About this role
Job summary
As a Delivery Suite and Triage Midwifery Coordinator at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, I play a pivotal role in ensuring the safe, effective, and compassionate delivery of maternity care across the maternity service. The role involves providing clinical leadership and operational oversight within the labour ward and maternity triage areas, coordinating patient flow, managing acuity, and ensuring that women and birthing people receive timely, high-quality care throughout their maternity journey.
Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, including obstetricians, anaesthetists, neonatal colleagues, and senior midwives, You will be responsible for the day-to-day coordination of staffing, resources, and clinical activity. This includes assessing service demands, prioritising workload, escalating concerns, and making dynamic decisions to maintain safety and quality standards during often complex and unpredictable situations.
A key aspect of the role is providing expert clinical support and guidance to midwifery staff, promoting evidence-based practice, and ensuring compliance with national maternity standards and Trust policies. I oversee the management of emergency situations, support escalation processes, and contribute to the continuous improvement of maternity services through audit, quality assurance, and learning from incidents.
Main duties of the job
You are responsible for the effective coordination and management of clinical activity within the maternity triage and delivery suite environments, ensuring the provision of safe and woman-centred care. The role requires strong clinical leadership, advanced decision-making skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities within a fast-paced and often unpredictable setting.
Key responsibilities include overseeing the day-to-day operational management of the delivery suite and maternity triage, transfers, discharges, and staffing resources to ensure safe service delivery. You will continually assess maternity service capacity and acuity, making timely decisions regarding patient flow, escalation, and resource allocation to maintain patient safety and quality standards.
A significant aspect of the role involves providing clinical support, guidance, and supervision to midwifery and multidisciplinary team members. You will act as a senior point of contact for complex clinical situations, supporting the management of obstetric emergencies and ensuring appropriate escalation processes are followed.
In addition, you will advocate for women and their families, ensuring that care is personalised, compassionate, and responsive to individual needs. You will promote a positive culture of teamwork, continuous learning, and professional development, supporting staff wellbeing and fostering an environment where excellence in maternity care can thrive.
About us
Our Poppy's Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team -- clinical or non-clinical -- plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values -- ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
Hospital Transformation Programme (HTP)
Our Service will relocate to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 2028 as part of HTP. This move will bring specialist services together in a modern, purpose-built facility to improve patient care and team experience.
We are actively recruiting, and successful candidates will be expected to move with the Service in early 2028. The relocation will follow a formal management of change process, including full consultation and support for staff.
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Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS Essential
Registered midwife (Diploma/Degree) Evidence of CPD Well documented and up to date CPD portfolio Evidence of Professional Updating Post registration experience Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation or be willing to work towards/relevant clinical experience Recent evidence of neonatal life support Teaching/mentorship qualifications
Desirable
Leadership course NLS Course Enhanced maternal care qualifications or relevant training
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE Essential
Knowledge and experience of immediate resuscitation of mother/baby Provide highly specialised advice to both junior midwives and obstetric colleagues Has awareness of PREP, midwifery legislation and midwifery educational training programmes Management Training
Desirable
Experience of co-ordinating delivery suite
APTITUDE AND SKILLS Essential
Full range of highly developed high and low risk antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal clinical skills Ability to perform; venepuncture, IV therapies, cannulation, perineal suturing
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Address The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Grainger Drive
Telford
TF1 6TF
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.sath.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)