Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR985-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Safeguarding Adult Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We are currently recruiting to our Safeguarding Families team and are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and innovative individual to join our dynamic and forward thinking team as Safeguarding Adults Practitioner.
The post holder will be a highly visible experienced practitioner, providing, with support from the Safeguarding Adults Lead specialist knowledge and advice to all staff in the Trust and the community in all areas of Safeguarding Adults. With support from the Safeguarding Adults Lead you will provide the professional interface between hospital and community services with respect to the welfare of adults, providing a robust and safe communication system for the effective and timely flow of information between hospital and community health professionals and other agencies as appropriate.
The Safeguarding Adult Specialist Practitioner will work closely with the wider safeguarding and complex health teams to ensure a holistic approach to the care of the most vulnerable patients and their families in delivering safeguarding advice, support, training and supervision. The hospital provides an efficient and effective liaison and expert screening system and you will be sharing information to the appropriate community staff where there are specific health, social or safety concerns.
Main duties of the job
- Apply knowledge to support positive clinical outcomes and compassionate care for patients who are experiencing abuse and/or harm from others.
- Promote best practice and evidence based approaches to safeguarding adults at risk
- To support the co-ordination of care and safety planning for people who require support to ensure there are safe and to support clinical teams to follow these and respond to escalation in concerns
- To support the delivery of training and education to staff when they work with adults at risk.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven post registration experience of working within the health or social care sector
- Experience in working with others as part of a team.
- Experience of working within the safeguarding arena
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within acute and community settings.
- Experience in of audit and monitoring processes
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant health or social care qualification
- Relevant Safeguarding post basic training or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Relevant teaching qualification or working towards
- Educated to 1st level degree.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- -Experience in inter-agency work
- Evidence of on-going professional learning
- Knowledge of adult’s services
- Knowledge of legal framework for information sharing
- Understanding of the NMC Codes of Conduct
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to safeguarding adults
- Knowledge of evidence based safeguarding adults practice
- Experience in education and training
- Knowledge of adult’s rights
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelly Lambert
- Job title
- Head of Safeguarding families
- Email address
- [email protected]
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