Specialist Midwife in Maternal Mental Health
The closing date is 25 May 2026
This is a new, key role in developing and maintaining high standards of care for women and birthing people suffering from grief/loss, trauma or tokophobia in pregnancy and the postnatal period and their families. You will contribute to the implementation of the new Maternal Mental Health Service for University hospitals Tees.
You should be passionate about developing and moving the service forward in line with key recommendations, local and national agenda. You will have a high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills which you will use to develop, lead, and manage care for pregnant and new mothers with mental health needs, working alongside specialist psychologists and other healthcare professionals.
You will be responsible for providing a service of extra support and care, working in partnership with maternity and mental health services. Care will be based on individual needs, and you will work closely with women and birthing people and families to ensure that psychological support from psychologists is supported by midwifery care in partnership. You will provide professional leadership and to work closely with existing specialist midwives and the wider maternity system to ensure women and birthing people in the Tees Valley region have access to high-quality maternal mental health care.
Main duties of the job
* To provide expert care to all women and birthing people requiring mental health support.
* To actively promote the development of the Maternal Mental Health Service.
* To take responsibility alongside the psychology service for the management of the Maternal Mental Health Service and the necessary data collection, governance and reporting.
* To ensure the department provides excellent standards of clinical practice and a culture focused on patient engagement and experience, liaising with the MNVP.
* To ensure that you are a visible member of the senior team and that you are accessible to patients, families, and carers.
* To promote positive, professional leadership to ensure contemporaneous, safe, and cost-effective midwifery care in accordance with the Trusts Nursing and Midwifery strategy and national strategies including Compassion in Practice (6Cs).
* To maintain an environment in which operational excellence, learning, research and development and innovation are encouraged.
About us
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
* Your Leadership Impact
* Leading your Team to Success
* Leading Into the Future
* Service Improvement for Beginners
* Developing your Service Improvement Skills
* Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
* Explore leadership within the NHS and Promote Trust values and behaviour
* Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
* Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete the training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
* Midwifery training/qualification to diploma level and preceptorship plus further study and specialist experience
* Current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Further experience/training in counselling/mental health or trauma informed care
Experience
* The ability to deal with and adapt to wide-ranging challenges to provide better and safer care
* Significant post-graduate experience and evidence of your contribution to midwifery and maternal mental health services
* Experience of working with a maternal mental health team
* Delivery and organisation of training, learning and development
Knowledge & Skills
* Specialist clinical knowledge of maternal mental health
* An understanding of current NHS legislation and national strategy in relation to maternal mental health and public health
* Knowledge of child protection
* Knowledge of population health and understanding of social and health inequalities and their relation to the maternal mental health agenda
* Audit and report writing
* Leadership skills
* Ability to use own initiative
* Time management skills
* Evidence of project management skills
* Ability to look beyond existing processes and ways of working to produce more effective service delivery
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 a year (pro rata)
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