Perineal Pelvic Health Midwife

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Bolton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An esteemed healthcare provider in Bolton is seeking a lead midwifery practitioner to enhance the perinatal pelvic health service. This role demands expertise in clinical management and teaching while implementing evidence-based care to improve women’s health outcomes in childbirth-related issues. Join a committed multidisciplinary team focused on delivering high-quality services in a progressive environment.

Benefits

Wide range of staff benefits

Qualifications

• Evidence of continued Professional Development.
• Advance clinical skills in relation to perineal care.
• Audit & Guideline experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of perinatal pelvic health services.
• Support day-to-day management of OASI perineal service.
• Develop strategies and training for the midwifery team.

Skills

Clinical skills in perineal care

Experience in teaching

Data collection

Education

Degree or equivalent

NMC Registered Midwife

Job description

The purpose of this role is to lead and support the local implementation of perinatal pelvic health service (PPHS). The post holder will be working as the lead midwifery practitioner responsible for the development and oversight of high-quality care which aims to reduce anal sphincter damage, perineal injury and improve repair during childbirth.

The post holder will work with and support the Obstetric team in the day-to-day management of the OASI Perineal service and work with the multidisciplinary team to continually monitor the quality of care that women receive and improve outcomes in line with the PPHS objectives.

The post holder will also be responsible for ensuring appropriate care pathways for those women who experience Pelvic Girdle Pain. They will work directly with complex patients, promoting health improvement in both prevention and recovery alongside working in partnership with the Specialist Physiotherapists. The post holder will develop and review pathways and provide relevant training to the wider team.

The PPHS midwife will work collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team to identify gaps in midwifery and obstetric practice and contribute to the improvement of services on a local, regional and nationally scale.

Main duties of the job

To support the development and implementation of PPHS within the organisation working with colleagues across Greater Manchester and align to the PPHS Wave 3 Implementer programme.

To work closely with and bring together physiotherapy services in the trust that deliver PPHS.

To implement and provide specialist evidence-based care for women with childbirth related perineal trauma (CRPT), OASI and pregnancy related bladder/bowel dysfunction, including the provision of endoanal ultrasound scans.

To act as a significant educational resource, to health professionals in CRPT, OASI and pregnancy related bladder/bowel dysfunction and liaise with women’s health physiotherapists in providing training to midwives on pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME) in order that they can deliver appropriate preventive antenatal PFME guidance.

Development and promotion of Trust guidelines and protocols for women requiring perineal suturing and bladder care and OASI, adopting a multi professional approach.

To improve governance, patient safety and continuity of care in women with obstetric pelvic floor injury and promote education within maternity services to continue to improve intrapartum and postpartum perineal and bladder care and to support further reduction in rates of perinatal pelvic health problems.

Working for our organisation

Theright care, by theright person, in theright place"

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the North West side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have recently been given a CQC rating of Good. Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.

The Family Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children's services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women's and Children's services and has a credible and enviable reputation. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1500 gynaecological procedures each year, making us a specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in the North West Sector of Manchester and beyond.

With births of around 6000 per year, Bolton is the 'Supercentre' for the northwest, providing high quality compassionate care to the women of Bolton, Bury, Salford and beyond.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities for the role.

Person specification

Experience

• Degree or equivalent
• NMC Registered Midwife
• Evidence of continued Professional Development
• Knowledge and skills in perineal care and OASI bundle
• Audit & Guideline experience
• Further study/evidence of continued professional development
• Advance clinical skills in relation to perineal care
• Experience in teaching
• Experience in contributing to care plans

CPD

• Willingness to successfully undertake relevant course/training required for the post
• Experience of data collection and policy writing
• Evidience of ability to work autonomosly and independently

The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.

We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.