Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trust wide Safeguarding Named Midwife for Safeguarding to lead our dynamic and innovative maternity Safeguarding Team.
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and passionate individual with strong leadership skills, who has an expert knowledge of the safeguarding adults and children's agenda and co ordinates a Think family approach throughout the Trust.
The post holder will provide a link between staff and services, The safeguarding and vulnerabilities team and external agencies.
The post holder will be be a highly visible senior midwife, providing specialist knowledge, advice and clinical expertise to all staff in maternity services in all areas of Safeguarding Children/Child Protection.
The post holder is required to be a Registered Midwife with supervisory experience. They will have excellent communication skills and be able to build positive relationships with internal and external professionals, provide advice and support on safeguarding matters to individual staff and services, and support the team to deliver training and supervision.
Main duties of the job
Roles and responsibilities include
To manage Specialist Midwives and Safeguarding Team
To work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and partner agencies to ensure that babies who come into contact with services at University Hospitals Birmingham are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted.
To ensure there are child death reporting and review processes within maternity services.
Together with the Named Nurse and Named Doctor contribute to the Trust Safeguarding Training Strategy.
Actively participate and lead on quality assurance processes, audits and report writing in accordance with the safeguarding agenda.
To give maternity safeguarding assurance to Director of Midwifery and Safeguarding Board
To contribute to the University Hospitals Birmingham response to Serious Local safeguarding Practice Reviews ensuring that recommendations are implemented and audited.
Ensure that The Trust meets its statutory obligation to safeguard and promote the welfare of all unborn, children and young people and vulnerable pregnant women who access services from within the Trust
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Midwife master's degree in relevant subject or willing to undertake/working towards.
- * Evidence of continuing CPD Teaching qualification, e.g. Mentorship Qualification, ENB 998 or equivalent.
Desirable
- *Qualification in Management /Leadership Child protection qualification Child Protection Supervision training
Experience
Essential
- *Extensive experience as a midwife in a managerial position.
- * Extensive experience of working with Safeguarding/Child Protection issues
- *Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- *Experience of inter-agency working
- *Experience of undertaking audit
- *Experience of multi-professional teaching
- * Experience of working with pregnant women with complex medical/social needs
- *Able to articulate a personal philosophy of midwifery as it relates to child protection practice.
- * Knowledge of current Safeguarding legislation/guidance/procedures
- *Awareness of current professional issues within midwifery/NHS
- *Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues
- *Awareness of equality and diversity
- *Awareness of self-care strategies for self and others
- *Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues.
Desirable
- *Experience of participating in research studies.
- * Experience of providing clinical supervision
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to work in a highly emotive environment I Commitment to child and family centred environment. Interest in own professional development. Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Midwife master's degree in relevant subject or willing to undertake/working towards.
- * Evidence of continuing CPD Teaching qualification, e.g. Mentorship Qualification, ENB 998 or equivalent.
Desirable
- *Qualification in Management /Leadership Child protection qualification Child Protection Supervision training
Experience
Essential
- *Extensive experience as a midwife in a managerial position.
- * Extensive experience of working with Safeguarding/Child Protection issues
- *Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- *Experience of inter-agency working
- *Experience of undertaking audit
- *Experience of multi-professional teaching
- * Experience of working with pregnant women with complex medical/social needs
- *Able to articulate a personal philosophy of midwifery as it relates to child protection practice.
- * Knowledge of current Safeguarding legislation/guidance/procedures
- *Awareness of current professional issues within midwifery/NHS
- *Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues
- *Awareness of equality and diversity
- *Awareness of self-care strategies for self and others
- *Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues.
Desirable
- *Experience of participating in research studies.
- * Experience of providing clinical supervision
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to work in a highly emotive environment I Commitment to child and family centred environment. Interest in own professional development. Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
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).
