Specialist Mental Health MidwifeinStockportinStockportPUBLISHED FRI 28 MAR 2025

This is a key role in developing and maintaining high standards of care for women and their families with mental health challenges in pregnancy and the postnatal period This is a key role in developing and maintaining high standards of care for women and their families with mental health challenges in pregnancy and the postnatal period.

The post holder will work closely with women and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs. The post holder will provide an essential link between the Maternity service and other services involved in mental health care, including Stockport’s Infant Parent Service, the GMMH, CCG, Perinatal Mental Health Team and Perinatal Services in the High Peak.

The post holder will work closely with women and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs. The post holder will provide an essential link between the Maternity service and other services involved in mental health care, including Stockport’s Infant Parent Service, the GMMH, CCG, Perinatal Mental Health Team and Perinatal Services in the High Peak.

• Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence, acting as a professional role model by providing leadership and support within multidisciplinary and midwife teams.
• Work closely with the Community Matron, adopting the Stockport Family ethos of restorative practice to positively support development of the perinatal mental health service.
• Deal with complex emotional and psychological issues as they arise, with clients, their families and professional colleagues. Adopt a skilled approach utilizing counselling skills.
• Communicate appropriately within a multidisciplinary team to devise an appropriate plan of care. This may include liaising with specialist midwives, social workers, community drug, child protection and mental health teams
• Represent the trust at Perinatal Mental Health Network meetings, including reporting to CCG commissioning managers and Quality improvement managers.
• Attend regular supervision to discuss cases with Lead Clinical Psychologist (Infant Parent Service).
• Offer a skilled understanding of the Infant Parent relationship. Link in with Stockport’s Infant Parent Service.
  
  

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits We Offer To You

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jane Ingleby Job title: Community and Birth Centre Matron Email address: Telephone number: b419 5531