# Clinical Nurse Specialist safeguarding children and young people

**Company**: London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £55524.00 to £62652.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in safeguarding children and young people. The successful candidate will provide expert clinical leadership and highly specialist advice on all matters relating to the safeguarding of children and young people across the Trust.

The post holder will work as part of the children safeguarding team to ensure that all staff understand and meet their responsibility in relation to safeguarding the welfare of children in line with local and national guidance. The role involves working closely with the Named Nurse team to ensure the organisation fulfils its statutory requirements as defined by Working Together (2023) and the RCN Intercollegiate Document (2025).

The successful candidate will be based primarily at Northwick Park Hospital and will join a forward-thinking team committed to the "Think Family" model and Transitional/Contextual Safeguarding, ensuring a child-centred and every contact counts approach is embedded across all Trust services.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing highly specialist advice and clinical support to all healthcare staff in the organisation

- Taking a leading role in facilitating training and supervision in line with guidelines and legislation

- Ensuring robust safeguarding policies and information sharing is completed by working collaboratively with the Safeguarding Children team, Named nurses and doctors and multi-agency partners

The ideal candidate will have substantial safeguarding expertise, a degree-level education, and a specialist qualification in community public health nursing. They will be able to demonstrate leadership skills, effective risk management, and high-level communication skills.

In return, the Trust offers a competitive salary of £55,524 to £62,652 per annum, a permanent full-time contract, and the opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge in a supportive and dynamic team.

## Skills

### Required
- Registered Nurse
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Level 3 safeguarding children training
- Leadership skills
- Effective risk management
- High-level communication skills
- IT skills including Word and Excel

### Nice to have
- Qualification in Mental Health for children and young people
- Accredited safeguarding children supervision course
- Teaching qualification
- Studies at Postgraduate level
- Experience of working in CAMHs or Tier 4 provision

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