Job summary
There is an opportunity for a midwife with a keen interest in birth trauma and Tokophobia to join the current post holder in a job share.
You will be responsible for leading the tokophobia and birth trauma service; giving health advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff including outside agencies. Including the provision of specialist education and training for other staff and students. You will work closely with the Trust's safeguarding professionals in supporting all activities to ensure the Trust meet its statutory responsibilities to support mothers with tokophobia and birth trauma.
As part of the role you will attend one to one clinical supervision, to attend monthly reflective group practice sessions alongside maternity colleagues.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for leading the tokophobia and birth trauma service; giving health advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff including outside agencies. This includes the provision of specialist education and training for other staff and students
To line manage the B6 birth trauma midwives, and support their work in their absence.
Undertake and lead clinical audits in own specialist area. Participate in preparation of workforce activity reports for the Trust
To work closely with the Trust's safeguarding professionals in supporting all activities to ensure the Trust meet its statutory responsibilities to support mothers with tokophobia and birth trauma
To respond to complaints and feedback relating to the tokophobia and birth trauma service.
To attend regular one to one clinical supervision with the Clinical Psychologist for maternity Services
In addition to attending one to one clinical supervision, to attend monthly reflective group practice sessions alongside maternity colleagues
About us
Come Nurse with us...
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values ofTogether - Safe, Kind, Excellentsupport the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Closing date is midnight on 18 February 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 4 March 2024
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
- Our values and reputation for outstanding care
- Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
- Career and development opportunities
- Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
- Research experience and opportunities
- Lovely location and quality of life
- Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Closing date is midnight on 18 February 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 4 March 2024
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
- Our values and reputation for outstanding care
- Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
- Career and development opportunities
- Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
- Research experience and opportunities
- Lovely location and quality of life
- Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Up to date professional portfolio demonstrating on-going professional development
- Safeguarding training levels 1,2,& 3
- Diploma/Degree in Midwifery/ evidence of further education
Desirable
- Recognised qualification in counselling skills
- Recognised qualification of resolving birth trauma
- Recognised qualification of relaxation techniques teaching
- Recognised qualification in Leadership
Experience
Essential
- Conversant with the care needs of vulnerable women
- Woman centred approach to care
- Ability to demonstrate an expert working knowledge of all areas of the maternity service
- Evidence of recent experience in antenatal and postnatal care of women with complex needs and mental health.
- Perinatal Mental Health Midwifery experience
- Safeguarding experience in clinical practice
- Experience of change management
- Evidence of relevant clinical updating
- Able to work with a multi-agency approach
Desirable
- Ward or community management experience
- Involvement with clinical audit and research
- Use of computerised information systems
- Experience as a community / CoC midwife
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of NMC's rules and standards
- Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to maternity care and their implication
- Aware of current research, reports/guidelines relating to Maternity Care, particularly related to perinatal mental health
- Aware of current research, reports/guidelines relating to safeguarding
- Demonstrate awareness of clinical governance.
- Understanding of the distinctive roles of related professionals, e.g. CPFT Perinatal Mental Health Service, GP, Specialist HV's, Mental Health Practitioners, Drug and Alcohol support service, Children's Social Care, Police.
Desirable
- Involvement in participating in the production of evidenced based guidelines/policies
Skills
Essential
- Ability to carry out the full range of midwifery skills in accordance with job description
- Ability to innovate and manage change
- Effective organisational, time management and prioritisation skills
- Well-developed interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and professional standard written communication skills, including presentation skills.
- Demonstrates awareness of needs of clients with socially complex lives
- Demonstrates ability to manage complex cases with high levels of complex needs with compassion, while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
- Demonstrates emotional resilience in working with cases with high levels of social distress
- Able to demonstrate contribution to changing practice.
- Demonstrate effective clinical leadership ability.
- Organisational skills to lead a service.
Desirable
- Perineum suturing skills, epidural management
- I.V. drug additives, siting I.V infusions
- CTG Management
- Obstetric Emergency Competence
- Intermediate Life support skills
- Influencing/negotiating skills
- Able to support others and mentor in the learning environment
- Demonstrate commitment to the implementation of evidence based practice
- Experience of teaching and presentation to multi-disciplinary forums
- Practical experience of audit implementation and review.
- Ability to maintain and present data relating to this area of service
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
- Ability to work flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team
- Support and develop midwifery led care
- Able to travel independently between Trust and community Services, or for MDT meetings
- To participate in the 984 bleep holder rota
Desirable
- Willingness to participate in safeguarding and psychological supervision as required by role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Up to date professional portfolio demonstrating on-going professional development
- Safeguarding training levels 1,2,& 3
- Diploma/Degree in Midwifery/ evidence of further education
Desirable
- Recognised qualification in counselling skills
- Recognised qualification of resolving birth trauma
- Recognised qualification of relaxation techniques teaching
- Recognised qualification in Leadership
Experience
Essential
- Conversant with the care needs of vulnerable women
- Woman centred approach to care
- Ability to demonstrate an expert working knowledge of all areas of the maternity service
- Evidence of recent experience in antenatal and postnatal care of women with complex needs and mental health.
- Perinatal Mental Health Midwifery experience
- Safeguarding experience in clinical practice
- Experience of change management
- Evidence of relevant clinical updating
- Able to work with a multi-agency approach
Desirable
- Ward or community management experience
- Involvement with clinical audit and research
- Use of computerised information systems
- Experience as a community / CoC midwife
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of NMC's rules and standards
- Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to maternity care and their implication
- Aware of current research, reports/guidelines relating to Maternity Care, particularly related to perinatal mental health
- Aware of current research, reports/guidelines relating to safeguarding
- Demonstrate awareness of clinical governance.
- Understanding of the distinctive roles of related professionals, e.g. CPFT Perinatal Mental Health Service, GP, Specialist HV's, Mental Health Practitioners, Drug and Alcohol support service, Children's Social Care, Police.
Desirable
- Involvement in participating in the production of evidenced based guidelines/policies
Skills
Essential
- Ability to carry out the full range of midwifery skills in accordance with job description
- Ability to innovate and manage change
- Effective organisational, time management and prioritisation skills
- Well-developed interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and professional standard written communication skills, including presentation skills.
- Demonstrates awareness of needs of clients with socially complex lives
- Demonstrates ability to manage complex cases with high levels of complex needs with compassion, while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
- Demonstrates emotional resilience in working with cases with high levels of social distress
- Able to demonstrate contribution to changing practice.
- Demonstrate effective clinical leadership ability.
- Organisational skills to lead a service.
Desirable
- Perineum suturing skills, epidural management
- I.V. drug additives, siting I.V infusions
- CTG Management
- Obstetric Emergency Competence
- Intermediate Life support skills
- Influencing/negotiating skills
- Able to support others and mentor in the learning environment
- Demonstrate commitment to the implementation of evidence based practice
- Experience of teaching and presentation to multi-disciplinary forums
- Practical experience of audit implementation and review.
- Ability to maintain and present data relating to this area of service
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
- Ability to work flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team
- Support and develop midwifery led care
- Able to travel independently between Trust and community Services, or for MDT meetings
- To participate in the 984 bleep holder rota
Desirable
- Willingness to participate in safeguarding and psychological supervision as required by role.
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.
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.
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).