# Perinatal Mental Health Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/perinatal-mental-health-midwife/078913dc-81c8-45c8-adab-060aa44121f4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/perinatal-mental-health-midwife/078913dc-81c8-45c8-adab-060aa44121f4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust - **Location:** Lister Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 6 months (Minimum of 3 month secondment. End date 14/02/2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 34.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T13:38:19.413Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Nursing_Midwifery_Corporate_Safeguarding/Nursing_Midwifery_Corporate_Safeguarding-v8268745 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8268745?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting for a perinatal Mental Health Midwife who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. This is an excellent opportunity to join the safeguarding team within the Trust. You will be a fundamental part of the safeguarding team and work closely with the maternity division to ensure that the safeguarding / Perinatal mental health remains at the heart of practice within Midwifery. Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond! ### Main duties of the job The primary purpose of this position is to ensure the safety and welfare of all pregnant women and their babies in receipt of care within East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust services. In order to undertake this, the post holder will manage and lead the safeguarding midwifery and perinatal mental health team, and will contribute to delivering the wider safeguarding and mental health services. You will be responsible for offering expert advice and guidance to staff in all matters relating to maternity safeguarding and perinatal mental health and to ensure that we develop a confident and competent workforce that is able to recognise and appropriately respond to any safeguarding concerns. Working closely with the wider safeguarding team you will continually improve and develop the safeguarding agenda, aligning with the Trust's strategic agenda, as well as local and national safeguarding priorities and guidance. Providing effective communication, networking and liaison, establishing and maintaining good working relationships within health services and other agencies to ensure that information relating to safeguarding is up to date and embedded in practice. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Evidence for supporting others development - Competent and confident approach to practice - Ability to work under pressure - Ability to synthesize information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions - Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development, and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff - Role model our Trust values every day - Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development, and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff. ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Considerable experience in working with women with additional mental health needs - Considerable experience of MDT working - Evidence of ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit and feedback - Implementation of audit/research recommendations - Evidence of presentations at local / national levels - Commitment to the on-going implementation of the Trust mental health strategy - Understanding of quality issues in relations to mental health and clinical governance - Experience of report writing - Significant knowledge of safeguarding procedures and policies - Evidence of leading an area of work - Working knowledge of national frameworks **Desirable** - Experience of delivering training to a variety of audiences ### Skills and knowledge **Essential** - Excellent communication skills: interpersonal, written and verbal. - Confidence to adapt to an evolving and changing service - High levels of discretion and decision-making skills - Well-developed IT skills - Ability to remain boundaries in relationships with women and their families - Ability to work autonomously - Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team - Ability to create personalised care plans with women who have complex mental health needs **Desirable** - Proven leadership skills, with a vision to work with others - Change management experience and/or qualification ### Qualifications / Training **Essential** - Relevant registered professional qualification - Recognised leadership qualification. - Evidence of additional relevant CPD - Experienced midwife ## Documents - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549) - [perinatal mental health midwife applicant pack (pdf, 727.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10583555) - [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551) - [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748) - [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.