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Job overview
We are seeking a passionate and highly experienced midwife with a strong background in supporting pregnant women, unborn babies and families during the antenatal and postnatal periods. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent safeguarding knowledge, sound professional judgement and a commitment to improving safety, wellbeing and outcomes within an acute hospital setting.
Main duties of the job
- Review patient records and relevant information to support clinical staff in developing safe plans of care and identifying appropriate next steps.
- Provide expert safeguarding support across maternity services and a wide range of acute hospital specialties.
- Work collaboratively and share relevant information with external agencies, including health visitors, General Practitioners (GPs), social care, children’s centres, domestic abuse services and drug and alcohol services.
- Delivering safeguarding training, advice and supervision to staff, promoting consistent best practice across the Trust.Advocating for women, unborn babies and children in safeguarding meetings, while working closely with multidisciplinary teams to promote their safety and wellbeing.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Self-discipline and good time management
- Ability to adapt to change within the working environment and facilitate change and motivate others
- Sound IT skills
- Awareness of current professional issues within midwifery
Desirable
- Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues
- Knowledge of current safeguarding legislation/guidance
- Knowledge regarding Domestic Abuse/Modern Slavery & Contextual Safeguarding
Education
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of continuing CPD
Desirable
- Teaching qualification preferable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- At least 1 year acute Trust experience.
- Experience of working with pregnant women with complex medical/social needs
- Experience of problem solving or initiating complex care plans (e.g. complex discharge plans)
Desirable
- Community midwifery experience.
- Passed preceptorship
- Evidence of an understanding of safeguarding legal and CSC processes
- Experience of safeguarding supervision
- Experience of inter-agency working
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This advert is for Safeguarding Midwife with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Midwife role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Jul 2026.
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