Employer: York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: York and Scarborough
Town: York
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/03/2025 23:59
Band 7
Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).
Our Values
* We are KIND
* We are OPEN
* We pursue EXCELLENCE
We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.
Job overview
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Experience and Knowledge
* Ability to provide expert professional safeguarding guidance
* Evidence of significant knowledge and experience of safeguarding relevant to maternity care.
* Post graduate Midwifery experience as a Band 6 midwife
* Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy.
* Experienced in effective multi-agency and partnership working in relation to safeguarding children
* Demonstrate robust knowledge and understanding of relevant safeguarding children legislation, including the Children Act, Working Together (2023), Domestic Abuse Act (2021), Consent and Confidentiality, Sexual Offences Act and other key publications
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Midwife – with active NMC registration
* Level 3 Specialist Safeguarding Training
* Leadership qualification or relevant leadership experience
* Evidence of continuing education
* Have experience in facilitating training in safeguarding children or a related topic.
Skills
DBS Checks
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary either in 1 payment or over a six month period once you start employment. By applying you are agreeing to this undertaking. If you are successful you will be asked to confirm if you wish to pay in one amount or in instalments. The charges are currently £27.38 for a standard check and £55.38 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for.
Please note that Volunteers and Bank only staff will not be charged.
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This is known as the sensitive applications route, and is available for all levels of DBS check - basic, standard and enhanced.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Please note, the selection processes at York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills. You will be required to acknowledge that you are aware of this before submitting your application.
Agile and Flexible Working
We are committed to helping all staff balance their work with other commitments and have recently launched our new Agile and Flexible Working policy to support this, entitling all staff to request flexible working from day one – for all posts. We encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
All our employees have access to a free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support service. Our EAP is available 24/7, 365 days a year.
A bit more about us and the surrounding area
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated in a fantastic part of the country that is home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, and the city of York - consistently voted one of the best places to live in the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.
Our annual turnover is approaching £0.5bn. We manage eight hospital sites and have a workforce of around 10,000 staff working across our hospitals and in the community.
Sponsorship
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
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