Safeguarding Paediatric Liaison Nurse

Safeguarding Paediatric Liaison Nurse Overview

We are seeking a dedicated and passionate paediatric nurse to join our Safeguarding Team as a Paediatric Safeguarding Liaison Nurse. This role is crucial in supporting vulnerable children and families, ensuring effective communication between acute hospital services and community partners to facilitate timely interventions and safeguarding measures.

Main Responsibilities

• Act as a visible role model, demonstrating excellent communication and interpersonal skills while promoting high standards of care and safeguarding for children and young people.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between paediatric hospital services and community 0-19 services, ensuring effective partnership working across care settings.
• Provide a single point of access to community services for hospital teams, facilitating timely referrals and coordinated care.
• Ensure relevant clinical information is shared promptly and accurately with community services to support continuity of care and effective care planning.
• Work closely with paediatric leads and safeguarding teams to ensure robust systems are in place for communicating emergency department and unscheduled care attendances to GPs through the paediatric discharge process.
• Maintain a high-quality communication pathway that safeguards children and young people and supports seamless transitions between acute, community, and universal health services.
• Interpret and communicate complex paediatric information to community practitioners, enabling informed decision-making and coordinated care management.
• Promote understanding of the roles of Health Visitors, School Nurses, GPs, Looked After Children (LAC) Nurses, and Community Nurses, while ensuring information sharing is timely, appropriate, and compliant with safeguarding and information governance requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Essential: RSCN or RN (Child) qualification and safeguarding practice & training to Level 3.
• Essential: Demonstrable experience in relevant nursing fields and the ability to recognize gaps in service provision.
• Desirable: Health Visitor or School Nursing degree, Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice course, Emergency Care Nursing experience, and safeguarding experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary of £39,959 per annum (pro rata for part-time roles).
• Permanent contract offering job security.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement within the NHS.

We welcome applications from individuals requiring current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK, and all applications will be considered equally.

Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s

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