Safeguarding Midwife

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, motivated and ambitious midwife to join the team as Specialist Midwife for Safeguarding children at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich on a 12 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.

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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.

Working for our organisation

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:

1. 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
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.

Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Use of AI in recruitment: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the initial review of applications against the essential criteria for this role. Where AI is used, it will support rather than replace human decision-making, and applications will remain subject to appropriate human review.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife Working towards PG Certificate in Child Protection
• Educated to Degree level
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Working towards PG Certificate in Child Protection

Desirable criteria

• PG cert in child protection
• Working towards MA Safeguarding Children

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive Specialist Practitioner qualification.
• Experience of implementing evidence based practice within the clinical governance framework
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding and commitment to the current issues affecting the delivery of child protection services.
• Ability to lead changes and develop innovative health care service in collaboration with other agencies.
• Experience of working with vulnerable women/birthing people /child protection families.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Skills for assessing practitioners’ child protection practices interpret complex cases and make recommendations for intervention.
• Day to day supervision for Trust staff and support for other healthcare professionals.
• Plan specialist meetings and workshops involving external parties.
• Organize and facilitate reflective practice forums.
• Able to challenge decisions and articulate rationale effectively.
• Effective communication and problem solving skills.
• Able to provide and receive sensitive condition related information including child abuse, domestic violence to clients etc and support health practitioners effectively.
• Produce management reports including statistics for child protection and complex cases for service delivery as required.
• Provide advice and guidance to practitioners with tact and sensitivity around child protection work.
• Work closely with Named Nurse/Midwife to review policy guidelines and make recommendations for improved service delivery.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Able to adapt to new systems and work in a flexible pattern.

Documents

• JD (PDF, 925.7KB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
• Visa and Certificate of Sponsorship Information for Applicants (PDF, 3.8MB)
• Candidates Guidance on Applying (PDF, 175.2KB)
• Candidate Guidance on the use of AI (PDF, 3.8MB)