Job overview

Would you like to work in a highly motivated and friendly Maternity team covering Bath, North East Somerset and West Wiltshire? We are committed to providing high quality, woman-centred care, and have already implemented work to provide consistency of care for families.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ in our latest CQC review, our service consists of an acute and 2 standalone birth centres. We also have 2 community midwifery led units, a 24 hour Maternity Assessment Unit and are in the planning stages of an alongside midwifery unit at the RUH site. This is your chance to be part of a transforming organisation where we aim to ensure all women have access to the optimal birth environment in accordance with their choice. An opportunity has arisen for a forward thinking, motivated, woman centred, Band 7 midwife  work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. Ensuring that women with birth related trauma and tocophobia receive the appropriate psychological care and treatment.

The successful candidate will be part of specialist  midwifery team. If you are a Midwife who would like to be a part of our future and can meet this challenge we welcome your interest in applying for a job at the RUH.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Matrons and Divisional Director of Family and Specialist Services regarding all quality performance and management issues and will:

Complete screening and triage of women presenting with trauma symptoms and prepare and chair triage meetings with relevant professionals

-Will be responsible for providing consultation, advice, referral and treatment (within scope) for women with mild/moderate trauma symptoms as part of the maternal mental health pathway for women with birth trauma and tocophobia

-Will provide personalised care based on each woman’s needs including support of personalised care and support plans, ensuring that these are updated in a timely way and communicated to relevant professionals.

- Will develop, implement and evaluate multi-agency and individualised specialist mental health birth plans in conjunction with women/birthing person and support person.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.