About this role
Job summary
Part Time - 22.5 hours
3 x 7.5 hour shifts across site working
We have exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual/s to join our maternity team at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching hospital as a Specialist Midwife for Perineal Pelvic Health.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated midwife/ midwives to join our outstanding team of supportive and dedicated Midwifery and Medical staff, helping to further the outstanding 5 star patient care provided by all.
Are you an experienced midwife with a passion for pelvic health and perineal care and a desire for improving services for women and their families accessing maternity services.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching hospitals we are enhancing our service for pelvic floor dysfunction and provide, timely, evidence-based treatment for women.
Please note the JD and PS are subject to AfC change
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated midwife/ midwives with significant clinical experience to provide leadership and service implementation within our 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.
The role will involve training and support for staff as well as assessment, personalised care planning and onward referral working with the MDT team.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 21st October 2026
Closing date: 28th October 2026
Shortlisting date: 29th October 2026
Proposed Interview date: TBC
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
- Evidence of Degree level study or willingness to work towards
- Evidence of continuous and recent professional development.
Desirable
- Leadership qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and skills in perineal care and OASI bundle
- Development and monitoring of complex care plans with women
- Ability to act as a lead resource with expert knowledge of this speciality.
- Able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of multiagency/ multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of participation in service development projects
- Ability to promote a positive and inclusive culture within teams
- Knowledge of the key Maternity drivers influencing change and service improvement
Skills
Essential
- A detailed working knowledge of national guidelines and current research relating to the care of repair of perineal/labial tearing during childbirth, and risk factors for and protective factors to reduce incidents of OASI
- Advancing clinical skills in relation to perineal care
- Ability to contribute to the review, development, formalisation and audit of new PPHS care pathways
- Work as a team member
- Excellent communication and presentation skills including written, verbal and IT skills.
- Good knowledge of IT systems, Including, word, Excel, power point etc
- Previous evidence of audit
- Ability to develop, update and evaluate relevant guidelines
- Evidence of excellent report writing skills
- Ability to work well under pressure with experience of meeting deadlines.
- Understanding of the principles of teaching and learning and their application within the practice setting
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and listening skills
- Requirement to manage own workload, work flexibly and prioritise
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel between sites via own car or assisted driver
- People management skills
- Ability to lead by example and motivate
- Reliable and flexible approach to work
- Commitment to equality and diversity principles and practice.
- Commitment to develop and improve services for midwifery care
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.
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
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Whiston
Warrington road
Prescot
L35 5DR
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)