Designated Nurse Safeguarding (Looked After Children)
Company: NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
Job ID: D9116-26-0009
Closing date: 19 November 2026

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has become available for the post of Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire as part of the cluster ICB changes. This is a strategic statutory role within the ICB. The post is open to staff with clinical children's registration with extensive knowledge and experience in safeguarding children and who have the ability to work across partnerships to ensure that Children and Young People are safe and can develop and meet their ambitions.

The post holder needs to be able to show a commitment to lead and provide specialist advice across the partnerships and within the ICB as required.

Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the post are to:

• Provide senior leadership for safeguarding children, including statutory partnership engagement
• Provide professional safeguarding advice across partners and within the ICB
• Support named safeguarding roles and professional networks across the system
• Ensure statutory safeguarding duties and partnership requirements are met
• Ensure appropriate escalation and management of safeguarding risks

About us
The DLN Cluster, comprising Derby and Derbyshire ICB, Lincolnshire ICB, and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB, offers prospective employees a unique opportunity to contribute to healthcare innovation focused on reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for local communities. By joining our team, you will help develop integrated neighbourhood health models that bring care closer to home and support proactive, preventative approaches. We are committed to sustainable, high-impact clinical excellence and support innovation through dedicated transformation funding, turning ideas for improvement into frontline delivery. At the DLN Cluster, your career will be shaped by meaningful system-wide change, collaborative working, and the opportunity to help build a healthier, fairer future for diverse communities across the region.

This role may be employed by any organisation within the DLN Cluster.

Details

• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8b
• Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 116-8417437
• Job location: Home Breweries Building, Sir John Robinson Way, Daybrook, NG5 6DA, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Essential

• Member of relevant professional body: nurse, midwife, medic, AHP, pharmacist or social worker
• Master's level qualification or equivalent experience working at a senior level in at a minimum one of the Specialist areas of the Portfolio
• Evidence of continued professional development and professional leadership
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Ability to travel across the DLN footprint
• Leadership of complex and challenging transformation projects
• Financial stewardship and budget management
• Experience working across providers, primary care and other system partners
• An understanding of the statutory duties of the ICBs in relation to the Portfolio

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
Employer's website: https://lincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/

Contact for questions about the job
DD Quality, Safeguarding and Partnerships, Nicola Ryan, nicola.ryan4@nhs.net

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