Labour Ward Co-ordinator (12 MONTHS)

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a supernumerary Labour Ward Coordinator to lead the Labour Ward's day-to-day coordination and safety.

The role focuses on delivering high quality care and improving outcomes for service users within the maternity setting. The candidate will work with the MDT, require strong organisational skills, and have a solid understanding of staffing and acuity.

Qualifications

• Minimum expectations not explicitly listed in ad.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day co-ordination of the Labour Ward to deliver high quality, safe and effective care.
• Collaborate with the MDT; maintain current knowledge, skills and competencies; advocate safe clinical practice.
• Set priorities, objectives and goals in line with current maternity agendas; understand staffing and acuity; demonstrate strong organisational skills.

Job description

There is no better time to be joining team ASPH. We are committed to supporting you with your career development into this unique leadership role. On appointment you will have an individual training needs analysis carried out and have access to our QI academy & Managers Toolkit.

As a supernumerary Labour Ward Coordinator, you will be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the Labour Ward, facilitating high quality, safe and effective care focused on improving outcomes for our service users. We need the successful candidate to work collaboratively with the MDT, have great organisation skills, have a good understanding of staffing and acuity, be able to set priorities, objectives and goals in line with current maternity agendas.

ASPH are proud to offer a homebirth service, an amazing alongside birthing centre, and a level Neonatal Unit. Our midwives get a range of experience supporting uncomplicated pregnancies to developing care plans for our more complex pregnancies.

We pride ourselves on our working culture and our leadership team strike to improve the wellbeing and satisfaction of our colleagues. ASPH have a well being hub, staff can access our onsite free gym and other wellbeing resources.

So come and join us on our journey to become an outstanding maternity unit.

Let our future be yours!

As a Labour ward co-ordinator it is essential that you advocate safe and effective clinical practice by maintaining current knowledge, skills, and competencies. You will be a clinical expert, supporting our MDT to work collaboratively, continuously assessing, implementing, and evaluating plans of care to achieving optimum outcomes for our service users.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.