Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Mental health and community hybrid role
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 289-SC-2345
- Employer
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Mary maternity Unit, West Middlesex University Hospital
- Town
- Isleworth
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum incl. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Perinatal Mental Health/Community Midwife Hybrid
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a midwife to join our established team.
Are you passionate about perinatal mental health?
Do you have some experience of caring for women with complex PMH concerns and would you like to develop your skills and knowledge?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the PMH team, your role will include supporting the specialist midwife, facilitating support groups, working alongside the PMH and IAPT teams
The role also involves working in our community 0.3 WTE
Main duties of the job
- As a midwife working with women and families with mild to moderate, and moderate to severe, mental health illness this role is to support Perinatal Health Midwives.
- Provide high quality, evidence-based care and advice to women and families
- Work in partnership with other health care professionals and liaise with other agencies involved in the provisions of maternity services and seek advice from the Mental Health Specialist midwife as required.
- Where children’s safeguarding is involved ensure that the interest and well-being of babies is protected, whilst continuing to provide women-centred, compassionate care and act as an advocate for mothers.
Working for our organisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.
The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- In conjunction with the Mental Health Lead Midwife work closely with Perinatal Mental Health Teams in care planning and assessment of women and families where there are mental health concerns.
- Work closely with community and charitable agencies and ensure that women and families are linked into additional support at the earliest opportunity.
- Engage in other public health initiatives and projects - especially in relation to improving outcomes for women and families with mental health concerns.
- Contribute to pre-birth planning, Multidisciplinary Team meetings and case
conferences as required, ensuring effective sharing of information. - Attend the monthly internal Psychosocial meetings to support the mental health leads.
- Ensure that robust pre-birth/discharge planning and plan is in place with the supportof the safeguarding and mental health leads.
- Attend Postnatal Discharge planning meetings on the postnatal ward for any cases with social care involvement.
- Support staff on the inpatient wards with mental health cases.
- Ensure robust information sharing and care planning with primary care teams.
- Liaise appropriately with services to ensure safe and effective care is provided to women.
- Act as a care navigator to ensure timely access to appropriate pathways and robust information sharing and handover has been completed.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- First degree in Midwifery or equivalent experience
- Evidence of post qualification education activity
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship qualification
- Evidence of safeguarding post qualification education
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completion of a preceptorship programme or equivalent, with evidence of working in a variety of settings
- Evidence of applying current research to practice
- Relevant clinical experience
- Excellent organisational skills
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Ability to assist in staff development, appraisal and performance review.
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Proven oral and written communication skills
- An ability to compile complex written information
- Relevant knowledge of the principles of Mental Health and safeguarding as well as public health issues that may contribute to or reduce these.
- An ability to demonstrate on-going commitment to learning and development
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
- Louise Nunn
- Job title
- Consultant Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
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