# Safeguarding Midwife

**Company**: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Job type**: Secondment
**Salary**: £49387.00 to £56515.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, motivated and ambitious midwife to join the team as Specialist Midwife for Safeguarding children at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich on a 12 month secondment on a part time basis.

The role involves advising and supporting staff in complex cases, working closely with the Trust Named Midwife and Safeguarding Children/Adult Professionals to ensure that appropriate assessment of risks are undertaken to improve outcomes for vulnerable women/birthing people and their babies/families.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing advice and support on all matters relating to Child Protection and vulnerable women/birthing people /families while implementing evidence based practice

- Disseminating information to promote good practice

- Working in close collaboration with Named Professionals to provide advice and support to staff working in the Trust

- Engaging fully in the delivery of safeguarding training

- Providing safeguarding supervision, consultation, professional advice and guidance to staff

The ideal candidate will possess a broad range of midwifery experience, leadership skills and excellent communication and networking skills as well as a keen interest in working with vulnerable women and their families.

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata plus HCAS

## Skills

### Required
- Midwifery
- Leadership
- Communication
- Child Protection
- Safeguarding

### Nice to have
- PG Certificate in Child Protection
- MA Safeguarding Children

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