GESH MCA Nurse (SGUH)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a full-time permanent role for an MCA & Safeguarding Practitioner within the Safeguarding Adults team for GESH (St George's, Epsom & St Helier Hospitals Health Group). The successful candidate will be a qualified clinician with at least 2 years post-qualifying experience in a clinical role, demonstrating an interest in the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Safeguarding. The position involves supporting clinical areas, facilitating decision-making for patients, and providing advice on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). Cross-site working across St George's, Epsom, and St Helier hospitals is required. The role focuses on ensuring patient voices are heard and participation in decision-making is maximised.
Essential criteria
- Follow procedures and protocols
- Demonstrate ability to carry out risk assessments in practice
- Organisation of self and workload
- Strong communication with patients
- 2 years post registration
- Understanding of the post
- Experience of interagency working
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrated experience of working with MCA/DoLs
- Current registration (RN - any; OT; S< Social Worker)
- Safeguarding specific role
- Mental health qualification
- Competency based teaching qualification
- Understanding of the MCA
- Understanding of safeguarding principles
- Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
- Follow procedures and protocols
- Demonstrate ability to carry out risk assessments in practice
- Organisation of self and workload
- Strong communication with patients
- 2 years post registration
- Understanding of the post
- Experience of interagency working
- Demonstrated experience of working with MCA/DoLs
- Current registration (RN - any; OT; S< Social Worker)
- Safeguarding specific role
- Mental health qualification
- Competency based teaching qualification
- Understanding of the MCA
- Understanding of safeguarding principles
- Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
GESH MCA Nurse (SGUH)
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
This is a full time role based at SGH but with cross site working at Epsom and St Helier as required
- An exciting opportunity has arisen for an MCA & Safeguarding Practitioner in the Safeguarding Adults team for gesh (St George's, Epsom & St Helier Hospitals Health Group) based between St Helier and Epsom General Hospital.
- We are looking for a qualified clinician (Nurse - RMN, RGN, RCN or RNLD, or OT) who has at least 2 years post qualifying in a clinical role with an interest in the MCA and Safeguarding.
- You will be patient focused with a passion for ensuring that our patients voices are heard and participation in all decision making is maximised.
- An understanding of the principles of Safeguarding Adults and the ability to work across agencies will be helpful, as will MCA literacy.
Main duties of the job
- Support the Safeguarding & MCA team in providing support to clinical areas.
- Work with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams in supporting individuals with decision making, through helping facilitate best interests meetings and case discussions.
- Following appropriate development to act as a resource and provide advice on the use and application of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), in particular use o
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