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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative role within the new Perinatal Trauma and Loss Service. The service will aim to integrate maternity, reproductive health and psychological therapy for women experiencing mental health difficulties arising from their maternity experience including trauma and loss. This service will be based alongside the Perinatal Mental Health Team and work closely with a Principal Clinical Psychologist. 

This post will be based in Cambridge, Ely and south Cambridgeshire, with operational links to the local maternity Rosie hospital to assure midwifery skills and registration are maintained. The post-holder will help to assess patients who are experiencing severe mental health difficulties as a result of perinatal loss and trauma. They will be supported to deliver therapeutic interventions and groups, particularly for those women who go on to become pregnant again. They will support with birth planning and work closely with local midwifery teams to support the delivery of trauma-informed care. They will provide training and support to maternity services.

We have a hybrid working model but are a community-based team and there will be an expectation to travel for home visits. We would encourage applications from those with applicable knowledge and skills, but specialist training and supervision will be provided. 

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Midwife will support the delivery of this specialist service, under the supervision of a Principal and Consultant Clinical Psychologist. The Specialist Midwife will support triaging and assessment of mental health difficulties in the context of perinatal trauma and loss. With supervision and training, they will monitor and manage mental health and safeguarding risk, as well as delivering psychologically informed interventions to individuals or groups.

Where a patient becomes pregnant again, they will lead on birth planning and liaise closely with maternity services to ensure trauma informed care and support. They will also provide relevant training and support to maternity and other partner agencies, promoting the integration of services to improve the experience of women with severe mental health difficulties.

The post holder will work within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for their caseload following appropriate governance procedures.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk