Children’s Safeguarding and Liaison Nurse

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Job summary

Are you a passionate advocate for children? If so, then this is the job for you

The Children’s Safeguarding Team offer a Safeguarding service for children from birth to 18yrs, providing guidance, supervision & training to all staff at UHSussex.

This is a full time, fixed term 12 month position offering Maternity Cover for the current post holder

Duties involve managing safeguarding concerns & referrals, advocating for vulnerable children in contact with the Trust. The team collaborates with local Safeguarding Partners to ensure the best possible outcomes for children. You will be actively involved in the planning & implementation of safeguarding training, and support the delivery of safeguarding supervision to the MDT and also receive regular supervision by senior members of the Safeguarding Team.

You will be involved in practice improvement projects , such as Newsletters and ‘Case of The Month’. You will also be a ‘Neglect Champion’ within the Trust.

This role is based at Worthing Hospital with a requirement for cross-site working at St. Richard’s Hospital on occasions. You will be supported to develop your safeguarding knowledge & experience through management of different Safeguarding caseloads and establishing relationships with the wider MDT on both sites.

If you are passionate about safeguarding children & are an enthusiastic, resilient team player, looking for a challenge and are interested in joining our friendly, skilled team, we look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

To communicate effectively with children and families

To have daily responsibility for the scrutiny of all paediatric attendances to the hospital urgent care settings (Emergency Department and wards)

To undertake liaison with health care professionals and partner agencies and maintain effective processes

To escalate concerns in accordance with the trust and multi-agency guidance

To participate in the organisation and delivery of safeguarding training for clinical and non-clinical staff across the Trust.

To be knowledgeable of the NMC code of conduct and to be accountable for practice in accordance with that code, along with the Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff (2019)

To support the Named Nurse and wider team members in issues relating to safeguarding children.

To foster and maintain effective communication with internal and external stakeholders in relation to safeguarding children.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Children’s Nurse/ Midwife/ SCPHN
  • Teaching qualification / experience
  • Evidence of resilience / passion for safeguarding

Desirable

  • Experience in a variety of clinical settings
  • Experience in safeguarding children practice

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

  • Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
  • Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 29 July 2026

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