Midwifery Sister - Maternity Triage Coordinator

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in Bath seeks a Midwifery Sister to lead the Maternity Triage Service, delivering safe, responsive and evidence-based care for women and birthing people accessing urgent maternity care.

You will coordinate day-to-day operations, maintain patient flow and escalate risk, while acting as clinical lead for BSOTS and supporting the NHS England Maternity Triage Specification.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration.
• Evidence of training and competence in maternity triage assessment and escalation.
• Evidence of leadership development.
• Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor qualification (or willingness to undertake).

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical, operational and professional leadership within the Maternity Triage Service.
• Coordinate day-to-day management of maternity triage, overseeing clinical activity, patient flow, staffing, capacity and risk.
• Act as clinical lead for the BSOTS and support implementation of the NHS England Maternity Triage Specification.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to governance, audit, quality improvement and service transformation.

Skills

Leadership

Maternity triage assessment

Clinical leadership

Staff coordination

Education

NMC Registration

Job description

Job Overview

We are excited to be seeking a Midwifery Sister to coordinate our Maternity Triage service providing clinical, operational and professional leadership.

We are excited to be seeking a Midwifery Sister to coordinate our Maternity Triage service providing clinical, operational and professional leadership.

You will will coordinate the day to day management of maternity triage maintaining oversight of clinical activity and escalation of care. As the lead for BSOTS you will support is development and promote a safety critical clinical environment.

If you would like to work within our multidisciplinary team then we want to hear from you.

For further information please contact Hayley Rossiter by email - [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing clinical, operational and professional leadership within the Maternity Triage Service, ensuring the delivery of safe, responsive, equitable and evidence-based care for women and birthing people accessing urgent and unscheduled maternity care.

You will coordinate the day-to-day management of maternity triage, maintaining oversight of clinical activity, patient flow, staffing, capacity and risk to ensure timely assessment, prioritisation and escalation of care.

Acting as the clinical lead for the Birmingham Symptom Specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS), you will support the implementation of the NHS England Maternity Triage Specification and promote maternity triage as a safety-critical clinical environment.

Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will contribute to governance, audit, quality improvement, workforce development and service transformation activities, embedding learning from national maternity recommendations and supporting the delivery of safe, personalised and compassionate care.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person‑centred care we’re proud of.

We’re committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.

We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing – and yes, we even have a pool!

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications And Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
• Evidence of training and competence in maternity triage assessment and escalation.
• Evidence of leadership development.
• Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor qualification (or willingness to undertake).

Desirable criteria

• Leadership or Management Qualification
• Quality Improvement qualification or experience.
• Training in BSOTS.

Knowledge and expereince

Essential criteria

• Significant relevant clinical and management experience at band 6 or above in a range of care settings of at least 3 years port registration.
• Experience in service user feedback including analysing data.
• Experience of managing patient flow, acuity and clinical prioritisation.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in complaint investigation and response
• Experience leading change management projects.

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.

Documents to download

• Midwifery sister -Maternity triage coordinator (PDF, 251.7KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name hayley Rossiter Job title Interim perinatal Matron Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0122584650 Additional information

Please contact by email to arrange a contact