Job summary
This post is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, committed and experienced clinical practitioner to strengthen their safeguarding portfolio and to lead and drive safeguarding activity within the organisation. You will be a key leader in the safeguarding team which consists of Named Nurses (community, acute, adult and midwifery services), Specialist Nurses for Safeguarding, Looked After Children, Multi Agency Safeguarding and Complex Safeguarding Hub Specialist Nurses and Administration staff.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will need to be highly motivated to ensure safe and effective services for safeguarding vulnerable children and adults remains a priority for all colleagues working within the organisation across community and acute services. You will need excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills and a flair for critically evaluating information and recording it in a concise and accurate manner. Comfortable working under pressure, adept at prioritising and working flexibly often to tight deadline you will possess professional curiosity and the ability to make professional challenge.

About us
Join Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and become part of a 30,000 plus strong team, delivering exceptional care to over 1 million people every year. As the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe, we are forward-thinking, committed to clinical excellence and driven to deliver innovation, and continuous improvement. Whether you're beginning your career or taking the next step, MFT offers a stimulating and supportive environment where your contribution truly matters. Our Hive Electronic Patient Record system enables safer, smarter, and more efficient ways of working - empowering you to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients. You'll be part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary community, working alongside professionals from a wide range of clinical backgrounds.

Details
Date posted: 07 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year, Per Annum, Pro Rata
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time

Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Documents to download heading.

Qualifications - Essential

• Registered Children's Nurse / Community Public Health Practitioner
• 1st Level Degree
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and training undertaken in respect of safeguarding to minimum Level 3 (as per Intercollegiate Document)

Qualifications - Desirable

• Masters degree or working towards
• Recognised teaching/ mentoring qualification

Knowledge & Experience - Essential

• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding policies, guidelines and recommendations
• Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to safeguarding children
• Demonstrates knowledge relevant to patterns of abuse and neglect
• Experience of safeguarding supervision
• Experience of multi-agency child protection work
• Experience of delivering training
• Experience of policy development and implementation
• Awareness of issues affecting ethnic minority families and other socially excluded groups
• Working knowledge of children's health and development and the nature and impact of child maltreatment

Knowledge & Experience - Desirable

• Qualification in safeguarding supervision
• Accredited training qualification

Skills - Essential

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• IT skills, including email, word and data collection
• Presentation skills
• Ability to analyse, critically evaluate information and record in a concise and accurate manner
• Confidence to challenge appropriately in difficult situations
• Ability to communicate across organisational boundaries
• Ability to work under pressure, to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines
• Completion of audits and reports within timescale

Skills - Desirable

• IT skills relating to Power Point, Excel

Other - Essential

• Satisfactory enhanced DBS check
• Credible, decisive and of high personal and professional integrity
• Car driver and owner, willing to travel within the remit of the service delivery areas

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.