Labour Ward Co-ordinator

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 30 April 2025

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced midwife who has a passion for intrapartum care and clinical leadership to join our team of coordinators. You must possess strong leadership qualities , excellent clinical skills and decision making and the courage to drive forward future development. You will be at the forefront of intrapartum care and providing a high quality service and maintaining the safety staff and families under our care will be the focus of your role. You must demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to challenge when appropriate to ensure competence and compassion is embraced by all.

Main duties of the job

The role will include but not be limited to

Leading the shift and coordinate workload

Provide clinical midwifery expertise, advice and guidance

Maintaining the safety of staff and service users

Role modelling and being an expert source of knowledge

Contribute to the management of the labour ward team

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

412-W&C-7115527

Job locations

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details

We welcome prospective applicant to contact us for further discussion and a tour of our department

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details

We welcome prospective applicant to contact us for further discussion and a tour of our department

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Experienced band 6
experience on labour ward/high risk labour skills
excellent clinical skills

Desirable

leadership experience

Knowledge

Essential

national drivers
managerial or leadership
safety/risk
recent study/learning

Desirable

governance
staffing/staff problems

Qualifications

Essential

NMC
management/leadership training

Desirable

teaching/assessing
advanced labour ward training (ALSO etc)

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Experienced band 6
experience on labour ward/high risk labour skills
excellent clinical skills

Desirable

leadership experience

Knowledge

Essential

national drivers
managerial or leadership
safety/risk
recent study/learning

Desirable

governance
staffing/staff problems

Qualifications

Essential

NMC
management/leadership training

Desirable

teaching/assessing
advanced labour ward training (ALSO etc)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).