Birth Centre Co-ordinator

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Palterton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK seeks a skilled Birth Centre Coordinator to manage clinical care in their Birth Centre. The ideal candidate will have extensive midwifery practice and lead educational development for junior staff. This opportunity ensures high standards of maternity care and involves 24-hour responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Experienced Midwife with recent and extensive practice on the Birth Centre; experience of all areas of Midwifery would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and management of the Birth Centre.
• Ensure high quality, evidence based maternity care.
• Support the education and development of junior staff.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Midwifery experience

Evidence based care

Education of staff

Education

Registered Midwife

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity to join a team of Birth Centre Coordinators.

Responsibilities

• The Birth Centre Coordinator is responsible for clinical leadership and management of the Birth Centre, ensuring the provision of high quality evidence based care.
• The role requires 24 hour cover, offering advice and management to hospital and community teams out of normal working hours.
• To work closely with the Birth Centre Ward Leader, in reviewing working practices and ensuring the Birth Centre is offering up to date modern maternity care.
• There is also responsibility to support with governance processes and supporting education of staff.
• The post holder is directly responsible to the Ward Leader for the continuing clinical management, organisation and leadership of Chesterfield Birth Centre, in their absence.
• The post holder will facilitate the provision of high quality, evidence based care and promote and support the ethos of midwife led intrapartum care.
• The post holder will carry a bleep and ensure the provision of senior advice and guidance to all areas of the maternity service, throughout the twenty four hour period.
• The post holder will support the education and development of junior staff and students, and will be expected to lead on specific projects as required.
• The post holder will contribute to the achievement of key performance indicators, targets and service developments relevant to area of responsibility.

Qualifications / Experience

• Experienced Midwife with recent and extensive practice on the Birth Centre; experience of all areas of Midwifery would be beneficial.

About the Trust

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC.

We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sophie Heaton
Job title: Senior Matron Intrapartum Care
Email address: [e-mail]