Job overview

The Trust is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Young People (CYP) to provide strategic and clinical leadership across its acute services.

As a senior safeguarding professional within the integrated safeguarding team, the post holder will lead on the development, delivery and assurance of high-quality, statutory-compliant safeguarding arrangements for CYP. The role involves providing expert clinical advice, professional supervision and leadership to staff across the organisation, ensuring safeguarding practice is safe, effective and aligned with national guidance, including Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) and CQC requirements.

The post holder will play a key role in driving a strong safeguarding culture, embedding learning from national and local reviews, and strengthening multi-agency partnerships with health, social care, police and voluntary sector partners (partner agencies). This is a pivotal role in supporting the Trust’s commitment to protecting children and promoting their welfare.

Main duties of the job

• Provide advanced specialist clinical advice and leadership on all aspects of safeguarding children and young people, including complex and high-risk child protection cases.
• Demonstrate a high level of legal literacy, including the Children Act, family law, and statutory safeguarding guidance, supporting staff in clinical decision-making and legal processes.
• Act as a trusted source of expert advice for healthcare professionals on sensitive, emotive, and complex safeguarding matters.

• Lead and influence the Trust’s safeguarding children strategy, policies, and internal governance arrangements in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) and CQC requirements.
• Deputise for the Head of Safeguarding as required and contribute to service development, workforce planning, and recruitment.
• Develop, review, and implement safeguarding policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines, ensuring learning from national and local reviews is embedded into practice.

• Fulfil the statutory role of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children in accordance with the Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework and the NMC Code.
• Lead the Trust’s response to Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPRs), Serious Incidents, and other statutory enquiries, ensuring learning is disseminated and implemented.
• Oversee safeguarding audit, performance monitoring, and data analysis, providing assurance and reports through Trust governance structures and to senior leadership.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.