Job summary
Are you an experienced Midwife with a passion for improving services for women and their families accessing maternity services? Do you have a passionate for pelvic health and perineal care?
The Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are implementing a new service to enhance prevention of pelvic floor dysfunction and provide, timely, evidence based treatment for women in the perinatal period. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Midwife with significant clinical experience to provide leadership and service implementation within maternity services.
You will need to have experience of change management and successful service implementation and be confident and competent in perineal suturing and care.
Main duties of the job
You will work within the pathway for the Perinatal Pelvic Health Service, working closely with the Perinatal Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Psychological Wellbeing Midwife, the Urogynaecology team, Colorectal team and Obstetric team.
The role will involve training and support for staff as well as support pelvic floor exercise training, assessment, personalised care planning and onwards referral for service users within the scope of a Midwife and with relevant training/qualifications. You will be expected support the project lead with service evaluation, gathering feedback, KPI's and audit.
As part of this role you will have line management responsibilities and will be expected to be part of the maternity management on-call rota.
For more information please contact; Zara March, Transformation Project Lead Midwife at zara.march@nhs.net.
About us
At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council.
- BSc in Midwifery or able to demonstrate recent study at this level and a willingness to complete.
- Significant experience working within a senior clinical midwifery role
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification (recognised by the NMC).
- Training in Managing Conduct, Health, Sickness & Performance, Recruitment & Selection, Appraisal etc.
Desirable
- Further leadership / management related qualification or training
- MSc or working towards
- Qualification in pelvic health related subject
- Training in bladder scanning
Knowldge and experience
Essential
- Significant relevant clinical and management experience at band 6 or above (minimum 2 years) to include intrapartum care and perineal suturing.
- Significant knowledge of the pelvic floor including related research
- Evidence of working across a variety of midwifery settings
- Thorough and up to date knowledge and drivers for change
- Understanding of the principles and application of Clinical Governance.
- Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in service users' advocacy and complaints resolutions.
- Evidence of leading change.
- Evidence of further study
- Evidence of working with a wide team of professionals
Leadership and management skills
Essential
- Able to manage people
- Able to appraise staff
- Able to manage change effectively
- Able to apply understanding of equality & diversity to management of own staff.
- Able to use computerised system for accessing patient information, staff training records and to type own correspondence and meeting minutes etc.
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team
- Evidence of delivering high quality training to staff groups.
- Experience of significant service development
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council.
- BSc in Midwifery or able to demonstrate recent study at this level and a willingness to complete.
- Significant experience working within a senior clinical midwifery role
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification (recognised by the NMC).
- Training in Managing Conduct, Health, Sickness & Performance, Recruitment & Selection, Appraisal etc.
Desirable
- Further leadership / management related qualification or training
- MSc or working towards
- Qualification in pelvic health related subject
- Training in bladder scanning
Knowldge and experience
Essential
- Significant relevant clinical and management experience at band 6 or above (minimum 2 years) to include intrapartum care and perineal suturing.
- Significant knowledge of the pelvic floor including related research
- Evidence of working across a variety of midwifery settings
- Thorough and up to date knowledge and drivers for change
- Understanding of the principles and application of Clinical Governance.
- Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in service users' advocacy and complaints resolutions.
- Evidence of leading change.
- Evidence of further study
- Evidence of working with a wide team of professionals
Leadership and management skills
Essential
- Able to manage people
- Able to appraise staff
- Able to manage change effectively
- Able to apply understanding of equality & diversity to management of own staff.
- Able to use computerised system for accessing patient information, staff training records and to type own correspondence and meeting minutes etc.
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team
- Evidence of delivering high quality training to staff groups.
- Experience of significant service development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Coombe Park
Bath
BA1 3GN
Employer's website
https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
