Role Summary
This is a highly visible, patient facing role for a specialist midwifery practitioner leading on the development and delivery of the RDUH Birth Sense service. This is a high-quality, midwife-led, birth conversations service that provides multi-aspect support for women who have experienced traumatic or complex maternity journeys.
The post holder will provide specialist postnatal and antenatal birth conversation, which are partner inclusive, which aim to support emotional recovery and reduce birth trauma. Working autonomously within professional guidelines, the role provides expert clinical support, psychological-informed interventions, and continuity of care to improve outcomes, reduce birth trauma, and enhance personalised care.
The role will also contribute to service improvement, identification of key themes and learning for maternity governance, staff education, and implementation of trauma-informed practice across maternity services.
You will be responsible for assessing and triaging women who are referred from multidisciplinary health care professionals or who have self-referred to the ‘Birth Sense’ service.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
The post holder will be trained to degree standard and will use their extensive professional clinical knowledge to provide specialist, trauma informed advice and support to help women and birthing people to navigate their birthing journey. The post holder must be willing to undergo further training to develop trauma informed practice skills to support them in this role.
Active listening, solution focussed questioning and birth trauma training to improve parent child bonding and relationships within the family unit is essential alongside 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
The post holder will represent Maternity Services at Trust wide and external meetings in relation to their role along with providing specialist knowledge and advice to all maternity staff consistent with the requirements of trauma informed practice.
The post holder will develop and support robust quality assurance systems to monitor and evaluate trauma informed practice across maternity services alongside uptake and effectiveness of the ‘Birth Sense’ service.
As part of a small specialist team, providing occasional cross site cover in times of periods of high acuity, staff absence or annual leave.
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
Working Pattern: 30 hours per week. Participation in the maternity on call roster
Interview Date: Friday 16th October 2026
For further information please contact: Nikki Soper. Complex Care Matron nicola.soper@nhs.net
This is an internal vacancy for Royal Devon employees
As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
