Job overview
We are recruiting for a Specialist Safeguarding Midwife who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This is an excellent opportunity to join the safeguarding team within the Trust. You will be a fundamental part of the safeguarding team and work closely with the maternity division to ensure that the safeguarding remains at the heart of practice within Midwifery.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
The primary purpose of this position is to ensure the safety and welfare of all pregnant women and their babies in receipt of care within East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust services. In order to undertake this, the post holder will manage and lead the safeguarding midwifery and perinatal mental health team, and will contribute to delivering the wider safeguarding and mental health services.
You will be responsible for offering expert advice and guidance to staff in all matters relating to maternity safeguarding and perinatal mental health and to ensure that we develop a confident and competent workforce that is able to recognise and appropriately respond to any safeguarding concerns.
Working closely with the wider safeguarding team you will continually improve and develop the safeguarding agenda, aligning with the Trust's strategic agenda, as well as local and national safeguarding priorities and guidance. Providing effective communication, networking and liaison, establishing and maintaining good working relationships within health services and other agencies to ensure that information relating to safeguarding is up to date and embedded in practice.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Other Requirements
Essential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
Previous Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of National and Local NHS, N&M and safeguarding agenda
- Experience in Maternity Healthcare- Acute and community setting with evidence of leadership qualities
- Experience of child protection/safeguarding
- Formal and informal teaching experience
- Staff and Resource Management experience
- Sound theoretical and practical knowledge of safeguarding children, local and National policies and guidance
- Up to date knowledge of: - NMC Code of Professional Conduct - Safeguarding Children processes - Hand hygiene and Care Bundles - Health and Safety awareness - Clinical Governance and quality issues - Risk management - Equality and Diversity - HR policies
- Experience of introducing change to the clinical environment
- Report writing skills and experience
Desirable
- Experience of managing HR issues eg: poor performance etc
- Experience of providing safeguarding supervision
- Experience of delivering training
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent high level clinical leadership skills
- Articulate with highly developed communication skils with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skills
- Writing and presentation skills
- Computer literacy
- Ability to prioritise work
- Ability to implement policy guidelines and projects from initiation to completion
- Ability to manage complex situations effectively and sensitively
- Ability to function as a member of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to respond to stressful situations positively Ability to exercise initiative
Desirable
- Influencing Development of policy guidelines and projects from initiation to completion
- Good management, leadership and organisational skills
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- First degree or equivalent
- Evidence of post-qualification study in safeguarding
- Leadership training
- Management training mentorship/preceptorship course
Desirable
- Professional development to Masters level (Post Graduate Certificate/MBA/MSc or equivalent)
- Safeguarding qualification
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This advert is for Specialist Safeguarding Midwife with East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust in Stevenage, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Midwife role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (To cover maternity leave.). The application deadline is 08 Jul 2026.
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