Complex Social and/or Psychological Needs Midwife -Topaz Team.

NHS; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Complex Social and/or Psychological Needs Midwife to join their Topaz Team. This role involves providing care to women with complex needs, working collaboratively with various partners, and ensuring high-quality multidisciplinary care during the antenatal and postnatal periods. The successful candidate will be a registered midwife with a passion for safeguarding and supporting diverse groups.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with an active NMC PIN.
• Experience working with diverse groups of women.
• Interest/experience in safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Provide antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care.
• Work with multi-agency partners to safeguard women and babies.
• Encourage holistic support for women with complex needs.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Safeguarding

Education

Registered Midwife

Completion of Preceptorship programme

Job description

Go back The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Complex Social and/or Psychological Needs Midwife -Topaz Team.

The closing date is 27 May 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a midwife with a keen interest in safeguarding to join the Hillingdon Hospital midwifery team.

We are looking for a midwife with a passion to work within the existing Topaz Team at Hillingdon Hospital to provide care and support to women and their families with complex social and/or psychological needs. The successful applicant will receive support from the Topaz Team, Named Midwife for Safeguarding, and the Safeguarding Families Team within the Trust.

The post holder will work in collaboration with multi agency partners to ensure that women and babies cared for at Hillingdon Maternity Unit are safeguarded and their welfare promoted.

The midwife will work within a small geographically based team who currently support women as the named midwife through the antenatal and postnatal period. This service may change with the implementation of Continuity of Carer Teams and supporting clinical shifts across the maternity unit.

As an autonomous practitioner with excellent communication and team working skills, you will work closely with trust staff and other health care professionals and partnership agencies who input into maternity care to ensure that women experiencing complex social or psychological needs during pregnancy and the post-natal period receive high quality multi-disciplinary care.

Interviews to be held on the 2nd of June from 9am-1pm

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities for the role:

1. The midwife is responsible and accountable for her/his own midwifery practice.

2. To provide antenatal intrapartum and postnatal care, reporting and deviations from the normal to a more experienced midwife, and respond appropriately to all emergency situations.

3. To reinforce professional advice through supporting and encouraging couples in active parenting skills in the postnatal period to promote well-being and safety of mother and baby.

4. To encourage the parents in the active steps to promote effective feeding of their baby within the UNICEF guidelines.

5. Work in collaboration with multi agency partners to ensure that women and babies cared for at Hillingdon Maternity Unit are safeguarded and their welfare promoted.

6. Encourage a holistic, non-stigmatizing approach to support women with complex social and /or psychological needs, identifying and supporting cultural needs.

7. To provide care during the antenatal and post-natal period to women with complex social and/or psychological needs in tier 3 & 4 of the Stronger Families Threshold Document ensuring appropriate risk assessment is undertaken to improve outcomes for families and babies.

8. Attend the bimonthly maternity safety net meetings.

9. Ensure that at all times the interest and well-being of babies are paramount, whilst continuing to act as an advocate for their mothers/birthing person.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification the main responsibilities of the Complex Social and/or Psychological Needs Midwife -Topaz Team.

Person Specification

Shortlisting

• Registered Midwife
• Active NMC PIN
• Completion of Preceptorship programme
• Experience of working with diverse groups of women
• Understanding of research-based practice and its application to maternity
• Evidence of an interest /experience in safeguarding

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.

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£42,939 to £50,697 a yearper annum/incl HCAS