Named Midwife for SafeguardingNHS
Job summary
The Named Midwife for Safeguarding will be responsible for safeguarding women ,unborn, babies and families.
Supporting all activities necessary to ensure the organisation meets its statutory responsibilities to safeguard and protect the unborn, babies and families
As part of the role you will be taking on the Lead role for Female Genital Mutilation Promoting good professional practice within the organisation, providing advice and expertise for fellow colleagues and ensuring safeguarding training is in place. Working closely with the Head/ Deputy Head of Safeguarding and other statutory safeguarding partners.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Named Midwife for Safeguarding to provide expert leadership, advice and oversight in relation to safeguarding across maternity services and the wider organisation.
The Named Midwife will work collaboratively with wider multidisciplinary teams, as well as partner agencies including social care, police, Integrated Care Boards , Local Safeguarding Partnerships and other healthcare providers. The role is responsible for promoting best practice, supporting compliance with national safeguarding legislation and guidance, delivering safeguarding training and supervision, and the development of policies, quality assurance processes and service improvement initiatives.
Job description
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully.Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
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About us
DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.