# Specialist Mental Health Midwife

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal Bolton Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Midwife
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-25T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-11T13:20:52.686Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Bolton/Bolton_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8200849
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8200849?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.boltonft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

- To provide high quality, safe midwifery care to women and their families with additional support requirements and mental health challenges in pregnancy and the postnatal period. The post holder will have a high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills, which they will use to manage, develop and lead care for pregnant women and new mothers with additional needs.
- Provide direct client care and have detailed clinical knowledge of the specialist area.
- To be responsible for providing extra support and care to some pregnant women with mental health problems, in partnership with the named midwife, the specialist perinatal mental health team and external agencies.
- To work closely with women and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs. They will provide a link between the maternity service and other services involved in mental health care.
- Assist the band 7 specialist midwife to ensure that high standards of quality care are delivered and maintained.
- To Deputise for the specialist midwife as required.
- To promote the use of quality improvement methods by frontline staff in order to deliver measurable improvements in patient care.
- To act as a resource of specialist knowledge to other members of the multidisciplinary team

### Main duties of the job

Please see detailed job description attachment . This contains a full breakdown of all the different duties required.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification for the 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

### desirable

**Essential**

- Good IT skills

### essential

**Essential**

- Registered Midwife with Degree level qualification
- NMC current registration
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Full Driving Licence
- Experience of working within all areas of maternity

**Desirable**

- Experience in working within perinatal mental health
- Experience of writing reports in relation to safeguarding and court proceedings
- evidence of continuing education

## Documents

- [open letter (pdf, 235.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2681)
- [applicants with a disability (pdf, 207.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1983)
- [perinatal mental health midwife (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10506884)
- [perinatal mental health midwife job (pdf, 448.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10506816)
- [welcome to bolton nhs foundation trust (pdf, 774.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3041)

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