Delivery Suite Coordinator

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking qualified midwives to join our maternity services. The Labour Ward/Delivery Suite Coordinator will lead a multidisciplinary team, provide woman-centred care and ensure high standards of clinical governance.

You will support the Head of Midwifery, participate in staff development and maintain safe, evidence-based maternity care across hospital and community settings. Shift work including nights and weekends is required.

Qualifications

• Qualified midwife with NMC registration.
• Experience in a maternity setting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to a multidisciplinary team and direct line management of staff supporting/coaching colleagues.
• Lead in delivering woman-centred care and maintain safe clinical environments.
• Deliver/coordinate midwifery care across hospital and community settings as required.
• Be prepared to work shifts including nights and weekends.

Education

Registered Midwife (NMC)

Job description

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., 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
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.