Job summary
- Main area
- Women's
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months (per Annum Inc HCAS))
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-6288BS-E
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park/Central Middlesex/Ealing hospitals
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 per annum inc hca
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Midwife with Cultural Safety Lead Interest
Band 7
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The primary purpose of the Cultural Safety Lead is to improve inclusivity within our maternity services for service users and our workforce. The post holder will take responsibility, in partnership with the senior management team, in improving the cultural safety of maternity services within their unit and across the North West London sector. This will include support for all protected characteristics, including, but not restricted to areas of race, sex, sexuality, gender identity and disability. The post holder will have responsibility for gathering information, reporting, raising awareness, training and working towards solutions in these areas as they relate to both service users and staff within maternity services.
Main duties of the job
- Demonstrate knowledge of all relevant policies and legislation in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion within the context of national governance policies and procedures
- Work with the senior midwifery team and LMNS team to assist in the implementation and operationalisation of all current and future policies and strategic directions with a cultural safety focus
- To work alongside hospital and community teams and senior midwifery staff to review midwifery practice and provide an expert opinion in maternity care, particularly focused on inclusivity
- To use key performance indicators (WRES and birth outcome data) to demonstrate ongoing added value of the role of Cultural Safety Lead
- Be involved in continuous monitoring and maintaining quality standards of clinical practice and care through a variety of ways; for example, audit
- To be responsible for the delivery of the LMNS equity and equality strategy
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- First level degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalence
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Completion of relevant cultural safety training in relation to anti-racism, LGBT+ issues and/or disability issues
Desirable criteria
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
- Leadership qualifications and or experience
- Post-graduate management /leadership qualification or equivalent level of knowledge gained through experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post registration experience
- Experience of working with a diverse group of women
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working
- Good understanding of MBRACE-UK report
- In-depth understanding of the national maternity safety agenda
- Up to date and evidence based knowledge of current professional issues related to marginalised women and health inequalities
- Up to date and evidence based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
Desirable criteria
- In-depth understanding of the relevance of cultural awareness, cultural competency and unconscious bias
- Experience of delivering support and parent education/preparation programmes
- Experience in proactively engaging service users/Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP)
Skills, Abilities & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Change Management skills
- Good level of skills in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload and that of teams
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, report writing and investigation skills
- Ability to communicate with and liaise with multidisciplinary services/third party sector groups at a senior level
- Ability to deal calmly with a range of personalities and situations
- Committed to the provision of a high quality safe service for women and their families
- Ability to work collaboratively and strategically
- Ability to exercise own initiative and work to deadlines
- Value diversity and difference, demonstrating integrity and honesty
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
- Therese Witham
- Job title
- Consultant Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8869 5202
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