Job summary
Job overview
Job Title -Labour suite coordinator
Hours per week-37.5 hours per week, Part Time hours may be considered
Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent
Salary-£46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum - Pro Rota
Closing Date: 23rd August 2024
Interview Date: TBC
This post may close early due to high numbers of applicationstherefore you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
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Main duties of the job
This is an opportunity to join our skilled, friendly, professional, and caring team, we are looking for an experienced midwife who wants to be part of the exciting future plans within Maternity.
The successful candidate will be committed to leading and managing the day to day activity on labour suite whilst ensuring the safety of mothers and their babies. You will be required to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, demonstrating excellent communication skills and sound knowledge of both low and high risk midwifery. You will act as a professional role model to the wider team, setting examples to all disciplines.
We are a unit who provide personalised care for women, babies and their families ensuring a first class service and experience.
The benefits include
- Dynamic and supportive management team
- Excellent multi-disciplinary Team working
- Expansion of Midwifery and Obstetric teams
- Forward thinking in response to new national initiatives, including the saving babies lives care bundle and Three Year Delivery Plan
- Named professional midwifery advocate
- On-going professional development.
- The opportunity to undertake the world class leadership programme LEO (Leading an Empowered Organisation)
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care'takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Our benefits include but are not limited to: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide a full range of care and health education in a hospital setting performing clinical midwifery duties.
- Act as experienced mentor for less experienced midwives and student midwives.
- Assess the full range of care needs and develop, implement and evaluate provision of care throughout the childbirth period for women and their babies.
- Continuing responsibility for the day to day management of the allocated area, ensuring delivery of high standard of midwifery care through effective management of staff and resources within the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide a full range of care and health education in a hospital setting performing clinical midwifery duties.
- Act as experienced mentor for less experienced midwives and student midwives.
- Assess the full range of care needs and develop, implement and evaluate provision of care throughout the childbirth period for women and their babies.
- Continuing responsibility for the day to day management of the allocated area, ensuring delivery of high standard of midwifery care through effective management of staff and resources within the service.
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Registered midwife
- ENB 997/998 or other qualification in teaching and assessing or equivalent
- Evidence of further professional development relevant to current post
- Evidence of management/leadership training/skills
Desirable
- PMA/ Willing to undertake PMA training
- Evidence of advanced midwifery studies
- Newborn Initial Physical Examination
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Mentorship of student midwives
- Recent labour ward experience
- Experience in all areas of midwifery
- Evidence of advanced leadership skills
- Proven organisational & management skills
- Awareness of changes in the Health Service and the impact on maternity care provision
- Understanding of the PMA role
- Excellent delegation skills
- Counselling skills according to need of individual patient/staff
- Computer literate
Desirable
- Involvement in changes in midwifery care
- Community midwifery experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to exercise professional accountability and responsibility
- Demonstrate ability to undertake midwifery competencies e.g. suturing perineums, topping up epidurals (Consultant unit only), IV cannulation, IV administration, venepuncture, CTG interpretation, care of women using hydrotherapy in labour
Desirable
- Able to provide holistic and appropriate care
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Organised approach to work
- Assertive behaviour
- Able to work autonomously
- Good interpersonal & communication skills
- Effective time management skills
Trust Values
Essential
- Effective open communication
- Excellence and safety in all that we do
- Challenge but support
- Excel respect and dignity
- Local healthcare that inspires confidence
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Registered midwife
- ENB 997/998 or other qualification in teaching and assessing or equivalent
- Evidence of further professional development relevant to current post
- Evidence of management/leadership training/skills
Desirable
- PMA/ Willing to undertake PMA training
- Evidence of advanced midwifery studies
- Newborn Initial Physical Examination
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Mentorship of student midwives
- Recent labour ward experience
- Experience in all areas of midwifery
- Evidence of advanced leadership skills
- Proven organisational & management skills
- Awareness of changes in the Health Service and the impact on maternity care provision
- Understanding of the PMA role
- Excellent delegation skills
- Counselling skills according to need of individual patient/staff
- Computer literate
Desirable
- Involvement in changes in midwifery care
- Community midwifery experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to exercise professional accountability and responsibility
- Demonstrate ability to undertake midwifery competencies e.g. suturing perineums, topping up epidurals (Consultant unit only), IV cannulation, IV administration, venepuncture, CTG interpretation, care of women using hydrotherapy in labour
Desirable
- Able to provide holistic and appropriate care
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Organised approach to work
- Assertive behaviour
- Able to work autonomously
- Good interpersonal & communication skills
- Effective time management skills
Trust Values
Essential
- Effective open communication
- Excellence and safety in all that we do
- Challenge but support
- Excel respect and dignity
- Local healthcare that inspires confidence
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
