Specialist midwife Perinatal Mental Health/Substance & Alcohol Misuse

This is a key leadership and specialist role within the Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol Misuse team . involves maintaining / overseeing high standards of care for women with mental health problems / misuse substances through pregnancy and postnatally

As Specialist lead your team will triage women with mental health or substance misuse concerns, providing a link between maternity service, multi-agency services and professions involved in mental health and drug misuse.

This will include a range of health education, support and special care advice relating to these specific issues. The role involves working in partnership with the named Community Midwife, the band 6 Specialist Midwife for Perinatal Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol Misuse and the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team and will involve a clinical aspect to the role

work closely with women and their families to plan and co-ordinate their care based on their individual needs taking into account any barriers to communication or inequalities which may be barriers to care.

As the Lead Specialist Midwife you will lead the team to support colleagues through training and guidance to enable them to provide holistic care that optimises emotional wellbeing as well as physical health.

This role will include the development of the service, correlating data and identifying factors to support the sustainability of the service.

Job description

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Person specification

Communication Skills

Essential

• Effective communicator with an ability to work within a multidisciplinary team

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to a minimum of 1st degree level- with 2 or more years experience

NMC registered Midwife - minimum band 6

Safeguarding Children Training to Level 3

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of national guidelines and key research relating to perinatal drug & alcohol misuse

Desirable

• Understanding of Better Births and the NHS Long Term Plan in relation to maternal mental health
• Knowledge and understanding of psychological therapies used in the management of perinatal mental illness.

About the employer

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust