Job summary
Imperial College Healthcare Trust are looking
for an experienced midwife practitioner who is confident in their safeguarding
knowledge and skills to support our small and established team.
We are an integrated
safeguarding team led by the Consultant Nurse for Safeguarding that covers;
maternity, childrens, adults, domestic abuse modern slavery as well as Autism
and Learning Disablity. Working alongside specialist colleagues in these fields
leads to an exciting and supportive environment with lots of cross learning and
teamwork.
Main duties of the job
Accumulate a good range of experience with pregnant clients and
their families in a community setting and is able to demonstrate high quality
of safeguarding functionality.
Understanding and assessing social risk towards
children and in an adult safeguarding context.
Understanding of the processes of
Children's safeguarding in relation to pregnant women/people and their
families.
Confidence in attending various MDT and external
meetings in relation to safeguarding.
Range of experience with vulnerable pregnant
clients and their families in a community or acute setting and are able to
demonstrate a keen interest and expert understanding of maternity.
Understanding and assessing social risk towards children and in an
adult safeguarding context as the role covers a range of activities and all
locations at Imperial healthcare trust in relation to pregnant women/people.
About us
Kind: we are considerate and thoughtful so everyone feels
valued, respected and included
Collaborative: We actively seek others views and ideas so we can
achieve more together
Expert: We draw on diverse skills, knowledge and experience so
we provide the best possible care
Aspirational: We are receptive and responsive to new thinking,
so we never stop learning, discovering and improving
Job description
Job responsibilities
The trust has 2 A+Es of which one is a trauma centre that we work alongside particularly in relation to "think family" and contextual safeguarding. Based in Inner London we support, assess and work with a very broad variety of maternity safeguarding cases- certainly no two days are the same!
Based in the maternity safeguarding team, you will be part of a team that provides training, education, advice, and supervision. Currently the team is a Named Midwife with two band 7s and one band 6 with admin support. The role will require you to work cross-sites at Queen Charlotte's and St Mary's hospitals.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- You need to deal with a number of administration tasks, so naturally excellent IT skills are essential (particularly word, excel, PowerPoint etc). Includes patient-facing interaction and support to divisional staff as appropriate. The ability to prioritise workload depending on urgency and deadline working is necessary for this role. You will have a thorough understanding of the legal and social care processes that underpin Children's Social Work in relation to pregnant women / people and their families in relation to the Children Act (2004) and other legislation (eg Domestic Violence Act 2020).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
The Bays
S Wharf Road
London
W2 1NY