Enhanced Team Midwife - Perinatal Mental Health

Mid Cheshire Hospitals - NHS Foundation; Crewe; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a dynamic midwife passionate about perinatal mental health. This role involves providing comprehensive assessments and support to women during their maternity journey, ensuring continuity of care while collaborating with various agencies. Join a dedicated team within a forward-thinking NHS Foundation Trust committed to delivering high-quality healthcare. With a focus on innovation and compassion, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the well-being of mothers and their families. If you are flexible, resilient, and eager to make a difference, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with knowledge in PMH and experience in antenatal and postnatal care.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for women with PMH.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and targeted support for women with PMH.
• Work collaboratively with other agencies to ensure comprehensive care.

Skills

Perinatal Mental Health (PMH)

Midwifery

Leadership

Safeguarding

Assessment and Care Planning

Education

Registered Midwife with active NMC PIN

Qualification/training in PMH

Job description

Enhanced Team Midwife - Perinatal Mental Health

Band 6

Main area: Midwifery
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 412-W&C-6866233

Site: Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust
Town: Crewe
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and visionary midwife to join our team. Poor mental health remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the perinatal period, so it is imperative that we continue to provide a robust service to support women and their families.

You should have a broad knowledge of all areas of midwifery and a passion for perinatal mental health and community-based care. The post holder must be flexible, innovative, and resilient with excellent organisational skills. You should have an understanding of mental health conditions that can impact the maternity journey, and any additional PMH training would be desirable, although training and support from the specialist PMH midwife will be provided on appointment.

You will be responsible for providing initial assessments and targeted support, as well as onward referral to specialist services and support agencies. You will support a small caseload of women throughout their maternity journey and provide continuity of care for their antenatal and postnatal needs.

Main duties of the job

• Perform comprehensive assessments of PMH care needs for women with identified vulnerabilities with the support of the specialist midwife for PMH.
• Support the service by working alongside and under the indirect supervision of the Specialist Midwife for PMH.
• Provide targeted midwifery advice to women with perinatal mental ill health and their families, working collaboratively with other agencies while involving the women and their families in the organisation of care provided.
• Triage referrals to the service by investigating concerns, referring to and liaising with appropriate agencies, and completing appropriate care plans for these women.
• Provide continuity of care (antenatal & postnatal) to a small caseload of women who have been referred to the PMH service.
• Promote the safety of the child by following Child Protection guidelines to inform the Named Midwife for safeguarding of any cause for concern regarding Child Protection or Domestic Violence issues, liaising with statutory and voluntary agencies as required.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe, and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.

The Trust manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its Be Safe Be EquiPPEd campaign, aimed at making the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A practising health care professional who is able to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based care for women referred to the PMH service.

The post holder will work collaboratively with others to provide individualised care plans and complete PMH assessments to meet the needs of women and their families throughout pregnancy, labour, and the postnatal period in hospital and the community. The midwife will have decision-making autonomy within guidelines and professional codes of practice and will participate in the leadership, education, development, and supervision of the clinical team.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with active NMC PIN
• PMA

Knowledge

• Knowledge of PMH and current drivers
• Leadership
• Knowledge of safety and risk
• Qualification/training or relevant experience in PMH

Experience

• Experience in routine A/N and P/N care
• Experience of providing care for women with PMH
• Experience of safeguarding

Key Messages

• Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.
• We are a flexible working employer, so please talk to us about any flexible working requirements.

All correspondence will be sent to the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.

Selection is based on the Trust's values and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.

Secondments will be considered for fixed-term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.

Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.

Please provide a contact email address for referees. We will not request references until after you have been made a formal job offer.

You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.

We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.

Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure that their employees have a “right to work” in the UK. If you intend to seek permission to work in the UK via a Skilled Worker visa, please be aware that the UK Government set eligibility requirements e.g. minimum salary requirement and skill levels. Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. We recommend that you use the information on the Home Office website to check if this role will be eligible.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Andrea Bradbury
Job title: Named Midwife for Safeguarding
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01270 278260

Name: Lucy Mayer
Specialist Midwife for PMH
Email address: [e-mail]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone: [e-mail]