Job summary
A great opportunity has arisen for a registered professional with high level experience in safeguarding to join the safeguarding midwifery team at NUH, the post will be a band 7, 30 hours per week substantive post.
The post holder will work in conjunction with the Trust wide Safeguarding Team to deliver a high quality service of safeguarding expertise to the Trust. They will provide professional advice, support and education to the multi-professional team, patient and carers and ensure that the Trust meets statutory safeguarding requirements
Work in conjunction with the safeguarding leads for Adults/ Children and Midwifery to implement a Trust wide safeguarding training strategy.
To implement the education and training across the Trust with the support of the Safeguarding team.
There will be an opportunity to develop leadership skills. Our team is supportive and dedicated to the delivery of effective safe care
Main duties of the job
To deliver a high quality service of safeguarding expertise, provide professional advice, support and education to the multi-professional team, patient and carers with their specialist service.
Convey and present complex information written and verbal, formally and informally as appropriate. Ensure that when applicable information is maintained and kept in an appropriate place.
He/she/they will work together with Named Professionals in the development of evidence based patient care policies and procedures/audit;
To implement the education and training across the Trust.
To record, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the Safeguarding training strategy, ensuring all staff has access to the level of education and training required.
About us
With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as a member of the Midwifery Safeguarding team to support the delivery of services to staff involved in the safeguarding of unborn/babies and children, including supporting liaison between hospital and community services.
The post holder will act as a resource for members of the multidisciplinary team and facilitate an environment of learning to promote the development of staff, and will also support Mandatory Safeguarding training and safeguarding children supervision.
The post holder is responsible for implementing national recommendations and guidance for good practice in conjunction with the Named Midwife for Safeguarding.
Convey and present highly complex and sensitive information written and verbal, formally and informally as appropriate. Ensure that when applicable information is maintained and kept in an appropriate place.
The post holder will work in conjunction with the Trust wide Safeguarding Team to deliver a high quality service of safeguarding expertise to the Trust. They will provide professional advice, support and education to the multi-professional team, patient and carers and ensure that the Trust meets statutory safeguarding requirements.'
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as a member of the Midwifery Safeguarding team to support the delivery of services to staff involved in the safeguarding of unborn/babies and children, including supporting liaison between hospital and community services.
The post holder will act as a resource for members of the multidisciplinary team and facilitate an environment of learning to promote the development of staff, and will also support Mandatory Safeguarding training and safeguarding children supervision.
The post holder is responsible for implementing national recommendations and guidance for good practice in conjunction with the Named Midwife for Safeguarding.
Convey and present highly complex and sensitive information written and verbal, formally and informally as appropriate. Ensure that when applicable information is maintained and kept in an appropriate place.
The post holder will work in conjunction with the Trust wide Safeguarding Team to deliver a high quality service of safeguarding expertise to the Trust. They will provide professional advice, support and education to the multi-professional team, patient and carers and ensure that the Trust meets statutory safeguarding requirements.'
Person Specification
Training Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional
Essential
- Educated to post graduate degree level and have extensive specialist knowledge and expertise of Safeguarding Unborn, new-born babies and children.
- Registered Midwife with the NMC
- Evidence of continued professional development, including multi agency training in safeguarding children and young people. Level 3
- Relevant training to enable the delivery of Safeguarding Supervision to midwives and midwifery support workers.
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
Desirable
- Health related Masters degree
- IMR author training / Investigation training.
- Safeguarding Leadership / Management Course
- Evidence of Safeguarding Training at Level 4
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- oMust be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards
Physical requirements
Essential
- A combination of sitting, standing and walking.
- Requirement for light physical effort for short periods during the course of the working day. Travel to external meeting sas required.
- The post holder is required to use a VDU
- Will come into contact with patients at times of incidences where they may be hostile and verbally or physically aggressive. Ability to cope with and defuse such situations.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the NHS its culture and future changes
- Significant Post registration experience of working in a safeguarding midwifery team, including attending multi agency meetings and escalating cases internally and external agencies
- Understanding of working with families with sensitive and multiple complex needs.
- Experience in the delivery of safeguarding supervision
- Skilled in Multi-agency assessments and working together with partner agencies for the purpose of safeguarding unborn babies, children and vulnerable adults.
- Developing, providing and evaluating safeguarding training and education
- Principles underpinning effective safeguarding practice including current legislation, statutory guidance and assessment processes
- Knowledge of diversity, inclusivity and equality issues and their application in safeguarding practice
- Knowledge and promotion of best practice through clinical governance mechanisms.
- Significant experience in understanding and managing Domestic Abuse.
Desirable
- Experience in the development of policies, procedures and practice guidance.
