Labour Ward Manager

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Relocation package up to 30% of salary

Relocation support up to £18k

Job summary

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced midwifery leader to join the Labour Ward leadership team at Scarborough Hospital as a Labour Ward Manager in a job share arrangement.

This role focuses on delivering safe intrapartum care, supporting staff, and improving the patient experience for women, birthing people and families within a collaborative maternity team.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with current UK NMC registration.
• Experience leading a Labour Ward/intrapartum services in a senior role.
• Ability to work in a job-share arrangement and lead on safety and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and day-to-day operational management of the Labour Ward.
• Drive governance, risk management and quality improvement within maternity services.
• Support staff wellbeing and development and contribute to service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Midwifery leadership

Intrapartum care

Staff development

Governance

Education

Registered Midwife (NMC)

Job description

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and compassionate midwifery leader to join our Labour Ward leadership team at Scarborough Hospital as a Labour Ward Manager in a job share arrangement.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced midwife passionate about delivering safe, high-quality intrapartum care and supporting staff to provide outstanding experiences for women, birthing people and their families. Working collaboratively with the existing Labour Ward Manager, you will provide visible leadership and support the effective day-to-day operational management of the Labour Ward and wider maternity service.

You will contribute to workforce development, promote a culture of safety, learning and continuous improvement, and ensure women and families receive personalised, compassionate and evidence-based care. As part of our maternity leadership team, you will help drive innovation, staff wellbeing and service improvement.

Working in partnership with the existing Labour Ward Manager, you will provide leadership, operational management and strategic oversight of the Labour Ward service. You will support the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and compassionate intrapartum care, ensuring the safe management of staffing, patient flow, acuity, capacity and resources.

The postholder will promote a positive safety culture through governance, risk management, incident review and quality improvement activity, while supporting the recruitment, retention, development and wellbeing of staff. Working collaboratively with obstetric, anaesthetic, neonatal and governance colleagues, you will contribute to service improvement initiatives, implement local and national maternity priorities, and use quality indicators, patient feedback and performance data to drive continuous improvement.

As a visible and approachable leader, you will role model Trust values and professional standards, supporting our culture and improvement plans by listening to women, birthing people and families, developing our workforce, promoting continuous learning, and helping the service meet national standards while shaping the future of maternity care.

This role is ideal for an experienced Band 6 or Band 7 midwife with strong leadership skills, a passion for intrapartum care and a commitment to developing teams and improving services within a supportive job share arrangement.

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sophie Keely Job title: Maternity Matron Email address: [e-mail]