Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Other
- Job ref
- 164-7243455
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- QMC
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Safeguarding Specialist Midwife
Band 6
Job overview
We are looking for a Registered Midwife who is enthusiastic and experienced in Safeguarding unborn babies and children, to join the Safeguarding Midwifery Team at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
Flexibility will be required to work across the adults, children’s and midwifery safeguarding teams where required.
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a Registered Midwife who relishes the challenge of promoting and ensuring the protection and safety of babies and children. The successful applicant will need to display excellent communication skills, be highly motivated and self-organised. The applicant will need to have experience with child protection.
The post holder will work as a member of the Midwifery Safeguarding team to support the delivery of services to staff involved in the safeguarding of unborn/babies and children, including supporting liaison between hospital and community services.
The post holder will work in conjunction with the Trust wide Safeguarding Team to deliver a high quality service of safeguarding expertise to the Trust. They will provide professional advice, support and education to the multi-professional team, patient and carers and ensure that the Trust meets statutory safeguarding requirements.'
Main duties of the job
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a Registered Midwife who relishes the challenge of promoting and ensuring the protection and safety of babies and children.
The successful applicant will need to display excellent communication skills, be highly motivated and self-organised.
The applicant will need to have experience with child protection.
The post holder will also be required to teach safeguarding at Level 3 to large groups of staff within the organisation as well as more tailored safeguarding for maternity staff.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will work as a member of the Midwifery Safeguarding team to support the delivery of services to staff involved in the safeguarding of unborn/babies and children, including supporting liaison between hospital and community services.
The post holder will act as a resource for members of the multidisciplinary team and facilitate an environment of learning to promote the development of staff, and will also support Mandatory Safeguarding training and safeguarding children supervision.
With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work in conjunction with the Trust wide Safeguarding Team to deliver a high quality service of safeguarding expertise to the Trust. They will provide professional advice, support and education to the multi-professional team, patient and carers and ensure that the Trust meets statutory safeguarding requirements.
The post holder is responsible for implementing national recommendations and guidance for good practice in conjunction with the Named Midwife for Safeguarding.
Convey and present highly complex and sensitive information written and verbal, formally and informally as appropriate. Ensure that when applicable information is maintained and kept in an appropriate place.
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details.
The post holder will work as a member of the Midwifery Safeguarding team to support the delivery of services to staff involved in the safeguarding of unborn/babies and children, including supporting liaison between hospital and community services.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Portfolio demonstrating continuous personal, professional and academic development
- Attendance at Safeguarding training within health or interagency
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of delivering training to large groups and education
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working across agencies
- Experience of managing Child Protection cases
- Experience of managing cases concerning unborn/babies/children that are vulnerable
- Experience of teaching within the clinical areas
- Multi-agency working- attendance and contribution to multi-agency meeting ie Case conference
- Minimum 2 years working clinically post qualification.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of autonomous working in relation to safeguarding and handling individual cases
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge- key documents and legislation of local and national level related to Safeguarding
- Experience of working within a safeguarding team.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to respond to problems/situations and to ensure effective interventions in place
- Able to independently assess and review cases within the remit of professional practice in relation to Safeguarding and information sharing (Multi-agency)
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to present and receive relevant clinical information to a professional audience
- Able to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to staff, patients/clients
- Can produce timely, accurate written/electronic documents
- Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers of communication
- Evidence of negotiations influencing staff
- Ability to provide emotional support- caring for women and staff in difficult circumstances as there will be constant exposure to difficult and sensitive information concerning vulnerable and abused children and complex child protection issues
- To be assertive and act as an advocate for unborn/baby/child/mother where required
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Able to organise own workload
- Able to prioritise actions and to provide advice to health colleagues
- Evidence of Leadership experience
- Evidence of prioritising workload and developing a safe system for recording practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of planning or delivering Safeguarding training or advice
Other
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate flexibility in working patterns and practices
- Demonstrate creative and innovative approaches to practice
- Friendly and approachable team worker and ability to support staff
- Demonstrate commitment to team working but able to practice autonomously
- Demonstrate an understanding of interagency working, information sharing and the child protection process
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of writing for publication
- Evidence of innovative ways of developing the service in respect to safeguarding unborn and new born babies
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to undertake duties Commute between NUH Campus’s, attend external meetings off site e.g. inter-agency case conferences and in some circumstances transporting staff.
- Able to walk or stand for long periods of time, during a shift.
- Able to manoeuvre patients and equipment in line with Trust policies and procedures.
- Able to use standard computer systems, including teaching and training aids e.g. PowerPoint.
- Physical effort utilised when engaged in training activities and the associated equipment e.g. lifting and transporting training materials.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shez Davey
- Job title
- Named Midwife for Safeguarding
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01159249924
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