Safeguarding Midwife

To support the safeguarding team and Trust to facilitate the implementation of recommendations from Safeguarding Practice Reviews/Serious Incidences

To establish and maintain effective working relationships with our partner agencies such as Children’s Social Care, Education and the Police

To support Trust staff at case conference/strategy meetings and attend, as required, in complex safeguarding issues

To represent the Trust at case conferences and related meetings as required

To support staff to write reports for case conference, strategy meetings ensuring that reports are accurate and appropriate, keeping the child central at all times

Maintain professional development to a high level of expertise in relation to safeguarding. To have an understanding of the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) and the MARAC process across Essex and Hertfordshire

Assist in service delivery by taking account of service user’s views

To establish and maintain effective working relationship with the designated and named professionals for safeguarding outside of the Trust to provide a highly developed specialist safeguarding advisory service for the Princess Alexandra NHS Hospital Trust

To undertake regular audits and analysis to inform practice and disseminate these findings with colleagues and other agencies as appropriate

To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors and be conversant with the scope of professional practice and NMC advisory papers

Undertake safeguarding supervision in line with the recommendations in the Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife

Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

United Kingdom recognised Degree in a healthcare profession

Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of

professional portfolio and registration revalidation

Safeguarding supervision training

Teaching Mentoring Qualification

Evidence of recent level 3/4 safeguarding children/Young people training

Desirable

Working towards a Masters Degree in Safeguarding

Experience

Essential

3 years experience as a Registered Midwife

Experience of safeguarding within existing role

Desirable

Experience of working in the community