Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
12 Month Fixed Term Vulnerable Baby Service
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become a Lead Member of a small team and support and advise colleagues to facilitate best parenting capacity. The role involves reducing safeguarding risks for children and families and escalating to child protection when there is a risk of harm. You will monitor and improve standards of care through leadership, guidance, audit, evidence-based practice, and training.
Main Duties of the Job
The postholder will be responsible for the implementation, continuous improvement, and review of the Vulnerable Baby Service, working with the Service Manager and a wide range of strategic partners to provide quality care for children and families. The work involves close multiagency collaboration and facilitation of information sharing for babies meeting the criteria, coordination and facilitation of multiagency case planning meetings, and full engagement of families. You will intervene early to help keep infants safe, reduce risks of harm, and raise awareness in a public health capacity.
About Us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.6bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and drive research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job Responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. To be more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits, and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
NMC Registration
* Current NMC Registration
Registered Health Visitor (RHV), Midwife or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
* Registered Health Visitor (RHV), Midwife or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
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.
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year (Per annum pro rata)
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