Overview
We would like to recruit a highly motivated Midwife to join our welcoming, supportive and friendly Enhanced Support Midwifery team working across central Lancashire. The post holder will support colleagues through coordinating care and providing training and guidance in maternal mental health for key maternity staff to enable holistic care that optimises mental as well as physical health. The post holder will support the Specialist Perinatal Midwife within the team on a daily basis caring for women and their families with perinatal mental health and complex social issues. The post holder will work in partnership with a multi‑agency and multi‑disciplinary team from health and social care to provide and co‑ordinate the highest standards of care for women and their families with mental health concerns and complex social needs.
Responsibilities
* Support the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Midwife in providing knowledge and advice, education and training to other maternity staff and students, including medical staff, on all aspects of perinatal mental health management for women in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.
* Perform a key role within the Enhanced Support Midwifery team, developing and maintaining high standards of care for women and their families with complex social needs and challenges in pregnancy and the postnatal period.
* Support colleagues through coordinating care and providing training and guidance in maternal mental health for key maternity staff, enabling holistic care that optimises mental as well as physical health.
* Care for women and their families with complex social needs and perinatal mental health, and act as a liaison between the maternity service and other services involved in care planning.
* Roster within the team to carry out daily safety huddle and duty responsibilities.
* Maintain a sound knowledge of working with families with complex social needs and perinatal mental health.
Qualifications and Experience
* Experience in maternity services and perinatal mental health.
* Ability to work in partnership with multi‑agency and multi‑disciplinary teams from health, perinatal mental health and social care.
* Strong communication and education/training skills to support staff and students in all aspects of perinatal mental health management.
* Commitment to high standards of care for women and their families with complex social needs and mental health concerns.
Notes
Please refer to attached job description. This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Sep 2025.
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