Visa Note
This position includes a certificate of sponsorship for UK work visas. However, applicants must verify their eligibility with the employer before applying. The certificate of sponsorship does not guarantee visa approval, and candidates should ensure they meet all UK visa requirements.
Job Overview
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated Named Nurse for Children and Young Adults to join our safeguarding team. This is a permanent, part-time position offering a competitive salary of £47,810 to £54,710 per annum, pro rata. The post holder will support the Head of Safeguarding and Vulnerabilities and Lead Nurse in delivering safe and effective safeguarding practice across the Trust.
About the Role
The post holder will champion trauma-informed, person-centred practice and lead initiatives to reduce health inequalities experienced by children in care, care leavers, exploited young people, and families affected by domestic abuse. You will provide operational direction and specialist guidance to colleagues and partner agencies to ensure that health needs are fully identified, assessed, and met.
Key Responsibilities
You will lead on the development, implementation, and monitoring of safeguarding and child exploitation pathways for children, young people, and adults. The role involves offering advanced clinical expertise to frontline staff to support robust identification, assessment, and management of risk. You will work alongside the Named Nurse for Adults, Children and Young People and oversee the Safeguarding Nurses and Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Advocate (DASVA).
Safeguarding Leadership
The post holder will provide professional leadership and expert advice to all Trust staff on all aspects of safeguarding. This includes providing high-quality safeguarding training to staff at all levels of the organisation and ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding practice are delivered to adults, children and young people at risk in partnership with all members of the internal and external multi-disciplinary team.
About Our Organisation
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe, offering planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally. We are an equal opportunities employer committed to growing an inclusive culture where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.
Benefits and Support
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family-friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies. The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities.
Person Specification – Qualifications
Essential qualifications include registration as a 1st Level Nurse on the NMC register – Child, current NMC registration, and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification (Health Visitor or School Nurse). You must also be compliant with safeguarding mandatory training and have evidence of ongoing safeguarding development, including Safeguarding Supervision training.
Desirable Qualifications
Additional desirable qualifications include Trauma Informed Care training, evidence of ongoing safeguarding training at level 4, Graded Care Profile 2 (GCP2) training, DASH training, and being educated to degree level.
Person Specification – Experience
Essential experience includes complex case management involving safeguarding children, young people and adults, working across local authority boundaries to coordinate patient care, designing and delivering training packages, multi-disciplinary and partnership working, carrying out clinical audits, and managing workload to meet clinical priorities.
Essential Experience Continued
You should have experience applying safeguarding frameworks including Right Help, Right Time, Risk Enablement, Think Family, Making Safeguarding Personal, attending safeguarding strategy meetings/case conferences, and writing court reports.
Desirable Experience
Desirable experience includes practising in a specialist nursing role, line management experience including HR-related policies, and attending Best Interests meetings.
Person Specification – Skills
Essential skills include knowledge of Safeguarding/Child Protection legislation, understanding of current safeguarding issues, ability to carry out Mental Capacity Act assessments, awareness of local safeguarding agendas, ability to analyse safeguarding reviews, analytical skills for risk assessment, ability to manage competing priorities, and handling confidential information sensitively.
Desirable Skills
Desirable skills include awareness of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019.
Person Specification – Personal Qualities
Essential personal qualities include ability to work well under pressure with robust coping strategies, high degree of professionalism, ability to manage high-risk situations, working independently, good presentation and teaching skills, and punctuality.
Desirable Personal Qualities
Desirable qualities include being assertive and having an open-minded approach to learning from experience.
How to Apply – International Candidates
To apply for this position with certificate of sponsorship to the UK, please follow these steps:
- Verify your eligibility for UK nursing registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Prepare required documentation including proof of qualifications, English language proficiency, and professional references
- Submit your application through the NHS Jobs website before the 14 January 2026 deadline
- Contact Victoria Evans at victoria.evans27@nhs.net or 07919396277 with any questions about the application process or sponsorship details
Visa Requirements
Applicants requiring a skilled worker visa should note that from 6 April 2017, you must present a criminal record certificate from each country where you have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18) are also subject to this requirement.
Contact Information
For questions about the job or application process, please contact Victoria Evans, Lead Nurse for Safeguarding and Vulnerabilities, at victoria.evans27@nhs.net or 07919396277. The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to supporting international candidates through the application and sponsorship process.
Additional Information
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Applications from job seekers requiring current skilled worker sponsorship are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information about UK visas and immigration, please visit the official UK government website.