Teenage Pregnancy Specialist Midwife

NHS; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider is seeking a Specialist Midwife for Teenage Pregnant Women to enhance midwifery services while focusing on teenage pregnancy. The role includes clinical leadership, developing care pathways, and promoting health for young mothers and their families, contributing significantly to community health improvement.

Qualifications

• Registered and practicing midwife, with Degree/Diploma in midwifery.
• Leadership experience in midwifery practice.
• Knowledge in safeguarding and supporting learning in practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical services for Teenage Pregnancy and establish antenatal care programmes.
• Develop care pathway and guidelines for Teenage Pregnancy.
• Raise awareness of teenage pregnancy issues among staff.

Skills

Ability to travel between locations

Education

Registered and practicing midwife

Degree/Diploma level midwifery training

Job description

Job summary

To lead on the development and delivery of high-quality midwifery services in line with professional and government policy, with a particular focus on teenage pregnancy.

To develop the role of the Specialist Midwife for Teenage Pregnant Women, proactively generating practice innovation and demonstrating expert knowledge and skills that are underpinned by evidence-based practice.

To promote health and social well-being, contributing to the reduction in health inequality through the provision of a range of health promotion, education and social care advice for young people and their families.

Main duties of the job

To be the clinical lead for Teenage Pregnancy (women and girls aged under 20 at booking).

To establish specialist antenatal care and parent education programme to meet the needs of teenage pregnant women and their families

To develop and be responsible for the agreed care pathway and guidelines for Teenage Pregnancy

To improve midwifery responses to teenage pregnant women by raising awareness of teenage pregnancy issues amongst acute and community staff.

To present annual reports on specialist Teenage Pregnancy service.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see the 'Croeso Candidate' booklet below.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Details Date posted

01 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,840 to £53,602 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

110-NMR291-0725

Job locations

Prince Charles Hospital

Gurnos

Merthyr Tydfil

CF49 9DT

Job description Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Job description Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification Knowledge Essential

• Registered and practicing midwife. Professional/clinical knowledge acquired through midwifery training to Degree/Diploma level and preceptorship plus further study/experience of area of expertise.

Desirable

• Supporting Learning and Assessment in practice. Teaching qualification, e.g. Mentorship Qualification. Evidence of Safeguarding training - both internally and externally (Multiagency).

Experience Essential

• Experience and competency in all areas of midwifery practice. Leadership experience.

Desirable

• Previous experience of change management. Involvement in midwifery practice development in relation to the teenage service. Evidence of previous management experience.

Skills Essential

• Ability to travel between locations in a timely manner.

Desirable

• Welsh language skills at Level 3 Speaking/Listening or above

Person Specification Knowledge Essential

• Registered and practicing midwife. Professional/clinical knowledge acquired through midwifery training to Degree/Diploma level and preceptorship plus further study/experience of area of expertise.

Desirable

• Supporting Learning and Assessment in practice. Teaching qualification, e.g. Mentorship Qualification. Evidence of Safeguarding training - both internally and externally (Multiagency).

Experience Essential

• Experience and competency in all areas of midwifery practice. Leadership experience.

Desirable

• Previous experience of change management. Involvement in midwifery practice development in relation to the teenage service. Evidence of previous management experience.

Skills Essential

• Ability to travel between locations in a timely manner.

Desirable

• Welsh language skills at Level 3 Speaking/Listening or above

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Prince Charles Hospital

Gurnos

Merthyr Tydfil

CF49 9DT

Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Prince Charles Hospital

Gurnos

Merthyr Tydfil

CF49 9DT

Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)