Job summary
The Specialist Safeguarding midwife will be an expert practitioner from whom all clinical staff can seek advice and support on maternity safeguarding concerns. They will support the delivery of robust safeguarding planning, in order that effective and compassionate midwifery care is delivered to vulnerable groups of women and their babies, identifying areas of risk and contributing to birth planning. The post holder will contribute to the All Age think family duty with their clinical expertise and delivery safeguarding training, in line with national guidance and legislation, to support the safeguarding within the Trust. The post holder will contribute to improve the quality of care to patients.
Theywill work closely and collaboratively with the Named Safeguarding Midwife, Senior Midwifery Team, the All Age Safeguarding Team, specialist maternity professionals and partnership agencies to create a robust, structured approach to the safeguarding service across EKHUFT. They should support the Named Midwife and the all age safeguarding team in activities necessary to ensure that EKHUFT meets its responsibilities to safeguard birthing people, babies at risk of significant harm and enable the Trust to proactively respond to the changing safeguarding agenda.
Main duties of the job
The post will be focused on the four pillars of practice:
o Clinical Practice
o Leadership
o Facilitating Learning
o Evidence, Research and Development
Provide in hours support at base site to midwives delivering care to families with significant safeguarding concerns both within the hospital and local community settings.
Provide support to midwives and obstetricians contributing to relevant safeguarding meeting for families i.e. discharge planning meetings, child protection meetings. With the ability to attend on midwifery's behalf when named midwife for patient, or appropriate member of the midwifery team is not available.
Attend and contribute to weekly case management with the children's safeguarding practitioners and advisors.
Foster a culture of professionalism and clinical leadership to achieve excellence in clinical practice through the workings of the safeguarding team as a whole.
Promote and provide positive professional leadership including motivation of staff across EKHUFT.
Support the local teaching and orientation of all learners and new members of staff, to include student midwives, student nurses and medical students allocated to the Safeguarding Service, in conjunction with the student lead and Named Midwife for Safeguarding.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the Named midwife for safeguarding using the contact details below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the Named midwife for safeguarding using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of significant recent clinical experience in midwifery practice.
- Experience in senior leadership at band 6 and above
- Experience of effective leadership
- Demonstrable achievements in developing staff, changing clinical practice and pathways of care, organisational change, quality improvement, leadership and teaching
- Evidence of innovative practice that involves research and or audit
- Experience of clinical governance activities including audit and risk management within maternity services
- Knowledge of staff management processes
- Knowledge of key NHS service strategy, planning and delivery processes as these relate to local services
- Comprehensive understanding of midwifery practice.
- Able to demonstrate awareness of current changes in midwifery education and practice
- Desire to develop personal and professional knowledge and skills
- Understand the needs of women in a multicultural environment
Desirable
- Experience of leading and implementing change
- Evidence of participation in regional and national networks
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth knowledge relating to safeguarding
- In depth knowledge of national maternity challenges
- Knowledge of quality standard setting and audit
- In-depth knowledge of midwifery policy and standards
- Expert clinical knowledge of all aspects of midwifery and maternity care
- In depth knowledge of national midwifery agenda
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of on-going, practice updating and mandatory education
- Mentorship/ Assessor qualification
Other
Essential
- Upholds and models the Trust values
Desirable
- Published in professional journals
- Presentation at local regional and national events
- Evidence of contribution to original research
- Contribute to scholarly activities and publications
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of significant recent clinical experience in midwifery practice.
- Experience in senior leadership at band 6 and above
- Experience of effective leadership
- Demonstrable achievements in developing staff, changing clinical practice and pathways of care, organisational change, quality improvement, leadership and teaching
- Evidence of innovative practice that involves research and or audit
- Experience of clinical governance activities including audit and risk management within maternity services
- Knowledge of staff management processes
- Knowledge of key NHS service strategy, planning and delivery processes as these relate to local services
- Comprehensive understanding of midwifery practice.
- Able to demonstrate awareness of current changes in midwifery education and practice
- Desire to develop personal and professional knowledge and skills
- Understand the needs of women in a multicultural environment
Desirable
- Experience of leading and implementing change
- Evidence of participation in regional and national networks
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth knowledge relating to safeguarding
- In depth knowledge of national maternity challenges
- Knowledge of quality standard setting and audit
- In-depth knowledge of midwifery policy and standards
- Expert clinical knowledge of all aspects of midwifery and maternity care
- In depth knowledge of national midwifery agenda
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of on-going, practice updating and mandatory education
- Mentorship/ Assessor qualification
Other
Essential
- Upholds and models the Trust values
Desirable
- Published in professional journals
- Presentation at local regional and national events
- Evidence of contribution to original research
- Contribute to scholarly activities and publications
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).
