Band 6 Public Health Midwife (Mental Health/Substance Misuse)
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Public Health Midwife (Mental Health/Substance Misuse) to join our maternity team at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT).
We are looking for a compassionate midwife with a keen interest in perinatal mental health, substance misuse, public health and safeguarding, who is passionate about improving outcomes for women, babies and families experiencing vulnerability and health inequalities.The successful candidate will provide safe, personalised, trauma-informed and non-judgmental care to women experiencing mental health difficulties and/or substance misuse during pregnancy and the postnatal period.
Safeguarding is a key element of the role, including recognising concerns, appropriate escalation and contributing to effective care and safeguarding plans.
You will work closely with maternity and safeguarding teams, perinatal mental health services, children's social care, substance misuse services and other partner agencies to provide coordinated care and promote early intervention, engagement and positive outcomes.If you are passionate about public health, mental health, safeguarding and supporting vulnerable families, we would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
To provide a full range of health education, advice, support, psychological and social care advice to women with mental health and/or substance misuse problems. To be responsible and accountable for the full range of care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care throughout the antenatal, Intrapartum and postnatal period for women with mental health/substance misuse problems and their newborn. Obtain and use routine data to describe the health and well-being of women with mental health/substance misuse.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford.
We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care. We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.
Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form. All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/
Qualifications · Essential
Registered Midwife Experience/
Knowledge · Essential
Substantial Post Registration Practice and relevant competencies Knowledge of mental health in pregnancy
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
