Job summary
Job Overview
NHS South Yorkshire
Integrated Care Board is seeking an enthusiastic individual with a passion
for improving outcomes for children, young people and care leavers to join
our Safeguarding Team as Deputy Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children
and Looked After Children.
This strategic role
provides safeguarding leadership, advice and assurance, supporting the ICB to
meet its statutory responsibilities in line with the NHS England Safeguarding
Accountability and Assurance Framework (SAAF). Working with designated
professionals, commissioned services and system partners, you will strengthen
safeguarding governance, provider assurance, partnership working and quality
improvement. You will support learning from reviews and audits, identify
risks and help ensure childrens voices inform commissioning and system
improvement.
We are looking for
an experienced safeguarding practitioner with strong leadership, analytical
and influencing skills, able to provide advice and professional challenge.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The postholder will:
Support the Designated Nurse in providing strategic and professional safeguarding leadership across the South Yorkshire health and care system.
Provide expert advice, guidance and constructive professional challenge on complex, sensitive or contentious safeguarding matters.
Support the ICB to fulfil its statutory safeguarding responsibilities and provide assurance in line with the NHS England Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework.
Develop and maintain robust safeguarding governance and assurance arrangements across NHS-funded and commissioned services.
Work collaboratively with designated professionals, NHS providers, local authorities, safeguarding partnerships and other system partners to strengthen safeguarding arrangements and improve outcomes.
Build effective relationships across organisational boundaries, influencing strategic policy, service development and commissioning decisions.
Contribute to the development and monitoring of safeguarding standards, key performance indicators, quality measures and improvement plans
Analyse complex qualitative and quantitative information to identify themes, risks, gaps and opportunities for system improvement.
About us
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health
and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the
strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local
communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in
population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience
and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS
support broader social and economic development.
Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader
health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South
Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the
Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South
Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care
services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP
practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working
across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000
voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work
alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE
partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider
determinants of health in South Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire ICB is a Disability Confident Employer
Details
Date posted
09 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time,
Flexible working,
Home or remote working
Reference number
D9133-1093
Job locations
Eyre St
Sheffield City Centre
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 3FG
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
