Perineal Specialist Midwife

To work in accordance with the NMC Rules and Code for nurses and midwives To be responsible for the provision of a high quality, woman centred midwifery service for the Trust, in line with the national and Trust standards To work with the multidisciplinary team to continually monitor the quality of care that women receive and improve outcomes in line with the PPHS objectives. To identify areas for improvement and to take a lead role in designing, implementingand supporting new and existing initiatives e.g. OASI and pelvic health training. Provide professional leadership including motivation of staff regarding new ways ofworking to meet the needs of the PPHS. Development and lead an effective day to day running of specialist programmes of care for specific patient groups with a multi-disciplinary team. This will involve support of clinics for women who suffered Pelvic floor dysfunction and or at risk groups who sustained an OASI or perineal trauma, perineal breakdown to name a few. Review and maintain specific pelvic health guidelines to improve prevention recognition and treatment pelvic floor dysfunction Provide up to date, evidenced based information and education for colleagues and students to enhance knowledge and skills relating to the perineal care of women in labour and postnatally in line with LMNS PPHS. Conduct regular reviews of the effectiveness of any new project through an established Quality Improvement programme, audit or research to ensure they effectively addressthe needs of the local population and cascade onwards or formally write up for aresearch article where appropriate.