Job summary
Part Time 15 hours per week
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced midwife to work within the Perinatal Mental Health Service.
You must work collaboratively with the Perinatal Mental Health Lead Consultant and external partners. The Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Midwife will be focused on ensuring the delivery of high-quality midwifery care that is patient centred, clinically driven and flexible, providing support to women experiencing by mental health problems in the perinatal period.
The post holder will have responsibility for coordinating the care for women requiring specialist input from the Perinatal Mental Health Team in the antenatal and the post-natal period including the provision of complex care plans alongside the provision of input into intrapartum care relating to perinatal mental health.
An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.
Main duties of the job
- To act as a resource and advocate.
- Through management of referrals, develop skills and knowledge necessary to ensure pregnant women with mental health problems are managed appropriately.
- Work with colleagues to ensure that there is routine screening and early identification of women with, or at risk of a mental illness.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of the impact of common psychiatric medications on women and babies during pregnancy and breastfeeding and have links to experts (specialist perinatal psychiatrists and pharmacists) to keep this knowledge up to date and seek additional information where required.
- Have up to date knowledge of local services available to pregnant women in relation to their mental health needs.
- Liaise with other services to improve service provision for women with mental illness and their families and promote integration of services.
- Develop comprehensive care pathways for women and families affected by mild, moderate and severe maternal mental health problems in active collaboration with specialist perinatal mental health services and other providers of mental health services (e.g., GPs, Health visitors, IAPT services, 3rd sector organisations).
- Work flexibly across all maternity care settings including the community to provide individualised care for women throughout the antenatal and postnatal period.
About us
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
- CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To act as a resource and advocate.
- Through management of referrals, develop skills and knowledge necessary to ensure pregnant women with mental health problems are managed appropriately.
- Work with colleagues to ensure that there is routine screening and early identification of women with, or at risk of a mental illness.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of the impact of common psychiatric medications on women and babies during pregnancy and breastfeeding and have links to experts (specialist perinatal psychiatrists and pharmacists) to keep this knowledge up to date and seek additional information where required.
- Have up to date knowledge of local services available to pregnant women in relation to their mental health needs.
- Liaise with other services to improve service provision for women with mental illness and their families and promote integration of services.
- Develop comprehensive care pathways for women and families affected by mild, moderate and severe maternal mental health problems in active collaboration with specialist perinatal mental health services and other providers of mental health services (e.g., GPs, Health visitors, IAPT services, 3rd sector organisations).
- Work flexibly across all maternity care settings including the community to provide individualised care for women throughout the antenatal and postnatal period.
- Be actively involved with relevant hospital and community mental health teams. This includes attending team and planning meetings where appropriate.
- To explore opportunities to work with agencies to cascade the knowledge of the importance of positive maternal / parental and infant relationships.
- To participate in the formulation of and maintenance of positive working relationships within the multidisciplinary team.
- To take responsibility for organising and prioritising own workload.
- To contribute to training in relation to Perinatal mental health
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain Professional Registration and practice through CPD.
- Adhere to NMC Code: professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates.
- Maintain personal standards of conduct and behaviour consistent with Trust and NMC guidance.
- Provide expert advice on evidence-based practice in midwifery.
- Influence maternity care to be the highest standard whilst exercising professional and personal autonomy
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- To participate in the Trust Risk Management Policy including the reporting of clinical or non-clinical incidents.
- Requirement to undertake PALS/ complaint responses as required.
- Undertake Bleep holder documentation when participating in the Bleep rota.
LEADERSHIP
- Participate in the senior midwifery bleep rota Monday-Friday between the hours of 7am-7.30pm (Early or late shift including the occasional weekend or Bank holiday as required)
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
- To attend annual updates within the relevant clinical areas.
- To participate as required in updating staff in relation to Perinatal Mental Health
RESEARCH & AUDIT
- To participate in nursing, midwifery and medical research and audit as required
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To act as a resource and advocate.
- Through management of referrals, develop skills and knowledge necessary to ensure pregnant women with mental health problems are managed appropriately.
- Work with colleagues to ensure that there is routine screening and early identification of women with, or at risk of a mental illness.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of the impact of common psychiatric medications on women and babies during pregnancy and breastfeeding and have links to experts (specialist perinatal psychiatrists and pharmacists) to keep this knowledge up to date and seek additional information where required.
- Have up to date knowledge of local services available to pregnant women in relation to their mental health needs.
