Labour Ward Co-ordinator

Job Summary
Create an environment where the patients are central to all decision making and the delivery of high quality compassionate care is every body's prime objective.

To work cohesively across site to ensure safe staffing and leadership.

Co-ordinate the clinical, managerial and educational requirements of a defined clinical area on a shift by shift basis. This includes acting as an expert resource to the MDT team and the wider multi-disciplinary team to support them in the delivery of high quality patient focused care, and ensuring all staff act in a professional manner and all registered staff are working as accountable practitioners. To facilitate this the Co-ordinator role will be available on each clinical shift over a 24 hour period Monday to Sunday.

Through effective clinical leadership and role modelling is able to inspire, motivate and empower others. This will require the post holder to be highly visible and to have an accessible approach for women, their relatives / carers and staff.

This is a senior Midwifery role within the organisation and there is an expectation that the post holder will fully participate in the clinical and professional leadership within the organisation.

Work with the Intrapartum unit Manager in setting and monitoring professional standards and the delivery of all aspects of care ensuring trust policies and procedures are adhered to protect women's safety and wellbeing at all times.

Main Duties of the Job

• As Labour Ward Co-ordinator and an expert practitioner, liaise, guide and advise the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies in the provision of optimum maternity care.
• Be responsible for ensuring the environment and ward processes are responsive to the needs of women and their carers recognising the importance of privacy, dignity and diversity.
• Individuals will be highly visible in their clinical areas, working alongside, and leading the team in a clinical supervisory role.
• Maintain high levels of visibility at all times to facilitate proactive communication with women, their families and carers.
• Acting as a role model, employ professional behaviour that encourages and coaches their team members to challenge their current competencies, whilst seeking opportunities to enhance their roles. This includes the creation of a culture of appraisals and personal and professional development whilst setting clear smart objectives to meet the needs of the individual, clinical area and organisation.
• Deploy staff in line with the trust roster policy, which is reflective of the skill mix and patient dependency, to ensure safe and appropriate midwifery care is provided at all times. This includes full compliance with the roster calendar and effective management of planned absences to enable proactive management of staffing shortfalls and the ability to take corrective action as appropriate.

About Us
DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. We offer a range of benefits to support our people including: Extensive range of learning opportunities, NHS Pension Scheme, Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions, Comprehensive health and wellbeing support, NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme, Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Midwife with at least 3 years in a labour ward setting at Band 6
• Demonstrates speciality expertise underpinned by theory
• Experience of working with women with enhanced care needs.
• Evidence of being in charge of a shift
• Ability to provide relevant advice to junior midwives and doctors on a variety of management and clinical issues

Desirable

• Ability to co-ordinate and manage obstetric emergencies
• Evidence of change management experience
• Evidence of the importance of debrief

Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Registered Midwife with active NMC registration
• Teaching/mentorship qualification
• Neonatal Life Support (NLS) or willing to undertake the course on appointment
• Provide evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Masters in Midwifery
• Managerial/Leadership qualifications and/or relevant experience
• NIPE Qualification
• Quality Improvement
• PMA

Personal Attributes and Skills
Essential

• Ability to work effectively with colleagues at all levels
• Able to promote equality, diversity and rights
• Demonstrates excellent standards of conduct and behaviour which includes punctuality

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).