We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Midwife to join our team. You will need to be passionate and have commitment to ensuring safeguarding procedures and policies are adhered to in the clinical setting and able to lead teaching sessions to share learning. The applicant also needs to be confident in their safeguarding knowledge and sharing this with other professionals while working in line with local and national standards.

You will provide woman focused and family centered midwifery care within a community and hospital setting. You'll work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, enhancing and promoting the health, wellbeing and safeguarding of mothers and their babies.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is the Specialist Safeguarding Midwife based at Whipps Cross Hospital. The post holder will be supported by a team of midwives who provide enhanced midwifery care to vulnerable families to ensure safety and compassion during their pregnancy journey.

The Specialist Midwife for Safeguarding will support all activities necessary in maternity services to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities to safeguard and protect children and young people.

The Midwife will identify and co-ordinate the provision of multidisciplinary care for socially vulnerable women through support, advice and training for staff dealing with complex child protection issues. The post holder will provide high quality, effective midwifery care that is evidence based and woman centred.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oRegistered Midwife on NMC Register
• oSupported Learning in the Clinical Environment
• oRelevant Child Protection training
• oKnowledge and understanding of Domestic Violence, including relevant legislation, national policy and professional standards
• oMentorship qualification

Desirable

• oSafeguarding Supervision course attended

Experience

Essential

• oEvidence of continuous professional development Knowledge and understanding of Statutory Midwifery Supervision
• oSignificant experience in managing Child Protection issues
• oExperience of undertaking audits and implementing/monitoring action plans
• oEvidence of previous teaching experience
• oExperience in working closely with external partners, i.e. CCG and Local Authority in relation to safeguarding

Knowledge

Essential

• oFlexible, assertive and ability to show initiative
• oAbility to think logically, to make decisions, cope with stress, and work with all levels of staff
• oCommitment to a family centred environment.
• oInterest in own professional development.

Skills

Essential

• oAbility to work independently and within a multidisciplinary/multi agency team
• oAbility to work in a highly emotive environment
• oAbility to effectively manage a designated group of staff
• oAbility to effectively facilitate change and motivate others
• oSupports students and promotes an effective learning environment
• oIn depth understanding of the complexities related to child protection
• oExcellent written communication skills
• oAbility to communicate effectively with people from varied social, cultural & professional backgrounds
• oAbility to develop quick and meaningful relationships with women and their families
• oAbility to negotiate effectively.
• oAbility to challenge constructively and assert the authority of the role

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Whipps Cross Hospital

London

E11 1NR

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