Labour Ward Coordinator | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Labour Ward Coordinator on the Delivery Suite to lead clinical maternity services. The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills and maintain high standards of maternity care. Responsibilities include managing shifts and providing expertise in intrapartum care. The position demands communication with various matrons and a commitment to delivering safe, high-quality care for patients. Join us in creating a supportive workplace that prioritizes staff well-being and development.

Benefits

Health and well-being initiatives

Opportunities for professional development

Staff recognition programs

Qualifications

• Must have leadership experience in a maternity care setting.
• Demonstrate clinical expertise and manage shift responsibilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with multiple matrons.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical maternity services in the Delivery Suite.
• Ensure high safe standards of maternity care are maintained.
• Communicate effectively with various maternity matrons.

Skills

Strong leadership skills

Expertise in intrapartum care

Effective communication

Education

Senior Midwife qualification

Job description

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. 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, continuing to develop and manage practice and actively participating 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, continuing to develop and manage 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, communicate 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.

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.

At North Tees & HartoPool 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.

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.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & HartlePool”.

Please see attached detailed Job description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of the Labour Ward Coordinator role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Dec 2025