Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. 

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.   
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.  
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.  
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations. 
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.  
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.  
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation.  You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Band: 6

Hours: 37.5  Monday to Friday 08.30 until 16.30

Contract Type: Permanent

We are seeking a registered professional to join our Safeguarding Team in a Band 6 role, supporting the delivery of high‑quality safeguarding adults practice across the Trust. This is a key role, contributing to the protection of adults at risk and supporting staff to provide safe, effective, and person‑centred care.

You will provide specialist safeguarding advice and support to clinical and non‑clinical staff, ensuring safeguarding concerns are recognised early and managed appropriately in line with legislation, national guidance, and local policy. Working closely with colleagues across services and with partner agencies, you will contribute to a consistent, joined‑up approach to safeguarding adults across the organisation.

What you’ll do

• Support the delivery of safeguarding training, supervision, and awareness‑raising activities
• Provide professional advice and guidance on safeguarding adults concerns, including complex decision‑making and risk management
• Support staff with the identification, management, and escalation of safeguarding issues
• Support the implementation and embedding of safeguarding policies, procedures, and best practice
• Contribute to safeguarding audits, reviews, and learning activities, ensuring lessons are shared and embedded into practice
• Work collaboratively with multi‑agency partners across the Isle of Wight and wider system to promote effective information‑sharing and coordinated responses
• Promote a culture of safeguarding, professional curiosity, reflective practice, and continuous improvement

What we’re looking for

We are looking for an individual with a passion for safeguarding, excellent communication skills, and the confidence to offer professional advice and constructive challenge when required. You will be able to work autonomously within your scope of practice while contributing positively as part of a supportive safeguarding team.

If you are passionate about safeguarding adults at risk, supporting staff development, and contributing to the continuous improvement of safeguarding practice across Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, we would be delighted to receive your application.

Please refer to the Job description for further details

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Qualification in Social Work
• Allied health professional Qualification i.e., Speech and Language Therapy, Specialist Dentistry, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy
• Evidence of ongoing professional development 

Experience

Essential

• ​​​​​​​Post registration experience of safeguarding adults

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding adult polices guidelines and recommendations
• Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to safeguarding adults
• Demonstrates knowledge of abuse and neglect
• Knowledge of the Local Authority Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adult Hub (MASH) agenda
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Good IT skills, email, word and excel
• Presentation skills
• Ability to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines
• Completion of audits, reports, and chronologies
• Non judgemental and self motivated

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.