Specialist Midwife - Vulnerable Women And Safeguarding

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Nhs Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a motivated Specialist Midwife for Vulnerable Women and Safeguarding. This fixed-term role (6 months) is 22.5 hours per week, based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

You will lead safeguarding practice and work across Bromsgrove and Droitwich with multi-agency partners to protect women, babies and families. The ideal candidate is a registered midwife with extensive safeguarding knowledge, excellent communication and leadership skills, and a

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with current UK registration.
• Experience with safeguarding legislation and policy.
• Experience with vulnerable families and multi-agency working.

Responsibilities

• Act as safeguarding expert supporting staff and promoting best practice across the organisation
• Provide specialist guidance to midwifery and multidisciplinary teams on safeguarding concerns
• Embed Think Family and safeguarding as everyone's business across practice areas
• Collaborate with internal and external partners for a coordinated safeguarding response
• Deliver safeguarding supervision in line with Trust policy and procedures
• Promote continuous learning, professional curiosity and reflective practice

Skills

Safeguarding expertise

Job description

Job summary

This vacancy is currently only open to Internal applicants from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced midwife with specialist knowledge in safeguarding to join our team as a Specialist Midwife for Vulnerable Women and Safeguarding. This is a fixed term position for 6 months working 22.5 hours per week.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in strengthening safeguarding practice and supporting birthing individuals and their families across Bromsgrove and Droitwich. You will be working closely with the Avoncroft Community Midwives Team, the Named Midwife for Safeguarding, Named Doctor, Integrated Safeguarding Team, locality specialist midwives, and wider safeguarding partners.

Your work will be central to ensuring a safe, responsive, and robust safeguarding service, with a focus on protecting those most at risk of abuse and serious harm.

Ideal candidate will

• Be a registered midwife with significant clinical experience
• Have extensive knowledge of safeguarding legislation, policies, and best practice
• Demonstrate experience working with vulnerable families and complex social situations
• Be confident engaging in multi-agency working and partnership collaboration
• Possess strong communication, leadership, and organisational skills
• Be passionate about improving outcomes for women, babies, and families

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Midwife, you will:

• Act as a visible and accessible safeguarding expert, supporting staff and promoting best practice across the organisation
• Provide specialist advice and guidance to midwifery and multidisciplinary teams on safeguarding concerns
• Embed the principles of Think Family and Safeguarding is Everyone's Business across all areas of practice
• Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to ensure a coordinated, multi-agency safeguarding response
• Deliver safeguarding supervision in line with Trust Policy and Procedure, supporting staff in managing complex and high-risk cases
• Promote a culture of continuous learning, professional curiosity, and reflective practice

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

• Being open and honest
• Ensuring people feel cared for
• Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary.

Details

• Closing date: 02 November 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 6 months
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: C9365-26-0828
• Location: Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Contact

Named Midwife for Safeguarding: Kate Birch, [e-mail], 07553367291

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.