Specialist Health Visitor/Midwife

Job overview

12 Month fixed term Vulnerable baby Service 

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become  a Lead Member of a small team and be expected to support and advise colleagues to facilitate best parenting capacity. 

Reduce safeguarding risks for children and families and escalate to child protection when there is a risk of harm.

Monitor and improve standards of care through leadership, guidance,audit, evidence based practice and training

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The postholder will be responsible for the implementation, continuous improvement and review of the Vulnerable Baby Service, working with the Service Manager and a wide range of strategic partners to provide quality care for children and families.

The work involves close multiagency collaboration and facilitation of information sharing for babies meeting the criteria, co-ordination and facilitation of multiagency case planning meetings and full engagement of families.

To intervene early to help keep infants safe and reduce risks of harm as well as raising awareness in a public health capacity.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.