Designated Safeguarding Lead

Are you experienced in Safeguarding, quality improvements, audits and looking for a new opportunity to be part of an established multidisciplinary team? Join us at Potters Bar, a mental health hospital delivering care for children and young people and adults of working age. Our team is currently on an exciting journey to achieve excellence, and you can be part of this! 

Working as a Safeguarding Lead at Potters Bar is a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

Your career within Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Where you will be working

Location: 190 Barnet Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2SE

Join the team at Potters Bar Clinic providing care for young people and adults with acute mental health needs and personality disorders in an established 24-hour care environment. The CAMHS Tier 4 Low Secure services are for young people aged 13–18.

Potters Bar Clinic is located in a residential area, only one minute drive from the M25 and a short bus ride from Potters Bar Train Station, with a bus stop right outside, making it an easy commute for most.

What you will be doing:

Working within the multidisciplinary team, you will provide a high profile, visible leadership to the team, meeting Safeguarding requirements, undertaking monthly and quarterly audits and governance reports.

No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine. 

There are career development opportunities, with a huge range of training that will help you grow and succeed. If you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

Things that you will have:

• Extensive experience in Safeguarding principles and procedures and legislative requirements.
• An excellent understanding of audit standards and clinical governance
• Extensive experience in undertaking clinical audit activities
• Have the ability and willingness to use a variety of IT systems
• Ability to disseminate audit outcomes that generate changes to professional practice 
• Ability to lead Continuous Improvement processes in a Health Care facility
• Sound knowledge of the relevant legislative and regulatory body requirements (Care Quality Commission - CQC)
• Knowledge and understanding of contemporary clinical risk management strategies that are effective in promoting and ensuring high quality patient care
• Experience in analysing clinical information and creating reports for internal/external stakeholders
• Proven ability to successfully motivate a clinical services team providing positive leadership and clinical networking opportunities
• Demonstrate communication skills of a high level including written and verbal communication, ability to listen and summarise and presentation skills
• Able to deliver education and training in relation to Safeguarding

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Proven experience working at a management level within the health care industry
• Safeguarding Lead (level 4) training
• Demonstrated understanding of private and public health sector funding models

What you will get:

• Annual salary of up to £57200
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Subsidised Meals
• Free Parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.