Senior Midwife, Delivery Suite Coordinator Band 7

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London seeks a Senior Midwife, Delivery Suite Coordinator to manage the clinical area and support the midwifery team. The ideal candidate is a registered midwife with strong leadership skills and experience in maternity care. This role offers opportunities for further training and development while ensuring high standards of care for women and birthing people.

Qualifications

• Minimum competencies: IV drug administration, suturing, cannulation.
• Experience in intra partum care, triage, HDU and obstetric theatres.
• Experience of leadership in current role, leading teams on shift.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management and organization of the clinical area.
• Support and leadership to the midwifery team.
• Oversee and coordinate the daily operation of the delivery suite.

Skills

Caring and sensitive approach to woman centred care

Education

Registered Midwife with NMC pin

Practice Supervisor and Assessor

Clinical leadership program

Job description

Senior Midwife, Delivery Suite Coordinator Band 7

The closing date is 07 December 2025

• St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in South London, is a teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre with our maternity unit providing care to over 5000 women/ birthing people yearly.
• Our dedicated teams and specialist midwives for AN screening, Infant Feeding, NIPE, Bereavement, Governance, FGM, Maternal Medicine, Diabetes, FMU/DAU, Safeguarding and Perinatal Mental Health have a wealth of experience and are able support you to develop your knowledge in areas you feel passionate about. We offer internal opportunities for secondments in areas to support staff with their development.
• If you thrive in an energetic environment, which is rich in culture and diversity, do consider working at St George's to be the right step forward in your career.
• With us you will gain experience from working in a tertiary referral unit with opportunities for further training and experience.

Main duties of the job

• We take pride in promoting midwifery by delivering holistic woman-centred/ birthing people centred care to our diverse community.
• The enthusiastic and dynamic midwifery and obstetric teams work closely together with an embedded MDT culture to meet the specific and individual needs of women who come from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds.
• We strive to give outstanding, safe and compassionate care throughout pregnancy and birth to all women/ birthing people, whether they chose to give birth at home, in our Birth Centre or on our Delivery Suite. We are working towards providing a continuity team model for all women so you will be joining us at an exciting time.
• Our outstanding maternity HDU cares for women/ birthing people who need more complex care and we offer training and support to all midwives interested in developing the skills to work here.
• We are very proud of our well established Fetal Monitoring team that deliver MDT training, twice weekly teaching and clinically support learning on shifts.
• You will gain a deeper understanding of fetal well-being, CTG and STAN monitoring that will expand your knowledge and help support a safe and healthy birth.
• You can develop your skills and practice across the entire maternity service and support women/ birthing people across the entire range of our services.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

As professional role model, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day management and organisation of the clinical area, whilst providing support and leadership to the midwifery team and maintaining your own clinical skills. The successful applicant will possess excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to manage change, difficult situations, and think on your feet within a challenging environment. You will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, with a clear and consistent approach to problem solving, risk management and effective team building. You will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the daily operation of the delivery suite, ensuring quality our quality standards are achieved, managing all grades of midwifery and support staff including student midwives when necessary. You will participate in the bleep holder responsibilities and liaise closely with the lead midwives in the maintenance and development of the service. You will be expected to participate in ongoing service improvement and safety initiatives.

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Registered Midwife with NMC pin
• Practice Supervisor and Assessor
• Minimum competencies: IV drug administration, suturing, cannulation
• Experience in intra partum care, triage, HDU and obstetric theatres
• Experience in in and out patient care in Maternity
• Experience of leadership in current role, leading teams on shift
• Attended IPR course/ experience in carrying out appraisals
• Attended a clinical leadership program.

Knowledge & Experience

• Demonstrate knowledge of evidence based practice.
• Completed Preceptorship Programme
• Evidence of teaching and mentoring

Skills

• Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to woman centred care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Depending on experienceper annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)