Job summary
Birth is a transformative experience for the whole family unit, however for many women and birthing people, unexpected events, clinical interventions, communication breakdowns, or a loss of control can lead to trauma. The APPG Birth Trauma Report (2024) describes 25-30,000 cases of PTSD after childbirth each year with widespread gaps in postnatal support. A key recommendation of this report is that all trusts must have in place trauma informed postnatal care, including structured opportunities for women and birthing people to review and understand their births.

Main duties of the job
To work with staff and service user in a variety of settings to ensure midwifery practice is evidence based.

• The post holder will use their extensive professional clinical knowledge of a high-risk delivery suite and their expert skills in trauma informed care, active listening, solution focussed questioning and birth trauma training to improve parent child bonding, relationships within the family unit
• Promote a culture of continuous quality improvement through the use of audit, patient/client feedback and reflection and practice by self and other members of the team.
• The post holder will be responsible for the provision of high-quality talking and listening interventions aimed to improve women and families understanding of their birth to find resolution and understanding and to look forward positively to an improved experience

About us
Are you ready for a change?

We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients

Details
Date posted: 04 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: Depending on experience Per Annum (Pro Rata) Including HCAS
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 220-WHT-8311439
Closing date: 10 November 2026

Job responsibilities
This is a specialist midwifery practitioner role. The post holder will be responsible for the further development and overseeing of a high-quality midwife led service providing multi aspect support for women who have experienced, from their perspective, a traumatic birth. The support may be pre pregnancy or during the antenatal, postnatal periods and beyond; and may include support for their partners. You will be responsible for assessing and triaging women who are referred from multi-disciplinary health care professionals.

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Midwife- Degree or higher
• Essential: Hold an RCM accredited birth trauma therapy certificate
• Essential: Birth trauma resolution certification
• Desirable: Solihull Trauma informed training
• Desirable: Compassionate Mind training
• Desirable: Evidence of trauma informed training

Skills and Ability

• Essential: Good counselling and listening skills and ability to deal with delivering /receiving distressing news
• Essential: Robust organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and meet timescales
• Essential: Leadership skills and ability to motivate others
• Desirable: Ability to influence and manage change, including the promotion of evidence-based practice
• Desirable: Demonstrates skills in IT systems and use of word, excel and PowerPoint
• Desirable: A flexible approach with the ability to work under pressure and deal with conflicting demands

Knowledge and Experience

• Essential: Be able to evidence over five (5) years recent experience at working as a clinical midwife with intrapartum experience and all aspect of midwifery care
• Essential: Experience of working within a team and of developing good working relationships with internal and external staff at all levels
• Essential: Experience of collating data and extrapolating information and analysis
• Desirable: Experience of change management initiatives
• Desirable: Up to date with NHS Agenda, National directives and all governance
• Desirable: A working knowledge of National guidelines including NICE and current research relating to psychological support of parturient women

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
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address: Whittington Health NHS Hospital Trust, Magdala Avenue, Islington, N19 5NF, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Lead Professional Midwifery Advocate, Sinead Farrell, sinead.farrell@nhs.net, 02072885499

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