Job summary
- Main area
- Pelvic Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 1 year (Short term contract)
- Hours
- Part time
- Job ref
- 197-RF6725
- Employer
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Lewisham
- Town
- Lewisham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata plus HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pelvic Health Midwife
Band 7
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
If you are looking for a new challenge, a job you can be proactive in and to work in an award winning, well-supported, friendly, dynamic, culturally astute and inclusive environment that puts women / birthing people at the centre of a high standard of care where the latest CQC report that rates us as good, maintaining our good rating since 2017 and has now awarded us outstanding for leadership and have significant post registration experience, come and join us.
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic midwife to lead on pelvic health within the trust.
You will be at the forefront in leading and supporting the local implementation of perinatal pelvic health service at the trust working in collaboration with South East (SE) London Local Maternity and Neonatal system (LMNS) and NHS England. You will be the lead for promotion and education of pelvic health ensuring all staff both midwives and obstetricians are trained and able to promote good pelvic health to women in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. Your role will be fundamental in the setting up of joint physio and midwifery pelvic health clinics.
It is an exciting time to join! You will form working relationships with our multidisciplinary teams and be part of our wonderful midwifery team on both sites. There will be great learning opportunities for you, not just in learning new midwifery skills, but also in being part of a exciting service that we know will improve our patient experience.
Main duties of the job
You will be a champion for Pelvic Health and the expectation is that you will be responsible for promoting good quality midwifery/ obstetric led interventions which aim to reduce anal sphincter injury and other pelvic health issues across for childbearing women.
The role also involves education, training and audit to ensure that:
· Good pelvic health is promoted in pregnancy and the postnatal period.
· Evidence-based information for women and birthing people on pelvic health is co-produced and widely available in a range of formats
· All staff in maternity services and primary care have access to first level training on prevention, recognition and treatment of pelvic health issues
· Women receive timely access to NICE recommended treatment for common pelvic health issues in the antenatal and postnatal period.
· Coordination between pelvic health services and community services that may include sexual health and mental health services.
· Consistent, personalised care that is supported by clear pathways across SE London irrespective of postcode in order to reduce unwarranted variation.
· Key performance indicators of the PPHS are achieved and reported to NHS England.
The role of the Pelvic Health Specialist Midwife will not be limited to these current priority areas but will develop over time.
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to lead and support the local implementation of perinatal pelvic health service (PPHS) designed in collaboration with South East (SE) London Local Maternity and Neonatal system (LMNS) and NHS England. This in line with the NHS Long Term plan commitment to improve access to postnatal physiotherapy services for women. The local ambition which is that ALL women are to have education and advice around pelvic health and access to Physiotherapy services in the postnatal period.
The post holder will be a champion for Pelvic Health and the expectation is that the post holder will be responsible for promoting good quality midwifery/ obstetric led interventions which aim to reduce anal sphincter injury and other pelvic health issues across for childbearing women.
See JD for further details
Person specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential criteria
- Registered midwife on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality
- Degree
- Significant extensive experience post qualification
- Sign off Mentor / Practice Assessor
- Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development
Desirable criteria
- Masters on Women’s Health/ Advanced Midwifery Practice or relevant masters
- Teaching qualification
- Leadership/Management qualification
- Previous experience as a Team Leader/Band 7 specialist role
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post Registration experience within their speciality
- Must be able to carry out the physical activities required by the job.
- Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating, training sessions / programmes
- Experience of involvement in educational initiatives
Knowledge, Skills, Ability
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of educational standards and practice.
- Understanding of the principles of teaching and learning and their application within the practice setting
- Knowledge of a variety of teaching methods.
- Knowledge of recruitment, selection and disciplinary procedures.
- Able to present articulately to large groups of people
- Evidence of excellent clinical skills
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Understanding and knowledge of curriculum design and development.
- Knowledge of local, regional and national policies pertaining to practice experience and education
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Burton
- Job title
- Consultant Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8331 3000
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