Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and passionate Registered Midwife to join our Integrated Safeguarding and Complex Care Team as the Named Midwife for Safeguarding and Trust Lead for Domestic Abuse.
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and passionate Registered Midwife to join our Integrated Safeguarding and Complex Care Team as the Named Midwife for Safeguarding and Trust Lead for Domestic Abuse. This is a key statutory role within the Trust, providing professional leadership, expert advice and assurance across safeguarding the unborn and domestic abuse. Working closely with colleagues across maternity, safeguarding, children’s services, adult services and partner agencies, you will help ensure that some of the most vulnerable women, babies and families receive the right support at the right time. As a senior member of the safeguarding team, you will lead on the development of policies, pathways and practice improvement initiatives, support staff managing complex safeguarding concerns, and provide assurance that the Trust continues to meet its statutory safeguarding responsibilities. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced safeguarding practitioner with strong leadership skills to influence practice across the organisation and make a real difference to patient outcomes. The Named Midwife for Safeguarding and Trust Lead for Domestic Abuse will provide expert safeguarding leadership, advice and support across the Trust, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, national guidance and best practice. The post holder will lead on safeguarding the unborn and domestic abuse agendas, supporting staff to identify, assess and respond to risk effectively.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Providing specialist advice and guidance on safeguarding the unborn and domestic abuse.
- Leading the development and implementation of safeguarding policies, pathways and practice improvements.
- Supporting and influencing clinical teams to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care.
- Working collaboratively with partner agencies to safeguard vulnerable women, babies and families.
- Leading on safeguarding assurance, audit, reporting and performance monitoring.
- Delivering education, supervision and support to staff across the organisation.
- Representing the Trust at local, regional and national safeguarding forums.
- Leading on Domestic Homicide Reviews, safeguarding reviews and learning dissemination where required.
- Supporting the Trust to meet its statutory safeguarding responsibilities and commissioning requirements.
- Contributing to the strategic direction of safeguarding and complex care services across the organisation
The Trust’s services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.
The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jill Cooper Job title: Associate Director of Nursing Email address: jill.cooper@nhs.net Telephone number: 01244 363608
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