Labour ward Coordinator/flow Coordinator/bleep holder

Whittington Health; Greater London; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

Whittington Health NHS Trust in London is seeking a Labour ward Coordinator/flow Coordinator/bleep holder (NHS AfC Band 7) on a 15-hour per week contract. The role demands clinical leadership of a maternity team across shifts, with night duty and on-call rotation, to deliver high quality care in the Maternity Unit.

The post requires a registered midwife with a midwifery degree, and experience leading teams, implementing evidence-based practice, and coordinating multidisciplinary staff across

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with live NMC registration and midwifery qualifications.
• Experience leading a team and coordinating multidisciplinary staff.
• Demonstrated ability to implement evidence-based practice in maternity care.
• Autonomy to practice within professional standards with portfolio evidence.
• Professional development ongoing, master's study or progression noted.

Responsibilities

• Provide women and babies with high quality, safe care across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
• Deliver clinical leadership across the maternity unit 24/7 and guide a multi-disciplinary team.
• Rotate across the Maternity Unit including night duty and on calls to ensure integrated service.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Change management

Evidence-based practice

Autonomous practice

IT skills

Education

NMC-registered Midwife

Midwifery Diploma/degree

Professional Midwifery Advocate

Portfolio evidence

Master’s (or working towards)

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Labour ward Coordinator/flow Coordinator/bleep holder

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Midwifery Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Secondment: 7 months (Days, Nights, Weekends and Bank holidays) Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Days, Nights, Weekends, Bank holidays) Job ref 220-WHT-4107-A

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Health NHS Trust Town Archway, London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 pro rata per annum Including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 25/09/2026 23:59

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The post holder will provide clinical leadership, facilitate professional development and carry continuing overall responsibility for the management and co-ordination of a team of midwives, students and support workers of a designated clinical area.

The midwife will work as part of the multidisciplinary team, liaising with professionals who impact on the care and management of clients, creating and maintain a positive learning environment in order to maximise the full potential of staff and help achieve the national targets for maternity.

Main duties of the job

To provide women and babies with a high quality, safe service in a variety of practice settings within the Maternity Unit, throughout the antenatal. Intrapartum and postnatal periods that is effectively and efficiently within available resources, as well as contribute to the delivery of the organisation’s objectives.

The care will be evidence based and holistic in meeting women and birthing people’s individual needs and the midwife will be expected to work autonomously within the guidelines and sphere of professional practice.

The post holder is to ensure the provision of a consistently high level of clinical leadership across the maternity unit 24/7 and promote a unit-wide multidisciplinary team working philosophy.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

It is anticipated that the post holder will have effective visionary leadership and efficient experience as would be necessary to underpin changing practice. The post holder will be expected to rotate throughout the Maternity Unit and including night duty and on calls as deemed necessary to provide an integrated maternity service and ensure competence in all areas of midwifery practice.

The post holder will act as a host to women, birthing people and their families using the service and raise positively the profile of Whittington Health

Education / Qualifications

• Registered Midwife on the live NMC Register.
• Diploma/Degree in Midwifery
• Diploma/Degree in Midwifery
• Professional Midwifery Advocate
• Evidence of professional accountability via professional portfolio
• Specialist clinical training
• Master or Working towards

Skills & Abilities

• Experience and evidence to be able to lead, manage and supervise staff, delegating work appropriately and develop a team and act as a role model
• Experience and evidence to demonstrate ability to influence and manage change, including the promotion of evidence-based practice
• Evidence and experience in setting and monitoring standards of care on a labour ward
• Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives rules and code of conduct
• Be able to practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting Able to prioritize workload appropriately
• Excellent IT skills and a knowledge of Microsoft word, email, excel and PowerPoint

Knowledge & Experience

• Significant experience at a senior management/ clinical level 5 years
• Experience in working in areas of all midwifery practice. Champion for midwifery led care .
• Provide evidence of continuous personal and professional development .
• Have sound knowledge of changing trends within Maternity Services
• Be conversant with current professional issues in relation to midwifery and Key performance indicators
• Comprehension of current midwifery practice Can demonstrate application and implementation of theory to practice . Experience of participating in clinical governance initiatives
• Experience of change management
• Experience of working with service users Experience of undertaking CQC inspections

Personal Qualities

• Commitment to the organisation
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills within difficult or challenging circumstances and able to deal with difficult people and management of HR issues
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a multi -disciplinary team
• Demonstrates a sensitive approach to the needs of the women and their families
• Demonstrates an understanding of the dynamics of working with a team
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, assertive
• Problem solver, analytical approach

Other

• Willing to work in all areas
• 24 hour rotation including participating in on call Rota
• Good sickness and absence records

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

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Name Arinola Erinle Job title Intrapartum Matron Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 020 7288 3935 Additional information

Alicia St Louis - Head of Midwifery

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Contact: 0207 288 5684 or 07824864439

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