Deputy Named Midwife for Safeguarding

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has risen for a Band 6 midwife to work within an innovative and forward thinking Safeguarding Children Team. Working alongside the Deputy Named Midwives you will support the Safeguarding Named Midwife in ensuring that the Trust Maternity service meets its statutory obligations for safeguarding whilst driving forward the safeguarding agenda.

We are seeking a highly experienced midwife with significant experience of safeguarding, who can demonstrate a sound knowledge base and skills to improve the outcomes for children and the associated legislative requirements.

The successful applicant will need to be able to work both under direction and independently within the safeguarding team, in an innovative and creative manner to ensure the maternity staff awareness of the growing safeguarding agenda. You will play a pivotal role in supporting the Safeguarding Named Midwife and therefore you will require excellent communication, organisational and presentation skills. Additionally, this role will involve supporting the Safeguarding Children Team to meet all training commitments.

The post is part-time job share, Monday, Tuesday and alternate Friday's 9am-5pm

Discussions and/or informal meetings are welcome should you require further information in respect to this post.

For further details/informal visits contact: Valencia Anderson, Named Midwife for Safeguarding Children on 0121 507 4711 or Audrey Harvey Named Nurse for Safeguarding 0121 507 2844

Main duties of the job

• To provide advice and support to midwives and medical staff in developing care for families where there is concern for the safety of the unborn or delivered baby.
• To provide group supervision to midwifery staff in accordance with SWBT Child Protection Supervision Policy and to escalate areas of concerns to the Named Midwife and Named Nurses for Safeguarding children.
• To work in partnership with the Named Midwife, Designated professionals and Named and Lead professionals within SWB.
• Organise own work and manage day to day working, seeking, and escalating matters for attention and support when relevant and required.
• Provide advice and support to staff in situations deemed appropriate where there are complex needs including the co-ordination of multi-agency resources for individual clients in need.
• Formulate new policies, procedures and update existing guidelines.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

City Hospital

Dudley Road

Birmingham

B18 7QH

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

City Hospital

Dudley Road

Birmingham

B18 7QH

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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