Specialist Midwife Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health

Specialist Midwife for Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health

The closing date is 08 March 2026

At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:

• Our SOOTHE resources – supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
• Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
• "In our Gift" providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
• The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
• Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to inhouse training programs
• Innovative research training programme entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
• Child Care Vouchers Scheme
• Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
• NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex. Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce;

we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under‑represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria. We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.

The Specialist Midwife will deliver a high standard of care for women with specific mental health problems in pregnancy and the postnatal period, and their families.

The Specialist Midwife will be required to have excellent communication skills in a sometimes-difficult environment, using tact and diplomacy. Communicates complex matters verbally and in writing.

The role will be part of a multidisciplinary team with high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills, which will be used to manage, develop and care for pregnant and new mothers with complex mental health needs, including tokophobia, birth related and complex trauma, perinatal loss, working alongside perinatal psychologists and other health professionals.

The Specialist Midwife will provide a link between acute maternity services and other services involved in mental health care for women, including the local primary care therapy service and perinatal mental health team. This will ensure that relevant pathways, policies and processes for women with, or at risk of, mental illness are developed, implemented and audited. This will involve working with a range of relevant professionals, services and agencies.

To be responsible and accountable for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and efficient care to women with perinatal mental health needs during pregnancy and the postnatal period. Working as part of an MDT across both Maternal and Perinatal pathways.

They will act as a vital link between Maternity Services and other universal and statutory health and social care providers. Additionally, they will take on a strategic and developmental role within local maternity services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and developing projects related to Perinatal and Maternal…