Clinical Care Co-ordinator for Safeguarding (Children) [CCC]
We are looking for 20 hours per week (4 hours daily with flexible timing and the ability to work from home).
Reporting and accountable to the Practice Safeguarding Lead/Deputy Lead and Chief Operating Officer.
Main duties of the job
- Reporting - you will oversee and complete all reports for safeguarding-relevant information received into Priory Medical Group, supported by the Administrative Care Co-ordinator. These reports vary from 24hr-7 day time-frames. Reports include: MASH Information Requests, Section 17 and 47 information enquiries, ICPC Reports (Initial Child Protection Conference).
- Team Co-ordination - to work closely with the PMGs Safeguarding Lead and Deputy and the site based Safeguarding Champions on safeguarding cases across 8 surgeries.
- Liaison work - to act as the responsible named liaison with the Regional Safeguarding Lead Nurses and GP, Social workers/ Health Visitors and the Practice teams.
- Supporting MDTs - to attend, participate and actively contribute to any MDTs (Multi-Disciplinary Team) approach to safeguarding issues / patient cases.
- Maintaining knowledge - responsible for maintaining / updating knowledge of appropriate safeguarding guidelines, policies, procedures and regulatory compliance.
Person Specification
Skills and Behaviours
- Skilled Report Writing
- Assurance
- Strong Communication Skills
- Regulatory Compliance
- IT Literate
- Teamwork
- Build and Maintain positive working relationships
- Autonomous workingConfidentiality
Qualifications
- Proven Clinical experience as a Registered Nurse or Health Visitor
- Proven familiarity of working in child and/or adult safeguarding system
- Proven experience of generating periodic reports that provide clear, concise and relevant information to the business that also proposes solutions / improvements where appropriate.
- Competent in the use of SystmOne (electronic patient records system).
We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer and actively encourage applicants with a disability and/or long-term health condition to apply for our job vacancies. We already support a number of existing employees who have a disability and/or a long-term health condition, so that they are able to stay in work.
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.
