Clinical Risk and Safeguarding Specialist

We are exciting to be hiring for a Clinical Risk and Safeguarding Specialist to join our busy and growing team. The successful candidate will support the delivery of effective clinical risk management and safeguarding governance across Capita’s health assessment and support services. This role will help ensure services are delivered safely, consistently and in line with organisational policy, industry best practice, Government and NHS policy, safeguarding requirements and contractual obligations. This is a full time home-based role. Job title: Clinical Risk and Safeguarding Specialist Job Description: What you'll be doing Provide specialist clinical risk and safeguarding support to operational teams and clients, ensuring effective application of clinical governance principles, safeguarding standards and risk management practice. Increase awareness of clinical risk, safeguarding responsibilities and clinical governance across service areas, including supporting training and communication activity. Conduct clinical impact assessments following incidents, safeguarding concerns, change requests and transformation activity, identifying proportionate solutions that minimise clinical and service-user impact. Contribute to clinical risk management, safeguarding and incident management procedures, strategies and continuous improvement activity. Maintain appropriate clinical risk registers, safeguarding records, clinical incident logs and associated preventative and remedial action plans. Co-ordinate and manage professional body and registration requirements for health professionals, providing assurance that colleagues meet their professional body requirements and that relevant contractual sanctions, waivers and escalation processes are followed. Represent Clinical Governance in meetings, forums and initiatives, making independent decisions within approved guidelines and escalating where required. Support delivery of clinical governance strategic and business-as-usual activity, with a focus on clinical risk, safeguarding, incident learning and continuous improvement. What we're looking for : Essential : Experienced UK registered Health Professional with a minimum of two years’ post-registration experience and current, unrestricted professional registration with the GMC, NMC or HCPC. Awareness of Clinical Governance and the seven pillars, including their function within a regulated service environment. Level 4 Child and/or Adult Safeguarding training, or equivalent demonstrable safeguarding competence. Detailed knowledge or demonstrable understanding of clinical assessment, healthcare service delivery, safeguarding, clinical risk management or regulated service processes. Desirable : ​ In-depth understanding of the clinical, operational, social and cultural factors that can affect health assessment, support services and service-user experience. Experience making difficult decisions under pressure. Evidence of continuing professional development and continued professional registration. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to build effective relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders. About HAAS The Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) arranges and carries out assessments for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Communities (DfC). The purpose of the assessment is to understand how an illness or disability affects a person’s daily life. After the assessment, the DWP/DfC makes the decision as to whether the individual will receive any benefits. The Health Assessment Advisory Service is delivered on behalf of the DWP & DfC by Capita. What’s in it for you? £46,000 annual salary 25 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice Auto-enrolment to our company pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you. What we hope you’ll do next: Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. Equal Opportunities At Capita, we’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. We want everyone to have the best chance of succeeding as they move through their application and start their career with us. We are an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, we want to hear from you if you’d like to discuss any adjustments you might need during your recruitment process. Please email [email protected] or call 02035970410 and we’ll get back to you to discuss. For more information about equal opportunities and the types of adjustments we can offer, please visit the Capita Careers website. If you have a question that does not relate to adjustments during your recruitment process, please email our Talent Acquisition team - [email protected] Location: Home-Based - GBR , United Kingdom Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent