Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner Practice Educator

Job summary

INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES

Deliver a comprehensive programme of training, learning and development relating to Safeguarding, to all relevant staff across the Trust and wider network where required. Act as a clinical role model, demonstrating and sharing excellent safeguarding practice. Understand and respond to the learning and development needs of staff across the Trust, as related to significant incidents, learning reviews, and internal or external audits of practice.

The post holder will spend approximately 50% of their time in practice education, and 50% working as a Specialist Practitioner. This may vary slightly according to the needs of the Team and Trust.

The post holder will support the wider safeguarding team in ensuring that safeguarding processes are in line with national standards, as well as undertaking audits and practice evaluation to provide assurance to the Board that safeguarding systems are meeting the needs of adults, children and young people.

Main duties of the job

• Work as a member of the wider Safeguarding team, contributing information to enable an overall understanding of the safety and quality of the care provided across the organisations
• Contribute to the delivery of the annual safeguarding work plan across the organisation, with particular focus on training and education
• Liaise with key partners across the Police, Social Care services, and other relevant specialists in both statutory and voluntary agencies
• Work in partnership with the Head of Safeguarding, Named Nurses and Senior Leadership teams to ensure safeguarding issues become integral to all systems provided by the Trust.
• Liaise with the Executive Lead for the Trust for safeguarding, identifying themes for communication to the Trust Board.
• Work closely with Named doctors for Safeguarding, GP leads, CCG and all other external agencies/partners.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details

Date posted: 18 August 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number: 262-A-

Job locations: North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust County wide, Unit 12 Port Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

• Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
• Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

Benefits

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working Scheme
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Excellent opportunities for development*
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse or Allied Health professional
• Recognised teaching or mentorship qualification

Desirable

• Specialist post registration training in safeguarding

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• To act in accordance with Codes of Professional Conduct for relevant professions and maintain registration where this is a requirement of the role
• To have up to date skills and a good understanding of evidence based practice
• To understand and follow relevant Trust policies.
• Experience of working with and assessing pre-registration students and junior stafff in clinical practice
• Experience of presenting to a wide range of different professionals
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working
• Evidence of self development

Desirable

• Ability to understand research methodologies and outcomes

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Professional and credible role model
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with all staff, across all professions.
• Self-motivated and have the ability to motivate others
• Ability to provide written feedback and reports to an academic standard
• Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative.
• Ability to manage own workload, prioritise demands and delegate appropriately
• Ability to use a wide range of IT systems
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Reliable, adaptable and flexible
• Acknowledge limitations to own competence and seek further education/training where needed.
• Well developed problem solving and decision making skills
• Act in ways that support equality and value diversity

Other requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel independently within the NCIC Trust footprint

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address: North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust County wide, Unit 12 Port Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY, United Kingdom

Employer's website: (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Named Nurse Adult Safeguarding, Deborah Stott, ,

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

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