Perinatal Pelvic Health Midwife

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a specialist Perinatal Pelvic Health Midwife. This role emphasizes collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to enhance pelvic health education and interventions during maternity. Responsibilities include promoting good quality midwifery practices, identifying women at risk of injury, and providing staff training. The trust is committed to delivering compassionate care and supporting innovative health solutions, making it an exciting opportunity for a dedicated leader in midwifery.

Qualifications

• Experience working in partnership with health services.
• Ability to provide training and education for staff.
• Champion for Perinatal Pelvic Health.

Responsibilities

• Promote good quality midwifery and obstetric-led interventions.
• Identify women at risk of pelvic floor injury.
• Support the delivery of the OASI bundle.

Skills

Collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams

Promotion of pelvic health education

Midwifery expertise

Job description

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust are excited to offer this new role for a specialist Perinatal Pelvic Health Midwife. This role will help ensure delivery of our ambition for all women to receive education and advice around pelvic health during their maternity journey.

The role will require close partnership working and collaboration with the Women's Health physiotherapist service and the lead Consultant for the service, as well as partnership working with the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS). The post holder will be a champion for Perinatal Pelvic Health Service (PPHS) and they will be responsible for promoting good quality midwifery and obstetric‑led interventions, working in collaboration with the multi‑disciplinary team to enhance prevention of pelvic health injury in pregnancy and birth including supporting the delivery of the Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASI) bundle, identifying women at risk of pelvic floor injury and providing training and education for staff and service users around pelvic floor exercises.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems. Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.