Job summary
An exciting opportunity to join a highly regarding and motivated safeguarding team, where we care about each other as much as our patients.
You will work closely with the adult and children safeguarding teams to provide specialist safeguarding advice, support and training within the Trust Maternity and Neonatal services. You will support the Head of Safeguarding in providing assurance to the Trust Board that the Trust is meeting it's statutory safeguarding responsibilities and that our processes and systems are protecting women, children and families from abuse.
You must be an experienced midwife with a demonstrable passion for safeguarding, with a keen eye for detail and confidence to challenge and escalate to ensure the best outcomes for women, children and families
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a highly visible senior midwife, ensuring the delivery and monitoring of safeguarding procedures throughout the Trust Maternity and Neo-natal Services.
Provide specialist advice, training and supervision to staff within the maternity and neo-natal services and work closely with the Safeguarding Adults and Children's Named Nurse Team to ensure there is an effective and robust interface between unborn and neo-natal babies, children and adult safeguarding.
The post holder will work closely with the Trust's Named Doctor for Safeguarding Children, Lead Consultant for Safeguarding Adults and the Lead Nurse for Child Mortality and establish close, collaborative working practices with wider partners and agencies
The post holder will drive forward any recommendations, actions and learning from internal and external reviews in relation to maternity and neo-natal services, ensuring they are promoted and embedded within the Trust through fostering close working relationships with senior staff, promoting safeguarding as a core service within the Trust, and communicating the message that safeguarding is "Everyone's responsibility."
About us
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust recognises the values and transferable skills that the Armed Forces community bring and recognise their compatibility with NHS roles.
We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with degree
- Teaching and assessing qualification or relevant experience
Desirable
- safeguarding supervision qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge of current safeguarding children and domestic abuse agendas, priorities and legislation
- Knowledge of parenting capacity issues which impact on the safety and wellbeing of children and young people
- Knowledge clinical governance
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing complex and challenging safeguarding incidents at a senior level
- Experience of supporting victims of domestic abuse
- Experience of undertaking audit and action planning
- Experience of writing reports
Desirable
- Experience of working as a community midwife
Communication and Analytical Skills
Essential
- Ability to critically analyse and interpret sensitive and complex information from a variety of different sources
- Assertive and able to confidently challenge practice and escalate clinical issues
- Ability to present written and verbal information with clarity and precision
- Ability to demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with degree
- Teaching and assessing qualification or relevant experience
Desirable
- safeguarding supervision qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge of current safeguarding children and domestic abuse agendas, priorities and legislation
- Knowledge of parenting capacity issues which impact on the safety and wellbeing of children and young people
- Knowledge clinical governance
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing complex and challenging safeguarding incidents at a senior level
- Experience of supporting victims of domestic abuse
- Experience of undertaking audit and action planning
- Experience of writing reports
Desirable
- Experience of working as a community midwife
Communication and Analytical Skills
Essential
- Ability to critically analyse and interpret sensitive and complex information from a variety of different sources
- Assertive and able to confidently challenge practice and escalate clinical issues
- Ability to present written and verbal information with clarity and precision
- Ability to demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
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).
