Care Pathway/Flow Coordinator | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in Greater London is seeking an enthusiastic midwife to manage flow in the maternity unit, ensuring high standards of care and individualised support for women. You will supervise staff, facilitate discharges, and contribute to patient satisfaction in a dynamic healthcare environment. Join us in our journey towards outstanding patient care and a supportive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and motivated midwife with a passion for woman-centred care.
• Experience in managing flow through a maternity unit.
• Ability to work closely with midwives, staff, and senior midwifery team.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective management of flow through the maternity unit.
• Support midwives in the discharge process to avoid bed blockages.
• Lead and ensure effective management of daily activity within the maternity unit.

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic motivated midwife who has a passion foe woman centred care and who can provide on a daily basis effective management of flow through the maternity unit resulting in high standards of midwifery care, reduction in length of stay and will be responsive to individualised needs and increasing client satisfaction.

Daily you will be proactive in reviewing the capacity within the unit and supporting the midwives in effective and efficient discharge of woman from the unit especially the postnatal ward to avoid bed blockages. The successful candidate will work closely with midwives, ward managers, coordinators, and Matrons to achieve successful flow through the unit.

The successful candidate will support with the IOL flow between the Antenatal ward and Delivery suite, timely transfer of women from Delivery suite to the postnatal ward or other areas as appropriate. Support with daily huddle meeting and surge call were necessary and provide up to date information on activity and staffing and escalating concerns to the senior midwifery team as necessary.

Provide leadership to midwifery and non-midwifery staff, ensuring effective management of the daily activity and throughput within the maternity unit. This will result in high standards of midwifery care, reduction in length of stay and will be responsive to individualised needs, thus increasing client satisfaction.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.