Junior Sister - Philip Isaacs Ward

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an acting up band 8a Named Midwife position to join our safeguarding team cross site at our Denmark Hill site on a 1.0WTE basis for 6 months. We are looking for an individual who is motivated, passionate and innovative, and a confident decision maker. The successful candidate will work with the Associate Director of Nursing for Safeguarding Children and Maternity, Named Professionals for Safeguarding maternity, children, and adults teams, to support the delivery of safeguarding for pregnant people and their families while under the wider Vulnerabilities service.
The successful candidate will promote the child protection agenda across the trust and work collaboratively with the clinical teams across the sites and across the wider health community.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to provide expertise and knowledge, demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues relating to identification, assessment, treatment and management of vulnerable women, children & families.
This will be achieved by providing safeguarding advice and support, assisting with multidisciplinary team meetings, assisting with delivering the trust safeguarding training package and ensuring robust communication pathways between hospital staff and professionals in the community, primary care and other agencies are maintained.

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Summary
To work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and partner agencies to ensure that
women/children and unborns who come into contact with services at King’s College Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted.
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 Implementation of national and local strategies/initiatives, e.g. better births strategy, continuity of Carer and midwife led pathways. To provide assurances and evidence for quality and standards of care
Leads on operational governance working alongside the Women’s quality and safety team within the area of responsibility
• To provide specialist knowledge and advice in safeguarding children to all Trust employees
• To contribute to inter-professional training in safeguarding across the Trust
• To contribute to the Trust response to Safeguarding Practice Reviews, ensuring that learning is disseminated, and recommendations implemented.
Key Working Relationships
 Named Nurses, Named Midwives for Safeguarding, Clinical Nurse/Midwifery Specialists,
 Safeguarding Team – Adults and Maternity
 Vulnerabilities Team
 Named Doctors for Safeguarding Children
 Care Groups – Directors/Heads of Midwifery, Modern Matrons, Community leads
 Named Nurse for Safeguarding Adults
 Designated professionals
 Local Safeguarding Children’s Partnerships (LSCB) – Lambeth and Southwark
 Integrated Care Systems

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered midwife with NMC registration
• Level 4 Safeguarding Children
• Safeguarding Supervision qualification

Desirable criteria

• Masters degree or actively working towards in Safeguarding

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in partnership with multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
• Demonstrate evidence of developing innovative practice and of being proactive in managing change
• Experience of developing midiwifery staff
• Experience of chairing MDT meetings
• Prior experience of writing reports, complaints and serious incident responses/Internal management reviews

Skills and Competencies

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable commitment to and expertise in midwifery safeguarding and ability to use evidence based practice
• Demonstrates commitment to high standards of patient care and service delivery
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including presentations
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• A genuine desire to be a safeguarding lead with demonstrable enthusiasm for improving practice

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• Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
• All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
• Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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