Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the highly visible Safeguarding and Vulnerabilities Team at Kings College NHS Trust. The

Safeguarding Children's team is led by our Associate Director of Nursing for Safeguarding Children, Maternity and Paediatric Learning Disabilities.



We are a visible across the Trust service and we are looking for a similar minded leader to join our on site dynamic team. We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated lead to embrace the challenges of this role and continue the amazing work that has been achieved by the team .



You would need to be an experienced health professional with significant safeguarding children's experience. You must also be able to demonstrate knowledge in applying this experience to practice in an acute hospital setting.



If you can work as an autonomous safe practitioner, have excellent communication skills and have a keen desire to improve the outcomes for

vulnerable children and their families then this may be the post for you.

Interview date:

17th June 2025



To take the professional lead and undertake the role of the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children for the Trust in accordance with national, local and Trust policies and procedures.



To work in collaboration with the wider Vulnerabilities and safeguarding team - the Named professionals (Named Nurse, Named Midwives, Doctors and Associate Director of Nursing), Director of Vulnerabilities and the area Designated Nurses and Designated Doctors, and local Named Nurse network in promoting high standards of professional practice within the Trust in safeguarding children.



To advise and co-ordinate policy development and implementation, identify and facilitate Child Protection training needs for the Trust in accordance with the local agreed Child Protection Strategy and service objectives.



To act as a resource of specialist knowledge and expertise providing supervision and support to multi-professional staff in relation to all Child Protection issues



To provide professional and strategic leadership for the Trust in Child Protection.



To monitor, audit and evaluate multi-disciplinary child protection practice.



Full duties included in the full attached



King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 13,500 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.



Be a source of expert advice to all health professionals, managers and staff who deal with child protection and promote collaborative working internally and across agencies ensuring that all staff are aware of their roles and responsibilities.



Take a lead role in partnership with the other Named Professional for Children, the Named Doctors for policy development, implementation and practices within the Trust and raise awareness across all staff groups within the Trust.



Work with named professionals within the safeguarding partnerships in order that clear lines of communication are established between hospitals, local authorities and associated agencies, thereby facilitating robust partnership working.



Ensure a Governance Framework for the development, implementation and evaluation of standards of practice for safeguarding children is in place.



To be an active and core member of the Trust Vulnerabilities Committee and highly visible on site lead.



Support in external serious case reviews and conduct child protection internal case reviews, where indicated, ensuring recommendations are incorporated into changes in practice in line with Trust risk management strategy.



Assist with the collection of data as required in serious case reviews and developing the chronology of such children and families (unless directly involved with the case, when it should be the responsibility of someone else.)



Advise on the implementation and recommendations from serious case reviews.



Ensure that there are clear plans in place to manage the safeguarding of children, focussing particularly on recognising Child Protection issues, referral to other agencies where necessary and adequate discharge planning where child abuse is suspected.



In identified cases of child abuse, in conjunction with the ward nurse and other professionals, facilitate the planning and co-ordination of all aspects of care that will ensure the child's safety.



Working with the Senior Nursing teams in Emergency departments to ensure there are adequate and safe working practices within the Department to identify all children who attend who may be at risk of or suffering from deliberate harm.