Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist Safeguarding Adults

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The closing date is 24 February 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 enthusiastic nurses to join the Adult Safeguarding Team at University Hospitals Birmingham. We currently have 2 vacancies for Band 7 Safeguarding Adults Clinical Nurse Specialists to join our developing team. Both are full-time positions (Monday-Friday 8am-4pm) with one based at Good Hope Hospital, and one at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Both posts will require Trust wide working when necessary.

The team at UHB supports staff to safeguard patients, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. Ensuring that our workforce is equipped through education, support, and advice, to recognise and respond appropriately and proportionately to abuse and neglect as a key responsibility of this role.

Reporting directly to the Named Nurses for Safeguarding Adults, the post holder will promote the Safeguarding agenda Trust wide to ensure that the Trust is compliant with The Care act (2014) and the Mental Capacity Act (2005), providing evidence through audit and review.

Working as part of a team the post holder wil be responsible for the maintanance of standards in relation to safeguarding as set by Trust policies and procedures. The will act as a resource to staff when issues aroud safeguarding or mental capacity arise.

The CNS is responsible for reviewing safeguarding referrals and providing in reach support and leadership in complex cases. They will liaise with partner agencies to ensure that infomration is shared apprpriately when required.

The CNS will act a a resource for clinical staff in regard to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, sharing good practice and identifying areas requiring increased training and support.

The postholder will work alongside the Named Nurses to ensure the patient voice is captured, and that learning related to pateint experience, and internal or external review is disseminated and embedded.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Please Note:

For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description.

• Good level of basic education
• Level 1 NMC registration
• Evidence of professional/academic development to degree level or equivalent with further evidence to post graduate level or equivalent.
• Successful achievement of Band 6 competencies and evidence of consolidation of learning
• Recognised teaching and assessing course

• Significant post registration experience to include management/ education/ leadership experience in an acute Trust or Health care economy
• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care.
• Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and participation in clinical audit and benchmarking.
• Able to monitor standards.
• Clear understanding of the safeguarding nurse role
• Evidence of supporting others in a clinical environment
• Awareness of safeguarding adults
• Demonstrable evidence of change management in a clinical setting

• Ability to work across sites

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust