Safeguarding MidwifeNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, motivated and ambitious midwife to join the team as Specialist Midwife for Safeguarding children at University Hospital Lewisham on a 15 month secondment on a part time basis.

You will need to possess a broad range of midwifery experience, leadership skills and excellent communication and networking skills as well as a keen interest in working with vulnerable women and their families.

You will be self-motivated, enthusiastic and have a passion for continuous development and improvement of maternity services, collaborative working, and maternity staff development.

You will be supported within your role by the Named Midwife for Safeguarding and the senior management team. Personal and professional growth is encouraged.

Main duties of the job

To advise and support staff in complex cases and to work closely with the Trust Named Midwife and Safeguarding Children/Adult Professionals to ensure that appropriate assessment of risks are undertaken to improve outcomes for vulnerable women/birthing people and their babies/families.

A Key function of the post will be to work as part of a dynamic multi-agency team assessing notifications and referrals regarding vulnerable women/birthing people and babies that are received by Multi- Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). The MASH process includes searching for and collating health information from a range of NHS providers.

You will be required work wherever maternity care is provided; across both acute and community sites as well as within the Local Authority as part of the MASH.

Job description

Please see JD for full description

Advanced practitioner that is expected to demonstrate best practice in terms of clinical responsibilities.

Highlight challenges and document poor practice.

Provide advice and support on all matters relating to Child Protection and vulnerable women/birthing people /families while implementing evidence based practice.

Disseminate information to promote good practice.

Work in close collaboration with Named Professionals to provide advice and support to staff working in the Trust.

Engage fully in the delivery of safeguarding training.

Work with the Named Professionals in providing and facilitating Child Protection/Safeguarding training and education for staff working in the Trust. Ensuring a multi-disciplinary approach.

In collaboration with Workforce and Development Team identify, implement and facilitate Child Protection and training.

Ensure robust safeguarding supervision is implemented within Trust Services in accordance with the Trust safeguarding supervision policy.

Provide safeguarding supervision, consultation, professional advice and guidance to staff and to sensitively guide and support staff working with issues related to vulnerable women/birthing people /families and child protection.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Please read the Personal and Job specifications carefully. You should provide evidence in your application of the essential qualities required and why you would be an asset to our Midwifery Team. Invites for testing and to interview will be sent to Personal e-mail addresses, please ensure one is provided on your application.