Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-CR-1086
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Wide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Safeguarding Midwife
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
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.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
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
Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of continuing CPD
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification preferable
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Community midwifery experience.
- Passed preceptorship
- Evidence of an understanding of safeguarding legal and CSC processes
- Experience of safeguarding supervision
- Experience of inter-agency working
Skills
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jaqui Bleach
- Job title
- Named midwife for Safeguarding
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 313 5294
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