Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 190-7955-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Jessop Wing
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/08/2024
Employer heading
Safeguarding Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Safeguarding Midwife to join the Jessop Wing, Safeguarding Team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
We are looking to recruit an inspirational and highly motivated Midwife. The successful candidate will demonstrate Safeguarding knowledge within the remit of Maternity and desirably Neonatal services. A Think Family approach is essential. The post holder will report to and support the Lead Midwife for Safeguarding at Jessop Wing and act as a conduit between staff and external agencies and stakeholders involved in Safeguarding Children and Child Protection.
The Safeguarding Midwife will be a visible and credible individual within the Jessop Wing, sharing specialist knowledge, and advice to staff in the clinical environment.
If you are an exceptional communicator and are skilled in building positive relationships with teams and external professionals, join the Jessop Wing and bring your best self to work!
Main duties of the job
- To provide care co-ordination for vulnerable mothers and their families
- To provide safe and effective midwifery care
- To maintain a high standard of contemporaneous documentation
- To plan allocate and supervise the work of a team
- To take charge of the ward regularly if working generically
- Support the Senior Midwife in ensuring the highest standard and quality of midwifery care is delivered
- To ensure that local safeguarding procedures are adhered to and specialist plans are in place
- To support and offer specialist advice to staff caring for vulnerable women and their babies
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The Directorate of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology is based at the Jessop Wing which is linked to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The maternity unit has over 6800 births per year and is a Regional Tertiary Maternity Service with a Level 3 Neonatal Unit of 44 cots. A tertiary Gynae-Oncology service and a changing Gynaecology Service, which includes an Assisted Conception Unit, complete the services within the Directorate.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 12 months. Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered practising Midwife
- Maters/Degree/Diploma in midwifery
Desirable criteria
- Additional training in Safeguarding
- Additional Training Substance Misuse Training
- Additional Training in Domestic Abuse
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completed all core competencies
- Evidence of post basic clinical placement in a variety of settings to gain the relevant experience
- Evidence of working with women and families with complex health and social needs
Desirable criteria
- Caring for women with substance misuse issues
- Caring for women who are homeless, asylum seekers or trafficked illegally into the country
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Be confident in a range of Clinical skills, Cannulation, administering IV drugs
- Working knowledge of Safeguarding Adult and Child
- Antenatal Screening
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification
- Knowledge of Family Common Assessment Framework (FCAF)
- Knowledge of Audit C
- Knowledge of DASH
Skills
Essential criteria
- Problem solving and decision making skills
- Able to carry a caseload and work autonomously
- Demonstrate positive and supportive attitude within the team as a team player
Desirable criteria
- Leadership skills
- Evidence of innovation/initiative
- Report writing
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- Car driver/user
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Kerry Bushell
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01142268429
- Additional information
Kerry Bushell's PA: [email protected]
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