Job summary
The primary purpose of the Cultural Safety Lead is to improve inclusivity within our maternity services for service users and our workforce. The post holder will take responsibility, in partnership with the senior management team, in improving the cultural safety of maternity services within their unit and across the North West London sector. This will include support for all protected characteristics, including, but not restricted to areas of race, sex, sexuality, gender identity and disability. The post holder will have responsibility for gathering information, reporting, raising awareness, training and working towards solutions in these areas as they relate to both service users and staff within maternity services.
Main duties of the job
- Demonstrate knowledge of all relevant policies and legislation in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion within the context of national governance policies and procedures
- Work with the senior midwifery team and LMNS team to assist in the implementation and operationalisation of all current and future policies and strategic directions with a cultural safety focus
- To work alongside hospital and community teams and senior midwifery staff to review midwifery practice and provide an expert opinion in maternity care, particularly focused on inclusivity
- To use key performance indicators (WRES and birth outcome data) to demonstrate ongoing added value of the role of Cultural Safety Lead
- Be involved in continuous monitoring and maintaining quality standards of clinical practice and care through a variety of ways; for example, audit
- To be responsible for the delivery of the LMNS equity and equality strategy
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- First level degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalence
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Completion of relevant cultural safety training in relation to anti-racism, LGBT+ issues and/or disability issues
Desirable
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
- Leadership qualifications and or experience
- Post-graduate management /leadership qualification or equivalent level of knowledge gained through experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience
- Experience of working with a diverse group of women
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working
- Good understanding of MBRACE-UK report
- In-depth understanding of the national maternity safety agenda
- Up to date and evidence based knowledge of current professional issues related to marginalised women and health inequalities
- Up to date and evidence based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
Desirable
- In-depth understanding of the relevance of cultural awareness, cultural competency and unconscious bias
- Experience of delivering support and parent education/preparation programmes
- Experience in proactively engaging service users/Maternity Neonates Voices Partnership (MNVP)
Skills, Abilities & Attributes
Essential
- Change Management skills
- Good level of skills in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload and that of teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, report writing and investigation skills
- Ability to communicate with and liaise with multidisciplinary services/third party sector groups at a senior level
- Committed to the provision of a high quality safe service for women and their families
- Ability to exercise own initiative and work to deadlines
- Value diversity and difference, demonstrating integrity and honesty
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- First level degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalence
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Completion of relevant cultural safety training in relation to anti-racism, LGBT+ issues and/or disability issues
Desirable
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
- Leadership qualifications and or experience
- Post-graduate management /leadership qualification or equivalent level of knowledge gained through experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience
- Experience of working with a diverse group of women
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working
- Good understanding of MBRACE-UK report
- In-depth understanding of the national maternity safety agenda
- Up to date and evidence based knowledge of current professional issues related to marginalised women and health inequalities
- Up to date and evidence based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
Desirable
- In-depth understanding of the relevance of cultural awareness, cultural competency and unconscious bias
- Experience of delivering support and parent education/preparation programmes
- Experience in proactively engaging service users/Maternity Neonates Voices Partnership (MNVP)
Skills, Abilities & Attributes
Essential
- Change Management skills
- Good level of skills in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload and that of teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, report writing and investigation skills
- Ability to communicate with and liaise with multidisciplinary services/third party sector groups at a senior level
- Committed to the provision of a high quality safe service for women and their families
- Ability to exercise own initiative and work to deadlines
- Value diversity and difference, demonstrating integrity and honesty
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Northwick Park/Central Middlesex/Ealing hospitals
Watford Road
Harrow
HA1 3UJ
Employer's website
https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
