Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£66,582 to £77,368 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Staffordshire/Shropshire, ST5 5AA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	27 Oct 2026
Closing date:	3 Nov 2026

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Summary

Provide strategic, professional leadership and specialist advice and support on the safeguarding of children and child death and promoting the health of looked after children to governing bodies and designated and named professionals. Be responsible for ensuring that comprehensive and robust arrangements are in place in all commissioned services, including primary, community and independent care in order for them to fulfil their responsibilities to safeguard children and to improve the health of looked after children. Provide a framework for commissioning high quality evidence-based safeguarding, looked after children services and child death services and be a source of expertise across sectors on all matters regarding planning, strategy and identifying any gaps in service provision with regards to the safety of vulnerable children, domestic abuse, child death and looked after children. Ensure that safeguarding children and young people is central to service planning and delivery across the health economy. Be a source of expert professional advice to Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Boards, and other local, sub-regional and regional strategic multi-agency partnerships such as those for domestic abuse, the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) Executives, Performance, Childrens Safeguarding Practice Reviews, any safeguarding reviews and the Child Sexual Abuse Forum (CSAF). (This list is not exhaustive and will be subject to change). Responsible for the development and implementation of ICB safeguarding vision and strategic plans that enables them to fulfil their statutory duties in relation to safeguarding children and ensuring the health needs of looked after children are met. Facilitate the commissioning of high-quality safeguarding services for vulnerable and looked after children that meets all national legislation, local policy and guidance. Ensure there are processes for effective and timely communication and information sharing, both internally and externally, which compliment multidisciplinary/interagency working. Provide leadership, advice and support for the development of robust training strategies and delivery programmes, to meet all safeguarding children educational/training requirements for health professionals, across all sectors.

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