Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Midwife on a 9 month fixed term or secondment contract to be involved in the continued development and delivery of a specialist birth trauma and perinatal loss service in Norfolk.
The Lotus Maternal Therapeutic Outreach Service (Lotus team) launched in June 2021 as a pilot site chosen to develop and trial a Maternal Mental Health Service (MMHS) as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. Since this time we have become an established team and have continued to develop and improve the service for our local population.
As a service, the Lotus team aims to embody a trauma-informed care ethos and as such, the team includes Clinical Psychologists, Peer Support Workers and Specialist Midwives and offers specialist assessment and psychological interventions to women and birthing people who have experienced moderate to severe or complex mental health difficulties directly related to their birth experience.
The post will be to cover geographical areas of the West of Norfolk over to central Norfolk including Norwich.
If you're an enthusiastic, person centred, registered Midwife we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
The Specialist Midwife for Lotus Team will liaise with all professionals involved in the care of women experiencing trauma, bereavement or loss in the maternity and neonatal period, to ensure that they receive trauma informed care at each stage of their patient journey.
Loss includes both pregnancy loss at any gestation, still-birth, neo-natal death or not having residency with your child after birth due to involvement with children's services. The specialist midwife will have a role in planning and co-ordinating their midwifery antenatal and extended post-natal care in partnership with the women's named midwife, offering highly specialised advice.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
If you would like to discuss this opportunity please contact Tracey Liddell, Service Manager on tracey.liddell@nsft.nhs.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
If you would like to discuss this opportunity please contact Tracey Liddell, Service Manager on tracey.liddell@nsft.nhs.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of professional and personal development to degree level
- Teaching and learning qualification Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working at band 6 encompassing all aspects of midwifery care (including community)
Skills
Essential
- Ability to deal with severely challenging behaviour and sometime give distressing news
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to clients where there are significant barriers to acceptance
- Ability to participate in the running of an efficient and effective team
- Ability to plan and organise complex activities or programmes
- Monitor and maintain excellent standards of care
other
Essential
- flexible approach to working patterns
- Ability to travel to all Trust locations if required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of professional and personal development to degree level
- Teaching and learning qualification Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working at band 6 encompassing all aspects of midwifery care (including community)
Skills
Essential
- Ability to deal with severely challenging behaviour and sometime give distressing news
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to clients where there are significant barriers to acceptance
- Ability to participate in the running of an efficient and effective team
- Ability to plan and organise complex activities or programmes
- Monitor and maintain excellent standards of care
other
Essential
- flexible approach to working patterns
- Ability to travel to all Trust locations if required.
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).