- Liaise with other services to improve service provision for women with mental illness and their families and promote integration of services.
- Develop comprehensive care pathways for women and families affected by mild, moderate and severe maternal mental health problems in active collaboration with specialist perinatal mental health services and other providers of mental health services (e.g., GPs, Health visitors, IAPT services, 3rd sector organisations).
- Work flexibly across all maternity care settings including the community to provide individualised care for women throughout the antenatal and postnatal period.
- Be actively involved with relevant hospital and community mental health teams. This includes attending team and planning meetings where appropriate.
- To explore opportunities to work with agencies to cascade the knowledge of the importance of positive maternal / parental and infant relationships.
- To participate in the formulation of and maintenance of positive working relationships within the multidisciplinary team.
- To take responsibility for organising and prioritising own workload.
- To contribute to training in relation to Perinatal mental health
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain Professional Registration and practice through CPD.
- Adhere to NMC Code: professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates.
- Maintain personal standards of conduct and behaviour consistent with Trust and NMC guidance.
- Provide expert advice on evidence-based practice in midwifery.
- Influence maternity care to be the highest standard whilst exercising professional and personal autonomy
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- To participate in the Trust Risk Management Policy including the reporting of clinical or non-clinical incidents.
- Requirement to undertake PALS/ complaint responses as required.
- Undertake Bleep holder documentation when participating in the Bleep rota.
LEADERSHIP
- Participate in the senior midwifery bleep rota Monday-Friday between the hours of 7am-7.30pm (Early or late shift including the occasional weekend or Bank holiday as required)
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
- To attend annual updates within the relevant clinical areas.
- To participate as required in updating staff in relation to Perinatal Mental Health
RESEARCH & AUDIT
- To participate in nursing, midwifery and medical research and audit as required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
- Evidence of Degree level study or willingness to work towards
- Evidence of continuous and recent professional development.
Desirable
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experienced midwife with significant experience in clinical midwifery across all settings
- Can demonstrate vision and knowledge of mental health agendas including any relevant National and local guidance
- Knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults including Early Help
- Knowledge of perinatal mental health issues
- To develop and be responsible for the agreed care pathways for perinatal mental Health
- Development and monitoring of complex care plans with women with perinatal mental health issues
- Ability to act as a lead resource with expert knowledge of this speciality
- Able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of multiagency/ multidisciplinary working
- Knowledge of the key Maternity drivers influencing change and service improvement
- Evidence of participation in service development projects.
- Able to demonstrate evidence of implementation of continuous improvement within the maternity service
- Ability to promote a positive and inclusive culture within teams
- Able to demonstrate an up to knowledge of local services available to women with mental heath issues.
Skills
Essential
- Requirement to manage own workload, work flexibly and prioritise.
- Work as a team member
- Ability to work autonomously and use own initiative
- Excellent communication and presentation skills including written, verbal and IT skills.
- Good knowledge of IT systems, Including, word, Excel, power point etc
- Previous evidence of audit.
- Ability to develop, update and evaluate relevant guidelines
- Evidence of excellent report writing skills
- Ability to work well under pressure with experience of meeting deadlines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
- Evidence of Degree level study or willingness to work towards
- Evidence of continuous and recent professional development.
Desirable
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experienced midwife with significant experience in clinical midwifery across all settings
- Can demonstrate vision and knowledge of mental health agendas including any relevant National and local guidance
- Knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults including Early Help
- Knowledge of perinatal mental health issues
- To develop and be responsible for the agreed care pathways for perinatal mental Health
- Development and monitoring of complex care plans with women with perinatal mental health issues
- Ability to act as a lead resource with expert knowledge of this speciality
- Able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of multiagency/ multidisciplinary working
- Knowledge of the key Maternity drivers influencing change and service improvement
- Evidence of participation in service development projects.
- Able to demonstrate evidence of implementation of continuous improvement within the maternity service
- Ability to promote a positive and inclusive culture within teams
- Able to demonstrate an up to knowledge of local services available to women with mental heath issues.
Skills
Essential
- Requirement to manage own workload, work flexibly and prioritise.
- Work as a team member
- Ability to work autonomously and use own initiative
- Excellent communication and presentation skills including written, verbal and IT skills.
- Good knowledge of IT systems, Including, word, Excel, power point etc
- Previous evidence of audit.
- Ability to develop, update and evaluate relevant guidelines
- Evidence of excellent report writing skills
- Ability to work well under pressure with experience of meeting deadlines.
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).
