Labour Ward Co-ordinator

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Rother; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff development

NHS pension scheme

Auto-enrolment to Temporary Workforce

Nurseries access (EDGH/Conquest)

Staff restaurants

On-site staff accommodation

Employee Assistance Programme

On-site parking (from £30/year)

Job summary

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an ambitious midwife to join the Delivery Suite Core Team, providing care to both low and high-risk women in a dynamic maternity setting. You will lead the delivery suite and obstetric areas, while regulating workload and on-call duties as the senior manager on call for maternity.

With at least 3 years of midwifery experience, you will demonstrate strong clinical and managerial skills, contribute to professional development, and share expertise with

Qualifications

• 3+ years of midwifery experience in delivery suite
• Strong leadership skills in maternity settings
• Proven track record in clinical governance and quality improvement
• Experience in teaching clinical skills to junior staff
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and audits
• Willingness to undertake on-call responsibilities as senior manager on call for maternity

Responsibilities

• Lead Delivery Suite Core Team and provide care to low and high risk women
• Liaise regularly to assess workload and staff deployment
• Demonstrate clinical excellence and maintain competency to a high standard
• Promote a learning environment and supervise training of junior staff
• Participate in audits of learning areas and contribute to service development

Skills

Leadership

Line management

Clinical governance

Education/training

Audit participation

On-call duties

Maternity care

Staff development

Education

Registered Midwife

Job description

To support the clinical midwifery management team by taking responsibility for the clinical area, including labour ward, obstetric theatre, postnatal/antenatal ward, as well as the assessment unit and triage areas.

You will be expected to liaise on a regular basis to assess workload and staff deployment.

You will be providing a role model for clinical excellence by maintaining own clinical competencies to a high standard.

You should aim to create a dynamic environment conducive to learning and professional development of staff including teaching of clinical skills to junior staff and to participate in audits of approved learning areas.

Undertake line management responsibilities and operational duties, including on call responsibilities as the senior manager on call for maternity.

We are seeking a highly motivated, innovative midwife to work as part of the Delivery Suite Core Team, providing care to low and high risk women.

You will have at least 3 years of experience and demonstrate highly developed clinical and managerial skills within the Delivery Suite and acute setting.

You will need to demonstrate evidence of strong leadership skills and the ability to participate in the continuing development of Women Centred Midwifery Practice. Evidence of professional development is essential.

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including:

• staff development
• enrolment in the NHS pension scheme
• auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service
• access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest
• staff restaurants
• on-site staff accommodation

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access:

• free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
• onsite parking is available from only £30 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.