Safeguarding Midwife - United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Description

Employer The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site PAH Town Harlow, Essex Salary £43,742 - £50,056 Per annum (Plus 5% HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 16/05/2024 23:59

Safeguarding Midwife NHS AfC: Band 7

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

Our values

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients' experiences, is:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.

Job overview

The post holder will work in collaboration with the named midwife and other safeguarding professionals within the safeguarding team to support activities that ensure the Trust meets its responsibilities outlined and in accordance with the Children Act (1989, 2004) and Working Together to Safeguard Children

The post holder will work with the safeguarding team to ensure that the Trust maintains optimum standards including the update of safeguarding policies in line with local and statutory national guidance. The post holder will be expected to provide professional advice and support to health professionals across the PAH NHS Trust on matters relating to safeguarding Pregnant people, Children/Young People babies and unborn babies, working with partner agencies to ensure robust, timely communication and effective practice to safeguard.

The post holder will be expected to support the planning, facilitation and evaluation of a robust training programme that is consistent with the Intercollegiate Document. Safeguarding Children and Young People, Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff and supports the requirements of the workforce at PAH NHS Trust

The post holder will have a key role in providing reflective safeguarding supervision for employees at PAH NHS Trust as set out within the Trust Safeguarding Supervision Policy.

Main duties of the job

• Maintain knowledge and expertise on National Policy in relation to maternity safeguarding and provide advice and support to all staff.
• Be aware of and apply where possible, the recommendations of the Confidential Enquiries, the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (2004), the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Baby Friendly Initiative
• Demonstrate overt professional leadership and maternity safeguarding expertise and foster a culture where all staff can develop their own expertise and confidence and feel valued.
• Establish good working relationships and work collaboratively with other agencies including Social Care and the Police.
• Liaise with Named/safeguarding Midwives at other maternity units locally and nationally, Children's Social Care, GP's and health visitors to ensure effective communication and information sharing regarding maternity cases and maternity safeguarding processes.
• Ensure effective communication on all aspects of the Maternity Safeguarding Programme, including all changes and new initiatives and an effective learning environment for both students and qualified staff.
• Ensure effective multidisciplinary working relationships with the maternity unit staff, allied groups within the trust and public and voluntary sectors acting in a manner which promotes midwifery in a positive light.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time.

Person specification Education and qualification

• Registered Midwife
• Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• United Kingdom recognised Degree in a healthcare profession
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
• Safeguarding supervision training
• Teaching Mentoring Qualification
• Evidence of recent level 3/4 safeguarding children/Young people training
• Working towards a Master's Degree in Safeguarding

Experience

• 3 years' experience as a Registered Midwife
• Experience of safeguarding within existing role
• Experience of working in the community

Skills and Knowledge

• Experience and knowledge in safeguarding
• Maintain clinical Midwifery skills
• Good presentation skills – verbal and written
• Experience of conducting audit

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills, confident and articulate
• Flexible and adaptable
• Work as part of a team
• Able to work alone and prioritise workload effectively
• Present in a professional manner at all times
• Ability to recognise risk and respond appropriately
• Able to deal with aggressive and volatile situations
• Act with integrity and honesty at all times with colleagues and clients
• Car driver with access to a car, to travel off site throughout Essex and Hertfordshire.

What we can offer you:

• Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
• Free car parking for our staff
• Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
• Minimum 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
• Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
• Access to NHS Pension scheme
• Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
• Onsite creche facilities
• Annual appraisals with career pathways
• In-house training courses
• Discounted hospital restaurant
• Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
• Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
• All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
• Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
• Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.