Job summary
1x Part-time, permanent post (Band 7)
We're looking to recruit a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Midwife on a part time basis at Whiston Hospital!
They will work as a midwife within the Perinatal Mental Health Service, accepting direct referrals from a range of sources to provide assessment of mental health needs, developing care plans in collaboration with members of the Perinatal Mental Health Team.
They will also provide short term support and onward referral to appropriate services as required. To promote and steer evidence based best practice for women with perinatal mental health issues throughout their maternity pathway.
The job description is subject to change as per AfC review.
Main duties of the job
Working 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.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information relating to the main responsibilities, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Advert date: 27th August 2025
Closing date: 12th September 2025
Interview date: 26th September 2025
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information relating to the main responsibilities, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Advert date: 27th August 2025
Closing date: 12th September 2025
Interview date: 26th September 2025
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
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
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).
