Labour Ward Coordinator

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Labour Ward Coordinator for its Delivery Suite. This senior midwife role requires strong leadership skills and clinical expertise to ensure high standards of maternity care. Candidates will be responsible for managing shifts, providing support to midwives, and collaborating with other matrons. The Trust values a supportive workplace and offers professional development opportunities, with a commitment to exceptional patient care.

Benefits

Inclusive workplace

Staff benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Staff recognition programs

Qualifications

• Senior midwife with strong leadership skills required for managing maternity care.
• Demonstrated clinical expertise in intrapartum care.
• Ability to communicate effectively with other matrons.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical maternity services within the Delivery Suite.
• Ensure high safe standards are maintained in maternity care.
• Provide midwifery expertise and leadership to all midwives.

Skills

Leadership skills

Clinical expertise

Communication skills

Intrapartum care

Education

Senior midwife qualification

Job description

Labour Ward Coordinator – Delivery Suite

Advert may close early if sufficient volume of applications is reached.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Labour Ward Coordinator on Delivery Suite to lead clinical maternity services here at North Tees. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed senior midwife with strong leadership skills to join our team.

Responsibilities

The role involves having continuing responsibility for the shift management and provision of maternity care within the Delivery Suite, ensuring high safe standards are maintained at all times. Show expertise and leadership in intrapartum care, continue developing and managing practice and actively participate in achieving the Maternity Services and Trust’s objectives.

The role involves having continuing responsibility for the shift management and provision of maternity care within the Delivery Suite and across the maternity service, ensuring high safe standards are maintained at all times. Show expertise and leadership in intrapartum care, continue developing and managing practice and actively participate in achieving the Maternity Services and Trust’s objectives. To ensure that safe competent services are provided on a continuous basis with particular focus on leadership and expertise for each shift, communication effectively with the Delivery Suite Matron, Antenatal/Postnatal Matron, MAU Matron, Community Midwifery Matron and Senior Clinical Matron to ensure that resources utilised are effective and efficient, providing strong leadership at all times. Demonstrate clinical expertise and leadership at all times, through shift responsibility for the management of intrapartum care in Delivery Suite/ Birthing Centre. Provide midwifery expertise, advice, skills, leadership and support at a senior level to all midwives within the Maternity Services.

Working Locations

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.

Our Commitment

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

Benefits and Well‑being

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well‑being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Values

We recruit for values and 'Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool'.

Contact

For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Claire Wright – Senior Clinical Matron – Email: [e-mail] – Phone: [phone]