Delivery Suite Coordinator

Bedfordshire Hospitals; Luton; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 7 Labour Ward Coordinator for Luton & Dunstable Hospital. The role leads a multidisciplinary team, manages a caseload, and drives high-quality maternity care in line with NICE and Trust standards.

You will supervise midwives and support staff, promote learning, and ensure safe, evidence-based practice while working weekends, nights and holidays as required.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with current practice status.
• Degree in midwifery or equivalent and ongoing education.
• Advanced neonatal and obstetric care training (MSPP/NALS/CMU).

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the maternity team and manage clinical workflow.
• Ensure safe staffing levels, risk management and patient safety.
• Lead continuous professional development and education.
• Coordinate care across ante, intra, and postnatal settings.
• Oversee recruitment, appraisals and performance reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Intrapartum care

CTG interpretation

Team leadership

Staff development

Education

Registered Midwife

Midwifery degree or equivalent

MSPP or equivalent

NALS training

CMU training

Job description

Main area Band 7 Labour Ward Coordinator Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (To incorporate working over weekends, night shift and bank holidays) Job ref 418-MAT54888-EH

Site Luton & Dunstable Hospital Town Luton Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 20/11/2026

Job overview

Promote holistic high quality Maternity service that advocates pregnancy and birth as a normal physiological event. We are looking for qualified Midwives to join us.

The Delivery Suite Coordinator (DSC) has the responsibility to lead the multidisciplinary team and oneself in the provision of woman centred care, either directly within her/his caseload or indirectly in support of midwives and associated staff liaising with consumer groups and external agencies. You will be practicing in accordance to best practice, as informed by NICE and Government initiatives. The role encompasses the responsibility for direct line management of all staff supporting/coaching staff in problem solving and decision making, ensuring the clinical environment is safe and practitioners provide evidenced based high quality maternity care, a responsibility to facilitate learning for all staff, ensuring that the clinical areas provide experience that is conducive to formal learning.

Provide midwifery care in accordance in the NMC midwives Standards and codes of professional conduct.

The Labour Ward Coordinator will access the support of their Professional Midwifery Advocate as required.

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

To take responsibility for the provision of sound clinical, educational and managerial leadership to a team of midwives and support staff concerned with hospital and community based midwifery care. You are responsible for providing Leadership and Management skill associated with educational Health and Safety and audit and reducing risks staff and self- development.

To provide care, support innovative and up to date advice to women and their families throughout the in all care settings, in accordance with the Midwives rules and standard.

Support the Head of Midwifery, Matrons - Clinical Midwifery Manager/Matron in the execution of their role.
Demonstrate and promote excellent interpersonal skills promoting quality written, verbal and nonverbal communication styles.

Be able to undertake shift work to include nights and weekends. This role will incorporate undertaking occasional shifts as Maternity Bleep Holder

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

Our Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To ensure a safe environment is maintained for patient/staff in accordance with the Health and Safety Policy and clinical governance agenda.

Undertake the role of lead midwife for the Maternity Service in the absence of the Clinical Midwifery Manager which will include being the bleep holder for the Division out of hours.

Actively manage change, in accordance with the Divisional/Trust’s objectives.

To be aware of the budgetary implications of changes in clinical practice.

Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff for the maternity service.

Monitor and manage clinical workload to ensure the effective deployment of manpower.

Monitor staff performance ensuring that an appropriate induction programme is undertaken. Facilitate annual performance reviews.
Formulate facilitate and attend regular staff meetings within your area of practice.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Promote the well- being and safeguarding of children and young people by implementing the Trust’s policy and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.”

Ensure that, within available resources, the clinical environment is adequately staffed and take all possible action to minimize clinical risk to women/babies as well as professional and personal risk for self and others when optimum staffing levels are compromised.

Take action to ensure that all clinical risks are identified, reported within the clinical risk reporting framework and monitor outcomes, which include the identification of lessons learned.

Ensure that the philosophy, policies, procedures and standards of care within the maternity service are in line with the Trust strategy and are appropriately maintained. Proactively contribute to the development of care pathways within maternity service.

Develop and implement evidence based woman centered care that is NSF standard driven and encapsulates innovative practice that effectively utilizes resources and provides women with individualized continuity of care.

To act as a role model in promoting professional standards and partnerships.

Be fully aware of the role of the Supervisor of Midwives; work in collaboration with Supervisors in supporting midwives.

Keep contemporaneous records of the woman/baby care in accordance with the NMC Midwives rules and standards for record keeping in line with CNST and Trust policy?

Develop and enhance skills as required in line with service developments.

EDUCATION:

Work in partnership with educational colleagues ensuring that midwifery practice and approaches to care are conducive to a supportive ‘lifelong’ learning environment encouraging reflection.

Support student midwives and mentors/assessors to ensure that the midwifery experience meets the required practical and educational standards.

SELF DEVELOPMENT:

Consult as appropriate with your line manager. Move to educate ensure you complete an annual appraisal.
Maintain a professional portfolio.

Take on delegated responsibilities conducive to personal development.

Attend mandatory training as determined by The Trust in accordance with the Trust policy.

RESPONSIBILITIES TO REDUCE RISK:

To minimize hazards in the working area and report any identifiable hazards to the line manager. To adhere to all safe systems of work applicable to the work area.

To undertake risk assessments and implement risk reducing measures including mini peats and environmental audits. Where appropriate, to review and update safe systems of work on a regular basis. To report to the line manager any residual risks that is unacceptable and not within her/his span of control to rectify.

HEALTH AND SAFETY:

Maintain a safe environment for patients, staff and personal responsibility as required and is within the trusts Health and Safety and Infection Control policy and Manual Handling policy.

To be aware of the Trust Fire Procedure and to attend fire lectures as required.

Report and record any untoward incidents and accidents in accordance with the Trust policy.

It is the general duty of every employee to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others including the use of necessary safety devices and protective clothing and co-operate with management in meeting its responsibilities under the Health & Safety at Work Act. Failure to take care or any contravention of safety policy or managerial instructions in this area result in disciplinary action being taken.

RESEARCH/AUDIT:

Participate and lead in multi professional clinical audit projects assessing clinical effectiveness against determined midwifery standards of care.

Participate in clinical research, and know how and where to access the evidence.

Disseminate research audit and findings to colleagues, ensuring that the evidence is incorporated into clinical practice where appropriate.
Participate /lead in projects

The list of responsibilities above, are key primary requirements for the role, however, additional duties may be required to ensure patient and employee safety is met

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Degree in Midwifery or equivalent
• Evidence of ongoing Education and Learning
• MSPP or equivalent
• Practicing midwife
• CMU trained
• NALS trained

Experience

• Intrapartum midwifery experience
• Evidence of Multidisciplinary Team Working
• Experience of Risk Management
• Advanced, expert clinical skills in midwifery & intrapartum care
• Evidenced leadership skills
• Time management
• Evidence of take charge shifts in clinical areas
• Evidence of innovative practice
• Experience in Standard Setting, governance, Audit and/or Research
• Obstetric theatre skills
• Awareness of resource management and budget control
• Completion of staff appraisals
• Participation in recruitment and selection of staff

Knowledge

• Organisational and negotiation skills
• Competent CTG interpretation

Skills

• Demonstrate good leadership and organisation skills.
• Ability to think logically, prioritise and use initiative
• Personal and professional maturity
• Team focussed, Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable
• Open/Reflective/Warm

It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.