Specialist Midwife Mental Health - Family Hubs

Specialist Midwife for Mental Health - Family Hubs

Specialist Midwife for Mental Health:
Family hubs

15 hours

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking to expand its perinatal mental health service to provide specialist multidisciplinary perinatal mental health care for women during pregnancy and postnatal in the borough.

The post holder will work collaboratively with others in the Health in Pregnancy Service, Health Visiting and professionals from other services including Black Country Perinatal Mental Health Team, maternity services, GPs as well as with our experts by experience, to develop high quality pathways during pregnancy and beyond to ensure excellent outcomes for women and their families. The post holder will be expected to support with safeguarding aspects within this role and work collaboratively with the safeguarding lead midwife.

We are looking for a clinician with a special interest in improving care for women and their families. Experience of working in the Perinatal Mental Health field is desirable; a keen interest in this specialist area is essential.

All applicants must have excellent clinical skills and a good level of post registration experience, proven ability or be willing to be trained to complete comprehensive mental health assessments, thoroughly assess risk, and document and communicate these clearly and concisely.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. The Trust includes facilities such as Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, Integrated Assessment Unit, and ongoing developments.

This is scheduled for completion this year.

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from around 60 sites including Health Centres and GP surgeries. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response in the community and home-based care to support people with long-term conditions and the elderly to remain at home where appropriate.

The post holder will work collaboratively with others in the Health in Pregnancy Service, Health Visiting and professionals from other services including Black Country Perinatal Mental Health Team, maternity services, GPs as well as with our experts by experience, to develop high quality pathways during pregnancy and beyond to ensure excellent outcomes for women and their families. The post holder will be expected to support with safeguarding aspects within this role and work collaboratively with the safeguarding lead midwife.

We are looking for a clinician with a special interest in improving care for women and their families. Experience of working in the Perinatal Mental Health field is desirable; a keen interest in this specialist area is essential.

All applicants must have excellent clinical skills and a good level of post registration experience, proven ability or be willing to be trained to complete comprehensive mental health assessments, thoroughly assess risk, and document and communicate these clearly and concisely.

• registered midwife with current NMC registration
• degree level education
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Postgraduate qualification in perinatal mental health, counselling skills or trauma informed care
• Evidence of leadership
• Clinical assessment, risk formulation and triage skills related to maternal mental health

• evidence of good written, verbal and interpersonal skills
• evidence of report writing
• Evidence of supporting choice
• Ability to influence change
• Experience with in mental health and training
• Flexible approach to working across different community sites and hub locations
• Experience of governance and policy
• Experience in teaching and education
• Experience in a community midwifery setting

• Able to support within maternity Services in escalation
• Flexible approach to working across different community sites and hub locations.

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.

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 per year pro rata