Adult Safeguarding Lead, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Alfreton

EMAS have worked extremely hard to embed Safeguarding from Board to frontline staff and has actively promoted frontline staff in the recognition of child and adult abuse. The making of safeguarding referrals is a priority and forms part of the patient journey. Safeguarding is considered an important component of improving patient safety and welfare management.

This is a fixed term temporary position within the safeguarding team- 22.5 hours a week. The team work Monday to Friday and offer flexible working across the 5-day period.

The post holder will be responsible for the following areas;

Providing expert, evidence based clinical leadership on the Safeguarding Adult Agenda.
Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of Adults at EMAS NHS Trust through collaborative working with other agencies.
The development and implementation of systems, policy and processes for the protection of Adults.
Contributing to the assurance and governance processes interpreting National policy and statutory requirements to ensure compliance and best practice achieved.
Compiling Safeguarding Investigation reports

The successful applicant will need to have access to a car to support the regional role.

More details regarding the role can be found on the job description and person specification.

The current Safeguarding Adult Lead has been successful in obtaining a part time external secondment therefore an exciting opportunity has arisen within the Quality Directorate for an additional Lead for Safeguarding Adults. This is a fixed term temporary position within the safeguarding team- 22.5 hours a week. The team work Monday to Friday and offer flexible working across the 5-day period.

The post holder will be responsible for the following areas;

Providing expert, evidence based clinical leadership on the Safeguarding Adult Agenda.
Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of Adults at EMAS NHS Trust through collaborative working with other agencies.
The development and implementation of systems, policy and processes for the protection of Adults.
Contributing to the assurance and governance processes interpreting National policy and statutory requirements to ensure compliance and best practice achieved.
Compiling Safeguarding Investigation reports

The successful applicant will need to have access to a car to support the regional role.

More details regarding the role can be found on the job description and person specification.

The East Midlands has a lot to offer:

Excellent Location

Making a Difference

Action Packed Roles

Support and Belonging

If you haven’t heard back from us within eight weeks of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.

Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to provide updates on the progress of applications and only successful candidates at shortlisting stage will be contacted, regrettably feedback will not be provided. If you are unsuccessful at this stage please refer back to the the job description, person specification and advertised requirements for ways to improve your future applications.

Internal candidates applying for vacancies must have completed their probationary period (stated within your contract) at point of application.

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under-represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.

We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance wherever possible and have introduced various policies and working practices to support this goal. Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please feel free to talk to us at interview about flexible working opportunities.

At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values – respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and competence – underpin everything we do – how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. We believe that it’s our people who make EMAS what it is.

Our Vision – Responding to patient needs in the right way, developing our organisation to become outstanding for patients and staff, and collaborating to improve wider healthcare.

Please note we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy if an internal member of staff on our redeployment register expresses an interest and is successful for this vacancy, or if a sufficient number of applications is received.

You may be required to complete a DBS clearance check if offered a position with EMAS. If you are not part of the update service, you will be liable for the payment and this will be deducted from your first months’ salary. The current cost of an enhanced DBS check is £44.20.

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Adult Safeguarding Lead, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Alfreton

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