Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 23 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 197-RF-3904
- Employer
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Lewisham
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £47,154 - £52,936 per annum pro rata incl. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/06/2023 08:00
Employer heading
Perinatal Mental Health Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 7
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley.
With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
The Trust has 7,500 staff and we have recently invested in our workforce to grow our establishment across a number of key services. In 2020 we won a London NHS Parliamentary Award in recognition of a wide range of initiatives to make the organisation a great place to work. We are accredited as a flexible working employer offering a number of flexible working options for staff. We are also accredited as a London Living Wage employer for our substantive, bank and contractors.
Job overview
If you are looking for an exciting opportunity then look no further!
Maternity services at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust are exciting, innovative and woman centred. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and really special Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Midwife to join our midwifery team on our Lewisham site. You will work with a dedicated team who are continually evaluating the service so that it is client centred, quality driven and a responsive maternity unit.
We are looking for a Midwife with relevant experience, skills and qualifications in perinatal mental health and well-developed leadership skills who can work independently and as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
You will be committed to delivering high quality care that is responsive to the needs of the local community and will actively engage the people who use our services to improve care delivery and service co-design, ensuring feedback is used to improve perinatal mental health services. You will work with the Head of Midwifery, Consultant Midwife, Professional Leads and CCG to create a culture of learning that is based on a need for continuous improvement.
With experience of teaching and supervision you will ensure staff are competent and confident to deliver services to women/birthing people with a range of perinatal mental health difficulties. You will lead the provision of evidence based perinatal mental health training, support and advice to the wider workforce.
Main duties of the job
You will play a key role in developing and maintaining high standards of care for women/birthing people with mental health problems in pregnancy and the postnatal period, and their families.
You will work as an expert and role model in the field of perinatal mental health across the commissioned geographical areas of Lewisham and Greenwich and provide clinical and professional leadership to the Maternity Department. The role will have key specialist clinical, consultative, training, practice development and strategic responsibilities.
You will provide extra support to some pregnant women/birthing people with more severe mental health problems, working with their own midwife and the specialist perinatal mental health team. You will work closely with clients and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs.
You will provide a link between the maternity service and other services involved in mental health care to women/birthing people, including the local primary care therapy service (IAPT) and perinatal mental health services.
You will support colleagues by coordinating and providing training and guidance in maternal mental health for key maternity staff.
You will have excellent written and verbal presentation and interpersonal skills and be able to represent the service with key stakeholders to develop and progress integrated care pathways for perinatal mental health
Working for our organisation
Our diverse client population provides us with many learning opportunities and we strive to deliver the highest standard of care. We have considerable expertise at caring for women/birthing people with complex and high risk needs and our specialist midwives consistently provide the highest standard of multi agency care. Our Day Assessment Units have a reputation within the community of delivering high quality, evidence based care. These services have been developed over the years and are led by a team with a passion for facilitating care to women/birthing people who require additional care during their pregnancies. Our midwives are actively involved in the specialist clinics including Mental Health, Haemoglobinopathy, HIV, VBAC, Diabetes and Alcohol &Substance Misuse. We promise you a wealth of experience working with Lewisham & Greenwich.
Excellent learning opportunities are available both in the Trust and close links with local Universities enables continuing professional development.
Please read the Personal and Job specifications carefully. You should provide evidence in your application of the essential qualities required and why you would be an asset to our Midwifery Team. We test all shortlisted candidates prior to interview on Risk Assessment and Medicines Management.
All staff have access to a salary sacrifice scheme which includes lease car hire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will play a key role in developing and maintaining high standards of care for women/birthing people with mental health problems in pregnancy and the postnatal period, and their families. You will have a high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills, which you will use to manage, develop and lead care for pregnant and new mothers with mental health needs.
You will be responsible for providing extra support and care to some pregnant women/birthing people with more severe mental health problems, in partnership with their own midwife and the specialist perinatal mental health team. You will work closely with clients and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs.
You will provide a link between the maternity service and other services involved in mental health care to women/birthing people, including the local primary care therapy service (IAPT) and perinatal mental health services. You will ensure that relevant pathways, policies and processes to identify clients with, or at risk of, or with existing mental illness are developed, implemented and audited. This will involve working with a range of relevant professionals, services and agencies, including commissioners and the public health team.
You will support your colleagues through coordinating and providing training and guidance in maternal mental health for key maternity staff, to enable them to provide holistic care that optimises mental as well as physical health in all areas of maternity care.
This post is not suitable for newly qualified midwives
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Mentorship
- Degree
- Evidence of on going education
Desirable criteria
- Masters
- Supervisor of Midwives
- • Additional qualification in mental health or counselling qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • At least 3 years’ experience as a Band 6 Midwife
- • Proven leadership skills
- • Evidence of delivering high quality teaching to staff groups.
- • Evidence of multi agency working.
Desirable criteria
- • Previous experience within similar role at Band 7
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Specialist knowledge and experience in maternal and infant mental health, developed through training and practice
- • A specialist interest in mental health.
- • Detailed knowledge of current midwifery issues.
- • Knowledge of clinical governance processes
- • Understanding of wider NHS agenda and drivers for change.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Burton
- Job title
- Consultant Midwife
- Email address
- joanne.burton12@nhs.net
- Telephone number
- 0208 333 3000
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