Safeguarding Midwife
16 hours ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Safeguarding Midwife to join our team at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. As a key member of our senior midwifery leadership team, you will provide specialist knowledge, advice, and clinical expertise to all staff in maternity services, ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding for our patients.
Main Responsibilities:- Manage and participate in triaging safeguarding referrals and emails, ensuring timely and effective responses.
- Work collaboratively with clinical staff to ensure appropriate supervision and visiting arrangements are in place for parents with restricted access to their baby.
- Represent the Trust at external meetings, sharing plans of care and communications with the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Update, review, and implement Trust policies, procedures, and protocols in conjunction with other key safeguarding staff, ensuring they reflect evidence-based changes in practice and legislation.
- Contribute to the Safeguarding Children annual report, meeting regularly with the Head of Safeguarding Children and Head of Midwifery to report on safeguarding in maternity and identify areas for improvement.
- Contribute to internal child death reviews, reviewing all circumstances surrounding the incident and contributing to recommendations for policy and practice changes.
At West Herts, we are committed to providing excellent patient care, together. We value our staff wellbeing and development, and recognize the importance of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes, and patient experience. Our vision is to be empowered, compassionate, professional, and inclusive. We offer a variety of flexible working options, recognizing the importance of a good work-life balance.
Requirements:- Registered Midwife with a master's degree in a relevant subject or willingness to undertake/working towards.
- Supervision training.
- Knowledge of current safeguarding legislation, guidance, and procedures.
- 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.
- Extensive experience of working with safeguarding/child protection issues.
- Experience of working with pregnant women with complex medical/social needs.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such, a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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