UHN Maternity Flow Co-ordinator

Job summary
The post holder will provide visible senior midwifery leadership and operational coordination to support safe, effective and responsive maternity flow across the acute site. Working as a key point of oversight for operational activity, workforce deployment, capacity, acuity and escalation, the role will support proactive planning, timely decision-making and safe continuity of care for women, babies and families.

Maintain real-time oversight of maternity activity, capacity, acuity, escalation status, patient flow and workforce deployment across the acute maternity site.

Support proactive operational and workforce planning, including staffing, beds, admissions, transfers and discharges, to respond safely to service demand.

Identify, coordinate and escalate operational pressures in line with Trust processes, supporting timely decision-making and safe day-to-day running of the maternity unit.

Work collaboratively with ward managers, matrons, senior clinical colleagues, operational managers, directorate teams and wider site operational teams to maintain safe capacity management and service continuity.

The post holder will be required to have access to a car/transport and the ability to travel between locations.

Main duties of the job

• Proactively identifies, manages and escalates concerns relating to bed capacity, staffing, patient flow, safety or service pressures to senior colleagues in line with the Trust escalation process, supporting timely decision-making and safe operational oversight.
• Ensures appropriate referral to other professionals/agencies as the need arises.
• Ensures that relevant guidelines and policies are implemented effectively and efficiently.
• Ensures the maximum use of all resources available within their sphere of control.
• Works with the practice development team to ensure an optimum environment for all learners, including newly qualified midwives, student midwives, nurses, medical students, return to practice and adaptation midwives.
• Ensures that all staff within their sphere of control fulfil the function of the post they hold.
• Identifies and minimises clinical risk in line with the Trust's Risk Management Strategy.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills and consults with others in the multidisciplinary team so that services run smoothly, in the best interests of women, babies and families.
• Reports to the Lead Midwife and risk coordinator any complaints, accidents or untoward incidents in accordance with Trust policy, and assists with any investigation.

About us
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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.

Person Specification
Educations, Training and Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Degree in higher education or equivalent
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

• Mentorship qualification

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Understanding of the complexity of the NHS and national picture and how this impacts on midwifery
• Confident to work assertively with the multidisciplinary team
• Broad range of midwifery experience promoting normal birth
• Innovative approach to midwifery care

Desirable

• Audit and risk management experience

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential

• Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users

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).