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Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Trust Values
Patients First
- Trust Values
Always Improving
- Trust Values
Working Together
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Registered Midwife on relevant part of the NMC register
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Significant clinical experience
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Evidence of continual professional development
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Associate/mentorship qualification or equivalent experience
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Relevant and recent clinical experience or with the ability to demonstrate significant experience in midwifery practice and responsibility for managing a clinical team
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Have ability to network, initiate and develop sound relationships with senior colleagues within and external to the Trust
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Expert clinical skills relevant to speciality and achievement of all midwifery competencies
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Synthesise information quickly and able to communicate and escalate
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Experience of writing protocols, guidelines and integrated care pathways
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
High dependency course
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Team leadership role
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Evidence of audit
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Experience of leading change management programmes
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Examination of the newborn qualification
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Willingness to teach practice in a formal setting
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Understanding of local and national NHS initiatives
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable midwife.
Are you passionate about perinatal mental health? Do you want to enhance your skills in supporting the mental health of women and birthing people throughout their maternity journey? Are you committed to providing personalised and compassionate care to women, birthing people, and families with complex social needs?
Our maternity service embodies the Trust Values, placing women, birthing people, and their families at the heart of our care and we strive for excellence in everything we do, continually improving and working together. Our maternity team is dedicated to delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient care, regardless of background or needs, providing you with extensive experience across the entire pregnancy journey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In this role, your key responsibilities will include supporting individuals with mental health and other complex needs, improving their outcomes and experiences for the most vulnerable families, including working alongside safeguarding, domestic violence, and other perinatal mental health teams. You will bridge the services for maternity with other mental health care providers, including local IAPT providers and specialist mental health teams (MMHS, CMHT, PMHT). You will act as an expert and role model in perinatal mental health provision of care, providing clinical and professional leadership within the maternity service.
Your key responsibilities will include supporting teams, developing and maintaining high standards of care for women and birthing people with mental health complexities during pregnancy and the postnatal period. This role encompasses specialist clinical, consultative, training, practice development, and strategic responsibilities.
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.
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This advert is for Senior Midwifery Practitioner - Perinatal Mental Health Specialist with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Midwife role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 14 Oct 2026.
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