An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Safeguarding Midwife. The post will require the post holder to work across the York and Scarborough Trust sites.
The Lead Safeguarding Midwife works as a member of the maternity and neonatal senior leadership team, working in collaboration with the Trust Safeguarding Children Team supporting all activity in ensuring the maternity unit meets its safeguarding responsibilities. You will work as part of the MDT to lead and coordinate the clinical, managerial and educational requirements for those families who may require enhanced safeguarding.
The role is cross-site, encompassing the footprint of York and Scarborough NHS Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Safeguarding Lead Midwife will work closely with all members of the MDT, including the Local and regional Safeguarding Teams and the Named Midwife for Safeguarding Children. They will be required to provide safeguarding advice and support, with other responsibilities including supporting risk assessment, analysis and decision-making within safeguarding practice. The Lead Safeguarding midwife will be confident to develop and provide training independently and in supporting the facilitation of safeguarding supervision with staff across the Trust.
You will be an autonomous practitioner, promoting the best practice and highest standards within maternity services. As a highly motivated individual, with a passion for providing high quality, evidence-based specialist maternity care the postholder will be integral to the evolving and developing team. Leading by example, you will empower staff in their professional development. As an expert practitioner in safeguarding, you will be responsible for liaising, guiding and advising the MDT and maternity stakeholders in the provision of optimum care.
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
· Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
· 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
· A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
· A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
· Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
· NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
· An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
· Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
We are delighted to be able to offer a range of roles within the maternity department across the Trust following additional investment to enhance services.
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Interviews will take place the week commencing the 17th March 2025.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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This advert closes on Monday 3 Mar 2025
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