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- The Specialist OCEAN Midwife for Trauma, Loss & Tokophobia will have a key organisational role in developing and maintaining high standards of care for women with loss, tokophobia and birth trauma during pregnancy and the immediate postnatal period.
- Main responsibilities include providing support and midwifery care for women with loss, tokophobia and birth trauma during pregnancy and the postnatal period in conjunction with the OCEAN Maternal Mental Health Service, perinatal mental health team, and neighbouring Mother and Baby Unit.
- You will provide a link between the maternity service and other services involved in the mental health care of perinatal women, including the local primary care therapy service (IAPT) and maternal mental health service. You will ensure that relevant pathways, policies and processes to identify women at risk of or with existing loss, tokophobia and birth trauma are developed, implemented and audited. This will involve working with a range of relevant professionals, services and agencies, including commissioners and the public health team.
- You will also be responsible for group work, including working with bereavement teams and facilitating the Birth Reframing Clinic which supports women and their partners around experiences of traumatic birth.
- The post holder will be based both within the maternity service, the OCEAN service, and the perinatal mental health service.
Main duties of the job
- Be a key part of the OCEAN Maternal Mental Health Service, meeting the needs of service users experience loss or trauma arising directly from the maternity experience.
- Ensure that robust and effective communication systems exist which underpin effective service provision, both within the midwifery service and with all stakeholders
- Provide a link between midwives, OCEAN team, perinatal mental health team, general practitioners, health visitors, obstetricians and other agencies in relation to women’s care.
- Ensure midwives are aware of care pathways for women with loss, tokophobia and birth trauma and deliver their contribution to these, including the provision of information and support, and the prediction and detection of concerns
- Refer users to other health care professionals as required and when the needs of the woman are beyond the post holder’s scope of practice.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Understanding of NMC Codes of Practice
- Understanding the needs of women of low socio-economic status and in a multiracial environment.
- Specialist knowledge and experience in maternal and infant mental health, developed through training and practice
- Detailed knowledge of current midwifery issues.
- Knowledge of clinical governance processes
- Understanding of wider NHS agenda and drivers for change.
- Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit
- A specialist interest in Maternal mental health
- Evidence of management / leadership skills
Desirable
- Knowledge and Understanding of the role of Trauma Informed Care in Maternity Services
Experience
Essential
- Completed preceptorship
- Experience of all areas of midwifery, particularly antenatal care
- Post-graduation training/experience in perinatal mental health
- Evidence of delivering high quality teaching to staff groups.
- Experience of working with challenging people groups
- Experience of working across agencies
- Audit experience
Desirable
- Previous experience within similar role at Band 7 or equivalent
- Experience of supporting women and partners who have experienced Birth Trauma
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to communicate at all levels within the multidisciplinary team
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Ability to make independent decisions and work autonomously
- Developed IT skills with good understanding of windows applications and EPR
- Effective presentation skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to act as a role model to junior staff
- Ability to prioritise a busy workload
- Works well on own initiative as well as working well within a team
- Evidence of ability to influence and motivate others
- Able to recognise limitations and need for advice and support
- Ability to apply research to practice and to support changes in practice because of clinical audit
- Assertive and able to challenge others when the rights of a woman/birthing person /Families may be impinged
Desirable
- Counselling skills
- Motivational interviewing skills
- Experience of facilitating group work
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered midwife with active registration
- Evidence of post qualification education
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable
- Managerial / leadership qualifications
- Additional qualification in mental health or counselling qualification
- Teaching and assessing/qualification
- Perinatal Champions Training qualification
- Supervision qualification
Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
- Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
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This advert is for Specialist OCEAN Midwife for Trauma, Loss and Tokophobia with Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Midwife role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 p.a. incl. pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Jun 2026.
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