Safeguarding Adult Advisor London

Job Title: Safeguarding Adult Advisor

Note: This vacancy is a secondment for 6-12 months.

Whittington Health is an integrated hospital and community Trust, covering Islington and Haringey, with services in other London Boroughs. As the safeguarding adult service at Whittington Health expands, an exciting opportunity for an experienced, registered health and/or social care professional has arisen. Safeguarding adults practice is embedded throughout the Trust, with a recent external audit of the Trust's safeguarding practice finding significant assurance in this area. The innovative training delivered across three local London Boroughs and partner agencies around use of the Mental Capacity Act was a previous finalist in the HSJ Best Educational Programme in the NHS. If you are looking for professional development in a supportive environment which welcomes new ideas, this could be for you!

Main duties of the job

Support the Safeguarding Adults Lead in the design, delivery and evaluation of education and training programmes for Whittington Health employees, which reflect best practice in safeguarding and ensure accessibility to all relevant staff.

Provide specialist knowledge, advice and practice to Trust staff consistent with the requirements of Whittington Health Safeguarding Adult policy, local Safeguarding Adult Boards, and other relevant NHS England's safeguarding adult policies, procedures, guidelines and Care Quality Commission standards.

Assist in the development of quality assurance frameworks ensuring compliance with statutory record keeping and documentation requirements.

Monitor compliance with mandatory safeguarding training in conjunction with the learning and development team.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job responsibilities

Support the Safeguarding Adults Lead in the design, delivery and evaluation of education and training programmes for Whittington Health employees which reflect best practice in safeguarding and ensure accessibility to all relevant staff.

Provide specialist knowledge, advice and practice to Trust staff consistent with the requirements of Whittington Health Safeguarding Adult policy, local Safeguarding Adult Boards, and other relevant NHS Englands safeguarding adult policies, procedures, guidelines and Care Quality Commission standards.

Assist in the development of quality assurance frameworks ensuring compliance with statutory record keeping and documentation requirements.

Monitor compliance with mandatory safeguarding training in conjunction with the learning and development team.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• At least 3 years Band 6 experience
• Educated to degree level in health or social care or clinical education related subject or equivalent experience
• Post registration qualification in safeguarding

Desirable

• Teaching qualification or equivalent

Communication

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels, with differing levels of responsibility and professional backgrounds
• Ability to effectively lead change and able to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams

Desirable

• Quality improvement processes

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Recent and extensive clinical post registration experience
• Knowledge of changes to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards framework, and an understanding of the implications for an acute Trust.
• Previous experience of chairing and organising meetings

Desirable

• Knowledge of quality monitoring processes

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).