Safeguarding Adult Practitioner

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Safeguarding Adult Practitioner

The closing date is 06 May 2026

We are recruiting to our Safeguarding Families team and are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and innovative individual to join our dynamic and forward thinking team as Safeguarding Adults Practitioner.

The role holder will be a highly visible experienced practitioner, providing support from the Safeguarding Adults Lead specialist knowledge and advice to all staff in the Trust and the community in all areas of Safeguarding Adults. With support from the Safeguarding Adults Lead, you will provide the professional interface between hospital and community services with respect to the welfare of adults, delivering a robust and safe communication system for the effective and timely flow of information between hospital and community health professionals and other agencies as appropriate.

The Safeguarding Adult Specialist Practitioner will work closely with the wider safeguarding and complex health teams to ensure a holistic approach to the care of the most vulnerable patients and their families in delivering safeguarding advice, support, training and supervision. The hospital provides an efficient and effective liaison and expert screening system and you will share information with the appropriate community staff where there are specific health, social or safety concerns.

Main duties of the job

• Apply knowledge to support positive clinical outcomes and compassionate care for patients who are experiencing abuse and/or harm from others.
• Promote best practice and evidence based approaches to safeguarding adults at risk.
• Support the coordination of care and safety planning for people who require support to ensure safe environments and aid clinical teams in following these measures and responding to escalated concerns.
• Support the delivery of training and education to staff when they work with adults at risk.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

We offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those that cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

Experience

• Proven post registered experience of working within the health or social care sector.
• Experience working with others as part of a team.
• Experience in the safeguarding arena.
• Experience in acute and community settings.
• Experience in audit and monitoring processes.

Qualifications

• Relevant health or social care qualification.
• Relevant Safeguarding post basic training or equivalent experience.
• Relevant teaching qualification or currently working towards one.
• Graduated to first level degree.

Knowledge

• Experience in inter agency work.
• Evidence of ongoing professional learning.
• Knowledge of adult services.
• Knowledge of legal framework for information sharing.
• Understanding of the NMC Codes of Conduct.
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to safeguarding adults.
• Knowledge of evidence based safeguarding adults practice.
• Experience in education and training.
• Knowledge of adults' rights.

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust