Pelvic Health Specialist Midwife - 22.5 hours per week
This role is offered on a part-time basis of 22.5 hours per week, encouraging candidates interested in working part-time to apply and receive a salary on a pro-rata basis.
It is an exciting yet challenging time for the Maternity Services at GWH, as we offer the opportunity to become a Pelvic Health Specialist Midwife.
The Perinatal pelvic health service has been established to share information to support the prevention of pelvic health issues during pregnancy and birth, ensuring accessible support, advice, and treatment for those with perineal or pelvic floor concerns in Swindon and Wiltshire.
The specialist midwife will work alongside specialist physiotherapists, supported by a consultant urogynaecologist, obstetric consultants, and community physiotherapists, to provide additional support for women who experience pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms or a perineal tear or episiotomy during birth.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Run a specialist clinic and workshops aimed at women and birthing people with mild/moderate urinary incontinence and pelvic floor injury.
2. Act as a lead resource for maternity services with expert knowledge of perinatal pelvic health, providing clinical advice, support, and training to staff, mothers, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
3. Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to increase prevention of pelvic health injury in pregnancy and birth, including supporting the delivery of the OASI bundle.
4. Identify women at risk of pelvic floor injury and provide training and education on pelvic floor exercises.
5. After suitable training, offer assessment and basic evidence-based intervention for urinary incontinence during pregnancy and after birth.
6. Work cooperatively with existing services and the Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist to develop and plan pathways, referral criteria, data collection, and service evaluation.
7. Travel to community maternity units as required.
8. Collaborate with other professionals providing care on the perinatal pathway, including Midwives, Health Visitors, Physiotherapists, incontinence Nurses, gynaecology, colorectal, and urogynaecology services.
9. Implement and monitor key performance indicators related to perinatal pelvic health provision.
10. Participate in relevant professional or clinical committees internal or external to the organization as required.
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do:
* Service: We will put our patients first.
* Teamwork: We will work together.
* Ambition: We will aspire to provide the best service.
* Respect: We will act with integrity.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Dec 2024.
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