Job summary
- Main area
- Midwife
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 301-VA-26-7798466
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust, St Georges Hospital
- Town
- Stafford
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Midwife for Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:
· Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
· Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
· “In our Gift” providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
· The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
· Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
· Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
· Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
· Child Care Vouchers Scheme
· Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
· NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes
Main duties of the job
1. Work as part of an MDT team across perinatal and maternal mental health services. Working across the geographical area with several acute trusts to establish pathways to address local need.
2. Providing extra support and care to a defined group of women, in partnership with their own midwife, MMHS team, Perinatal team, Health visiting and neonatal teams.
3. Working closely with woman and families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs
Working for our organisation
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.
Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce; we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.
We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Specialist Midwife will deliver a high standard of care for woman with specific mental health problems in pregnancy and the postnatal period, and their families.
The Specialist Midwife will be required to have excellent communication skills in a sometimes-difficult environment, using tact and diplomacy. Communicates complex matters verbally and in writing.
The role will be part of a multidisciplinary team with high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills, which will be used to manage, develop and care for pregnant and new mothers with complex mental health needs, including tokophobia, birth related and complex trauma, perinatal loss, working alongside perinatal psychologists and other health professionals.
The Specialist Midwife will provide a link between acute maternity services and other services involved in mental health care for women, including the local primary care therapy service and perinatal mental health team. This will ensure that relevant pathways, policies and processes for women with, or at risk of, mental illness are developed, implemented and audited. This will involve working with a range of relevant professionals, services and agencies.
To be responsible and accountable for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and efficient care to women with perinatal mental health needs during pregnancy and the postnatal period. Working as part of an MDT across both Maternal and Perinatal pathways.
They will act as a vital link between Maternity Services and other universal and statutory health and social care providers. Additionally, they will take on a strategic and developmental role within local maternity services. Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and developing projects related to Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health across the locality.
- Strengthening collaborations to deliver high-quality early support services for women and families.
- Contributing to wider service development, aligned with the Long-Term Plan and the ambitions for family-focused support and maternal mental health services in maternity settings.
- Auditing service provision against local pathways.
- Providing consultation, training, and support to a range of partners involved in Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Additional qualification in perinatal mental health, and or loss, birth trauma, counselling.
- Evidence of ongoing personal development
Desirable criteria
- MSc or working towards in Perinatal Mental Health
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience working as a midwife
- Experience supporting mothers with their perinatal mental health, including children and families
- Experience of delivering training to a range of health and social care professionals
- Experience of caseload management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising staff
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of current professional, local and national policy issues in relation to perinatal and maternal mental health care.
- Ability to develop and maintain up-to-date research based professional knowledge about Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health
- Understanding of the impact of poor parental mental health on infants and other family members, and the role that maternity services can play in mitigating this
- Excellent teaching, training and presentation skills
- Ability to form strong and professional working relationships across organisational boundaries
- To demonstrate how to provide and receive routine information requiring tact or persuasive skills; barriers to understanding
- Ability to work autonomously without supervision accessing clinical and managerial supervision in line with Trust policy
- Committed to developing role and profile as Specialist Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Midwife
- Standard keyboard skills
Desirable criteria
- Skills in the use of up to date IT packages, online platforms, Apps and NHS platforms
- Interest and ability to contribute to service development
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria
- Travel is integral to this post therefore the ability to travel independently across the geography of the Trust is essential
- Strong interpersonal, motivational, communication and organisational skills, qualities and behaviours
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
- Corinne Ward
- Job title
- Operational Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 3034132
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