experience of working with partner agencies in a range of settings at a senior level
• Experience of contributing towards performance monitoring within a team and at organisational level
• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
• Ability to assess guidance and interpret it for local implementation.
• Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and identify risks, create solutions and resolve problems before they arise

Please note this vacancy may close early after a sufficient number of applications have been received.
Please also note that if you are short listed for interview you will be contacted via email and it is important that you check your email regularly. If you do not hear from us by four weeks after the closing date then you may assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
As a fair collection notice for all NHS employees previous service details will be requested electronically from their previous employer.

The successful candidate will be subject to the completion of satisfactory probationary period.

General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR)

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we have implemented a Privacy Notice to inform you, as prospective employees of the organisation of the types of data we process about you.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.