- Experience of initiating and implementing change processes
- Experience of undertaking and contributing to organisational and service audits
- Experience of contributing to IMR's
- Evidence of professional leadership and innovation within practice
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Effective people management and leadership skills
- Able to build professional and personal credibility
- Aware of own strengths and development needs
- Possesses excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Communicates highly complex, confidential and highly sensitive information to staff at any level within the Trust and also with senior individuals in other organisations.
- Ability to present highly complex data
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Be able to plan and organise own workload to deliver to tight deadlines, producing detailed work of excellent quality and accuracy.
- Partnership/cross organisational working to promote clinical excellence
- Multi-agency networks in relation to Safeguarding unborn and new born babies.
- Self directing with excellent time management skills
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Able to give expert advice on Safeguarding issues and analyse a range of complex facts and situations, to interpret, decide and guide upon the safest option to follow
- Able to analyse highly complex, sensitive and often highly contentious issues and make decisions about the best course of action to take.
- Ability to obtain, absorb, analyse, interpret and communicate complex information rapidly, while retaining attention to detail
- Required to use own initiative and professional judgment and can demonstrate ability to overcome challenges and initiate change.
- Able to 'think on your feet' and make decisions and to know when to seek advice amongst an ever changing workload
- Able to priortise own workload and that of others
- Able to multi-task and continue to function to a high standard when under pressure
- Well developed problem solving skills
- Ability to adapt and influence change within the working environment
- Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary/multi agency team
- Professional accountability in relation to safeguarding unborn babies and children
- In depth understanding of the complexities related to families with an unborn/newborn protection
Other Requirements Specific to the Role
Essential
- Flexibility in working hours
Person Specification
Training Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional
Essential
- Educated to post graduate degree level and have extensive specialist knowledge and expertise of Safeguarding Unborn, new-born babies and children.
- Registered Midwife with the NMC
- Evidence of continued professional development, including multi agency training in safeguarding children and young people. Level 3
- Relevant training to enable the delivery of Safeguarding Supervision to midwives and midwifery support workers.
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
Desirable
- Health related Masters degree
- IMR author training / Investigation training.
- Safeguarding Leadership / Management Course
- Evidence of Safeguarding Training at Level 4
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- oMust be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards
Physical requirements
Essential
- A combination of sitting, standing and walking.
- Requirement for light physical effort for short periods during the course of the working day. Travel to external meeting sas required.
- The post holder is required to use a VDU
- Will come into contact with patients at times of incidences where they may be hostile and verbally or physically aggressive. Ability to cope with and defuse such situations.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the NHS its culture and future changes
- Significant Post registration experience of working in a safeguarding midwifery team, including attending multi agency meetings and escalating cases internally and external agencies
- Understanding of working with families with sensitive and multiple complex needs.
- Experience in the delivery of safeguarding supervision
- Skilled in Multi-agency assessments and working together with partner agencies for the purpose of safeguarding unborn babies, children and vulnerable adults.
- Developing, providing and evaluating safeguarding training and education
- Principles underpinning effective safeguarding practice including current legislation, statutory guidance and assessment processes
- Knowledge of diversity, inclusivity and equality issues and their application in safeguarding practice
- Knowledge and promotion of best practice through clinical governance mechanisms.
- Significant experience in understanding and managing Domestic Abuse.
Desirable
- Experience in the development of policies, procedures and practice guidance.
- Experience of initiating and implementing change processes
- Experience of undertaking and contributing to organisational and service audits
- Experience of contributing to IMR's
- Evidence of professional leadership and innovation within practice
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Effective people management and leadership skills
- Able to build professional and personal credibility
- Aware of own strengths and development needs
- Possesses excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Communicates highly complex, confidential and highly sensitive information to staff at any level within the Trust and also with senior individuals in other organisations.
- Ability to present highly complex data
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Be able to plan and organise own workload to deliver to tight deadlines, producing detailed work of excellent quality and accuracy.
- Partnership/cross organisational working to promote clinical excellence
- Multi-agency networks in relation to Safeguarding unborn and new born babies.
- Self directing with excellent time management skills
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Able to give expert advice on Safeguarding issues and analyse a range of complex facts and situations, to interpret, decide and guide upon the safest option to follow
- Able to analyse highly complex, sensitive and often highly contentious issues and make decisions about the best course of action to take.
- Ability to obtain, absorb, analyse, interpret and communicate complex information rapidly, while retaining attention to detail
- Required to use own initiative and professional judgment and can demonstrate ability to overcome challenges and initiate change.
- Able to 'think on your feet' and make decisions and to know when to seek advice amongst an ever changing workload
- Able to priortise own workload and that of others
- Able to multi-task and continue to function to a high standard when under pressure
- Well developed problem solving skills
- Ability to adapt and influence change within the working environment
- Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary/multi agency team
- Professional accountability in relation to safeguarding unborn babies and children
- In depth understanding of the complexities related to families with an unborn/newborn protection
Other Requirements Specific to the Role
Essential
- Flexibility in working hours
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).