About the role
Salary: Negotiable
Are you an experienced Clinical Consultant Paediatrician with a curious and critical mind to improve safeguarding practices for children and young people? Can you think strategically to work in partnership with other organisations and are motivated to develop into a senior strategic safeguarding leadership position? If so, please do get in contact.
The postholder will be exposed to working at a strategic level within the Gloucestershire system, closely supported by the other Designated statutory roles for Children, Associate Director for Safeguarding and Executive Place Clinical Directors. The key purposes of the role are to offer strategic expert advice and clinical leadership to the Safeguarding Children's Partnership and system, contribute to work programmes determined by either the ICB or Safeguarding Children's Partnership including statutory safeguarding reviews and provide independent professional assurance to the clustered ICBs and its partners, including making available advice relating to strategic commissioning. In addition to the above, a statutory part of the Designated Doctor role is to provide expert advice and support in complex health safeguarding situations including safeguarding supervision to safeguarding leads across the health system.
The Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children is a statutory senior medical role providing system-level clinical leadership, expert advice and independent professional assurance to theBNSSGGloucestershire Cluster Integrated Care Board (ICB) and its partners.