Perinatal Pelvic Health Services (PPHS) Specialist Midwife | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

We are looking for a motivated specialist Midwife to be the Midwife Lead in the Perinatal Pelvic Health Service (PPHS), working with and under the leadership of the Specialist Physiotherapist Clinical Lead. The Project, in short, is to provide preventative pelvic floor education, promote early identification of those at risk of pelvic floor dysfunction and ensure pelvic health treatments are timely, accessible and equitable to all. The role will include

• Service Improvement Project work
• Clinical teaching and training of midwives and other HCP's
• Networking, auditing and presenting data
• Supporting the implemenation of Oasi Care bundle
• Clinical work will be included in the role once the service is established.
• Supporting the Physio Lead in ensuring every woman has access to pelvic health education antenatally and postnatally via a digital platform or in person sessions.
• Project work to ensure women in the hard to reach communities can access education and support for pelvic floor dysfunction and make pelvic floor education accessible in there language.
The aim is to improve the standard of the pelvic health service across the Black Country To provide professional leadership across all aspects of perinatal pelvic health. Support and work with the teams across the Maternity department to develop and maintain a programme plan to facilitate the implementation of a clinically based teaching and competency based assessment package to aim towards achieving better care in women with obstetric pelvic floor injury. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about pelvic health and
• Is an experienced midwife
• Has service improvement experience in audits and gathering data.
• Has experience and skills in teaching and presenting
• Has experience or clinical knowledge of Oasi and perineal trauma and the long term effects on bladder and bowel function.