Specialist OCEAN Midwife for Trauma, Loss and Tokophobia

Responsibilities

• 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....