Labour Ward Coordinator

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading London Trust is seeking an experienced midwife to join their outstanding maternity team. You will coordinate care, lead teams, and ensure an exceptional patient experience. This role offers extensive training and support, flexible working arrangements, and numerous benefits. Candidates should possess a registered midwife degree, evidence of professional development, and at least three years' experience as a Band 6 midwife. Join a diverse workforce dedicated to improving outcomes for women and birthing people.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with a degree or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of previous management experience.
• Minimum of 3 years as a Band 6 midwife.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Labour Ward, ensuring high quality, safe care.
• Manage midwifery and support staff for smooth service.
• Enhance women’s experience of care.

Skills

Ability to lead a team

Comprehensive midwifery experience

Excellent suturing skills

Evidence of midwifery research knowledge

Education

Registered Midwife Degree

Continuing professional development evidence

Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Qualification

Job description

Are you an experienced midwife seeking a role with a plethora of opportunities within a leading London Trust? Whether you're contemplating your next career move or just fancy a change of scenery, we want to hear from you!

Our maternity service has earned and managed to maintain a 'Outstanding' rating from the CQC! Now, we're ready to invite fresh talents like you to join our team. Working across the delivery suite, antenatal and postnatal ward and with the option to join one of continuity teams working in antenatal clinic too.

You will become part of our diverse, extraordinary team of maternity staff at Imperial. Where you will be working alongside our fantastic staff to deliver outstanding patient care to the women and birthing people that utilise our services.

We understand the importance of investing in our staff and offer extensive training and support programs to enhance your skills and leadership capabilities, all guided by our exceptional leadership team. On top of this, enjoy fantastic perks like flexible working.Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have surrounding our experienced midwifery roles and offerings

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the day to day co-ordination of Labour Ward, overseeing the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for parents, families and carers.
• Ensure safe and effective clinical practice in ensuring own knowledge, skills and competencies are current and act as clinical expert to disseminate specialist skills and knowledge to others.
• Manage midwifery and support staff within the clinical area to maintain smooth running of the service.
• Enhance women/birthing people's experience of care and ensure that their needs are placed at the centre of care delivery.
• Contribute to the delivery of the organisations objectives by working to improve clinical outcomes, increase productivity, efficiency and quality in care delivery.
• The post-holder is an autonomous practitioner in normal pregnancy, birth and the post-natal period and in the care of neonates and is able to detect abnormal conditions in mother and baby, refer to other qualified health professionals appropriately and undertake emergency measures when required.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education

• Degree level or equivalent experience as a registered midwife
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of other professional managerial qualifications
• NLS
• Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Qualification.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years as a Band 6 midwife
• Recent experience in an intrapartum setting
• Knowledge and experience of risk management
• Understanding complaints and conflict management
• Evidence of previous management experience
• Evidence of initiating and implementing quality Improvement Initiatives

Skills

• Ability to lead a team
• Previous comprehensive midwifery experience including the ability to facilitate both high risk and low risk birth
• Excellence in competencies (suturing, cannulation, venepuncture, emergencies etc)
• Ability to foster a positive learning environment
• Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.