Senior Midwife, Delivery Suite Coordinator | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

st georges nhs trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in South London is seeking a skilled midwife for their Delivery Suite. The successful candidate will manage daily operations, lead a team of skilled midwives, and ensure quality standards are upheld. This position requires a registered midwife with the ability to handle both high and low-risk cases and strong leadership skills. Join a forward-thinking team, dedicated to providing outstanding, woman-centred care in a diverse community. Training in fetal monitoring and the opportunity for further professional development is available.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic midwife with experience in high and low-risk cases.
• Ability to coordinate a delivery suite.
• Experience in HDU and triage settings.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the clinical area.
• Provide support and leadership to the midwifery team.
• Supervise and coordinate all midwifery and support staff.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Ability to manage change

Knowledge of fetal monitoring

Education

Registered Midwife qualification

Job description

About the role

• 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 to 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.
• A vacancy has arisen for an enthusiastic, skilled midwife to co-ordinate our Delivery Suite. We are looking for a motivated midwife with experience caring for high and low risk women, ample HDU and triage background, and ideally acting up as labour ward coordinator. St George’s delivery suite hosts a designated HDU area, triage and two obstetric theatres to meet the varied needs of our population. All our staff are trained in STAN fetal monitoring, and this method is successfully used on the delivery suite since 2002.
• 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 delivers MDT training, twice weekly teaching and clinically supports 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.

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.

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 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.

This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025