Band 7 Midwife

You will work as an autonomous practitioner alongside physiotherapists to provide holistic assessment, early intervention, and person-centred support for pelvic floor dysfunction. The role includes leading clinics, offering specialist advice, and supporting pathways.
The service operates across several community locations, within North Central London. You will play a key role in strengthening early identification of symptoms, promoting preventative strategies, and supporting recovery through education and targeted interventions.
As a senior member of the team, you will contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement initiatives. You will also support the upskilling of maternity staff through training, mentorship, and dissemination of current best practice in perinatal pelvic health.
This role is ideal for a midwife with a passion for pelvic health, a commitment to collaborative working, and a drive to improve experiences and outcomes for women and birthing people., To provide specialist midwife expertise across the NCL Local Maternity Neonatal Service (LMNS) and support in the development of the NCL Perinatal Pelvic Health Service (PPHS).
The post holder will be working jointly with another Pelvic Health Specialist Midwife in providing services across the NCL local maternity and neonatal system (LMNS) and working collaboratively with Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapists in community PPHS clinics.
Working location may include Community Health/ Children's Centres in Islington, Haringey and/or Camden, and the Whittington and University College London Hospitals. They will be required to travel to other NCL LMNS on occasion for the purpose of audit and training.
Contribute to deliver the priorities of the NCLS PPHS which include:
Embedding evidence-based practice in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to prevent and mitigate pelvic health issues resulting from pregnancy and childbirth.
Improving the rate of identification of pelvic health issues antenatally and postnatally.
Ensuring timely access to NICE-recommended treatment for common pelvic health issues antenatally and postnatally.
To develop, pilot, implement and audit a new screening tool to identity women at a higher risk of the PFD.
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We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Band 7 Midwife to join our expanding North Central London Perinatal Pelvic Health Service (PPHS), delivering specialist care to women and birthing people across community locations. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a developing, evidence-based service designed to improve pelvic health outcomes during pregnancy and postnatally.

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff., The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top