We are looking to recruit band 6 midwives who are motivated with a real passion for perinatal mental health and focused on ensuring the delivery of high-quality midwifery care. We aim to provide patient centred, clinically driven and flexible care, providing support to our patients. This role will involve working with women and birthing persons from diverse groups, low socio-economic backgrounds, and other various settings.
You will be working within a supportive multi-disciplinary team autonomously, and with the specialist mental health midwife, community mental health teams, local IAPT and health visitor for mental health. This will involve case loading to empower and allow women or birth person to have a journey that will be compassionate and will make a difference to their families.
We have both full time and part time jobs available as well as flexible working opportunities. We also have flexible options of working within more than one clinical area. For example, splitting hours between the inpatient unit and our community team.
This exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a midwife within our well established multi-disciplinary team, supporting patients, colleagues and students.
As a member of our team the midwife is responsible for planning and implementing care for patients throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal period within their role as an autonomous practitioner.
Main duties of the job
- Work directly alongside the perinatal mental health specialist midwife in a support role.
- Provides a full range of midwifery care, health education and social care advice to women in all care settings.
- Takes on the role of caseloading targeted mothers who have mental health needs.
- Work within a continuity of care model for women with perinatal mental health needs/vulnerable families.
- Provides clinical and professional expertise to the multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team
- Participates in the development of midwifery services to meet the needs of mothers with mild , moderate and severe mental health problems
- Assess the full range of care needs and assist in developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period for women and their babies.
Person Specification
Special Criteria
Essential
- Holds a UK driver’s license
- Ability to support in clinical escalation and unit on calls
Education and Training
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of continuing professional development and its application
- Accredited Mentorship course
Desirable
- Diploma / Degree level
- ALSO/ Prompt/NLS course
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs
- Professional appearance and behaviour
- Good previous attendance record
- Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships.
- Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
- Treat all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued. Consults others and listens to their views/opinions.
- Enables others to take the initiative
Desirable
- Flexible approach to working hours and practices.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of Midwifery issues in the wider context of the NHS
- Excellent theoretical and practical knowledge of Midwifery
- Experience of managing a community midwifery caseload or willingness to undertake case loading relevant to role.
- Knowledge of responsibilities under the Health and Safety Act 1974
- Knowledge of NMC Code
- Knowledge of mental health and vulnerable adult issues
- Knowledge of working with vulnerable families
- Clinical Skills ie perineal suturing, IV Cannulation
- Understanding of team motivation
- Ability to act as a mentor for Midwives, students and MCAs.
- Able to identify problems and recommend solutions
- IT literate on Microsoft Office and Excel
- Excellent communication skills with all members of the team, patients and relatives
- Good verbal and written English which can be evidenced at interview or IELTs level 7 (in all elements) or above
- Good record keeping skills
- Able to organise complex packages of patient care
- Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work
- Satisfactory enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure with check against vulnerable groups barred lists
Desirable
- Commitment to the principles of Clinical Governance and patient safety
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 27 February 2025
