Midwife - Enhanced Support Midwifery Team | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a highly motivated Midwife to join their Enhanced Support Midwifery team in Preston. The role involves coordinating care and providing guidance in maternal mental health, supporting families with complex needs, and working closely with healthcare teams to ensure high standards of care. Ideal candidates will have a Registered Midwife qualification and experience in perinatal mental health support.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with experience in perinatal mental health.
• Ability to coordinate care across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of complex social needs in maternity care.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care and provide training in maternal mental health.
• Support the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Midwife.
• Work with multi-agency teams to provide high standards of care.
• Assist specialist midwives with patients' complex social needs.

Skills

Maternal mental health

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Care planning and coordination

Communication

Education

Registered Midwife qualification

Job description

Overview

We would like to recruit a highly motivated Midwife to join our welcoming, supportive and friendly Enhanced Support Midwifery team working across central Lancashire.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care and provide training and guidance in maternal mental health for key maternity staff to enable holistic care that optimises mental as well as physical health.
• Support the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Midwife within the team on a daily basis, caring for women and their families with perinatal mental health and complex social issues.
• Work in partnership with a multi-agency and multi-disciplinary team from health and social care to provide and coordinate the highest standards of care for women and their families with mental health concerns and complex social needs.
• Support colleagues through coordinating care and providing knowledge and education in all aspects of perinatal mental health management for women in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.
• Within the enhanced support midwifery team, develop and maintain high standards of care for women and their families with complex social needs and challenges in pregnancy and the postnatal period.
• Assist the specialist midwives within the team in caring for women and their families with complex social needs and perinatal mental health on a daily basis.
• Be rostered to carry out the daily safety huddle and duty responsibilities.
• Have sound knowledge of working with families with complex social needs and perinatal mental health.
• Work closely with women and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on individual needs.
• Provide a link between the maternity service and other services involved in the woman’s care planning.
• Uphold the Trust’s values and Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework goals, working as part of a team to ensure that women and relatives receive excellent care with compassion.

Notes

Please refer to the attached job description. This advert closes on Sunday 28 Sep 2025.