Mental Health Midwife

Job Description

We are looking to recruit band 6 midwives who are motivated with a real passion for perinatal mental health and focused on ensuring the delivery of high-quality midwifery care. We aim to provide patient-centered, clinically driven, and flexible care, providing support to our patients. This role will involve working with women and birthing persons from diverse groups, low socio-economic backgrounds, and various settings. You will be working within a supportive multi-disciplinary team autonomously, and with the specialist mental health midwife, community mental health teams, local IAPT, and health visitor for mental health. This will involve case loading to empower and allow women or birth persons to have a journey that will be compassionate and will make a difference to their families. We have both full-time and part-time jobs available as well as flexible working opportunities. We also have flexible options of working within more than one clinical area, for example, splitting hours between the inpatient unit and our community team. This exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a midwife within our well-established multi-disciplinary team, supporting patients, colleagues, and students. As a member of our team, the midwife is responsible for planning and implementing care for patients throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal period within their role as an autonomous practitioner. Main duties of the job Work directly alongside the perinatal mental health specialist midwife in a support role. Provide a full range of midwifery care, health education, and social care advice to women in all care settings. Take on the role of caseloading targeted mothers who have mental health needs. Work within a continuity of care model for women with perinatal mental health needs/vulnerable families. Provide clinical and professional expertise to the multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team. Participate in the development of midwifery services to meet the needs of mothers with mild, moderate, and severe mental health problems. Assess the full range of care needs and assist in developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes of care in the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal period for women and their babies. About us Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you? As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce. Why work for us? We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families. What do we stand for? Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable. Job responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant, there is the option for secondment; all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on quoting the vacancy reference number. Person Specification Special Criteria Holds a UK driver's license. Ability to support in clinical escalation and unit on calls. Education and Training Registered Midwife. Evidence of continuing professional development and its application. Diploma/Degree level. Skills, Ability and Knowledge Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients, and relatives' cultural, religious, and emotional needs and beliefs. Professional appearance and behaviour. Good previous attendance record. Communicates openly, honestly, and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships. Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow. Treat all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued. Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative. Flexible approach to working hours and practices. Experience Knowledge of Midwifery issues in the wider context of the NHS. Excellent theoretical and practical knowledge of Midwifery. Experience of managing a community midwifery caseload or willingness to undertake case loading relevant to the role. Knowledge of responsibilities under the Health and Safety Act 1974. Knowledge of NMC Code. Knowledge of mental health and vulnerable adult issues. Knowledge of working with vulnerable families. Understanding of team motivation. Ability to act as a mentor for Midwives, students, and MCAs. Able to identify problems and recommend solutions. IT literate on Microsoft Office and Excel. Excellent communication skills with all members of the team, patients, and relatives. Good verbal and written English which can be evidenced at interview or IELTs level 7 (in all elements) or above. Able to organise complex packages of patient care. Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work. Satisfactory enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure with check against vulnerable groups barred lists. Commitment to the principles of Clinical Governance and patient safety. 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. £37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata dependent on experience. Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working. #J-18808-Ljbffr