Job summary
- Main area
- safeguarding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-8092428
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Michael's Site,
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 8A Safeguarding Children Lead Nurse (Community)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
The post holder will be working as part of the wider safeguarding team within the Royal Free London Trust. They will be responsible for the safeguarding children function across Enfield community services which is part of RFL.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with significant safeguarding children experience at band 7 to step up to the next level.
The post holder managers the safeguarding specialist nurses within Enfield MASH and will be integral to the development of the newly created Health lead within Enfield Multi-agency Child Protection Team (MACPT)
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide expert advice, supervision and support on safeguarding children matters, working together with key professionals and partner agencies.
The post holder will actively contribute towards the quality and assurance agenda including training, audit, collection and analysis of relevant data.
The post holder will contribute to Safeguarding children practice reviews, Domestic homicide reviews, Safeguarding adult reviews, Learning reviews and Serious incident investigations.
The post holder will attend the Child Death reviews for children in Enfield.
The post holder will work in close partnership with external stakeholders to ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements.
The post holder will lead and have line management responsibility for Specialist safeguarding children’ nurses/ practitioners within Enfield Community Services.
To work collaboratively with other safeguarding professionals across the Trust including cross site cover if required.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Education & professional qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (NMC Part 1 or Part 3 SCPHN) with a child/family focus.
- Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
- Evidence of continuing personal development
- Specialist post-registration safeguarding training (Level 4/PGDip).
- Safeguarding supervision training
- MSc or working towards
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing certificate/ teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- An expert either through formal qualifications (Masters) and/or extensive clinical experience pertinent to the area of Safeguarding
- Ability to present complex health information to health non-health colleagues in a way that supports evidence-based risk assessment.
- Experience in managing complex safeguarding cases and multi-agency working
- Experience of working across whole health communities
- Experience of managing a clinical team including human resources management
- Experience of using audit to help shape service design or change
- Experience of contributing to case review and implementing associated actions
- Experience of providing reports and data for governance and assurance purposes both internally and for externally
- Experience of attendance and contribution at multi-agency forums
- Experience of working as a mentor/facilitator
- Experience of managing allegations of abuse against staff
Skills
Essential criteria
- Provide complex and highly sensitive information to all levels of staff within the organisation
- Highly self-motivated
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Able to deliver the agreed objective within an agreed timeframe.
- Skilled in conflict resolution
- Skilled at professionally respectful multi-agency challenge and escalation
- Able to recognise risk and initiate mitigation
- Skilled at chairing and facilitating meetings
- Able to manage and support staff through change
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Committed to the continuous development of staff and self
- Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making in a timely and confident manner
- Champion and advocate individuals’ voices to ensure practice provides optimal experience, as well as outcomes
- Able to maintain high standards of confidentiality
- Ability to lead, by example, promoting the highest standards of personal and professional conduct, integrity and probity
other
Essential criteria
- Ability to write clear and concise documents
- Advanced IT skills in the use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
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
- Carolyn Sobers
- Job title
- Safeguarding children lead- Enfield community
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07967841556
- Additional information
Theo Baron
Head of safeguarding
[email protected] 07773736208
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