Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for a midwife with experience in safeguarding to join the Hillingdon Hospital Topaz midwifery team. We are looking for a midwife with experience in safeguarding, who will work alongside a fellow Band 7 Complex Social and /or psychological needs Specialist Midwife and be supported by the Named Midwife for Safeguarding and the Safeguarding Families Team within the Trust. As a highly motivated individual, with passion for providing high quality, evidence-based specialist maternity care. The postholder will be integral to supporting and continually developing a small specialist team supporting families who may require enhanced safeguarding. The midwife will lead a small geographically based team who currently support women as the case loading midwife through the antenatal and postnatal period. This service may change with the implementation of Continuity of Carer Teams. If you are successful, you will assume the role as Complex Social and /or Psychological Needs Specialist Midwife for our Trust, and be responsible for organisation, delivery, monitoring of midwifery care and multi-agency working provided to this group of women and their families to address inequalities and improve outcomes. Main duties of the job The postholder will be responsible for sharing relevant and appropriate information with staff within and outside THH demonstrating safe multi-agency/partnership working in accordance with the principles of GDPR The post holder will have responsibility networking with multi agency partners, support services, reporting, raising awareness, and working towards addressing health inequalities and improving outcomes for service users within maternity services. The post holder will always ensure that women/ birthing people, babies, children and young people are safeguarded and their welfare promoted. The postholder will be a specialist point of contact for colleagues and involved in providing and developing training of staff, to ensure safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and supporting the facilitation of safeguarding supervision with staff across the Trust. The post holder will take responsibility, in partnership with the Named Midwife for safeguarding and the senior management team, in continually striving to improve the pathway for this group of service users, ensuring access to maternity services within their unit and across the Northwest London About us The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics. The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital. We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed. Date posted 21 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum/incl HCAS Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 394-SMCN-210325 Job locations Hillingdon Hospital Uxbridge UB8 3NN Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities. Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities. Person Specification Criteria Essential Registered Midwife First level degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalence Experience of working / supporting women/birthing people with complex social and/or psychological needs Substantial post registration experience Experience of working in safeguarding Desirable Evidence of further education /training in safeguarding Person Specification Criteria Essential Registered Midwife First level degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalence Experience of working / supporting women/birthing people with complex social and/or psychological needs Substantial post registration experience Experience of working in safeguarding Desirable Evidence of further education /training in safeguarding 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Address Hillingdon Hospital Uxbridge UB8 3NN Employer's website https://www.thh.nhs.uk/index.php (Opens in a new tab)