Named Nurse Safeguarding Children

The post holder will undertake the role of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children for Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust., The post holder will offer expertise and specialist advice and support staff Trust wide, regarding safeguarding issues.

The post holder will provide assurance to the Chief Nurse and Head of Safeguarding on matters relating to safeguarding children and the Trust's organisational responsibility with regard CQC and Section 11 responsibilities (Children Act 2004).

The post holder will support Trust wide policy development in key areas of practice e.g. child protection supervision that relates to Safeguarding of Children. The post holder will work closely with the Designated Professionals and partner agencies, contributing to the development of the wider safeguarding agenda.

The post holder will work closely with the Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Adults in relation to allegations against staff and the Named Midwife in relation to highly complex midwifery cases.

The post includes the role and responsibilities of the Named Nurse as detailed in "Working Together to Safeguard Children" (2026), The Children Acts (1989 and 2004) and "Safeguarding Children and Young People, Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff" (2006). This includes working to implement safeguarding partnership strategy for the safeguarding of children representing the Trust in interagency forums.

The role holder will manage the Child Sexual Assault Assessment Service (CSAAS) which is co-located with the Safeguarding Children Team. This management role is currently under review due to NHSE contract changes.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.