As part of our well-established specialist team, you will work autonomously while enjoying the strong support of a multi-disciplinary environment. Your role will involve case loading, providing holistic midwifery care, and collaborating with community mental health teams and various professionals to ensure that our patients receive the best possible support. With a flexible full-time position that combines community and hospital settings across Wycombe, Amersham, and the Chalfonts, you will be instrumental in planning and implementing care throughout antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods. If you're ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of mothers and their babies, we invite you to apply and join us in creating healthier futures.
We are looking to recruit a band 6 midwife who is motivated with a real passion for perinatal mental health andfocused on ensuring the delivery of high-quality midwifery care. We aim to provide patient centred, clinically driven and flexible care, providing support to our patients. The successful candidate will be case loading a cohort of women with moderate mental health needs, to empower and allow them to have a journey that will be compassionate and improve their and their family's pregnancy experience.
This exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a midwife within our well-established specialist team, supporting patients, colleagues, and students. You will be autonomous and work within a supportive multi-disciplinary team, reporting to thesenior specialist mental health midwife. You will regularly meet and liaise with community mental health teams, local IAPT and health visitor for mental health and other professional agencies.
The role is a full-time position and there are flexible working opportunities. It is mainly based in the community setting covering the South of the county, including Wycombe, Amersham, and the Chalfont's. However, you will also provide support to your patients in the hospital setting when required.
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.
- Work directly alongside the perinatal mental health specialist midwife in a support role.
- Provides a full range of midwifery care, health education and social care advice to women in all care settings.
- Takes 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.
- Provides clinical and professional expertise to the multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team
- Participates 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.
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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.
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