About this role
Job summary
*** INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY ***
Developmental Opportunity - Delivery Suite Coordinator
An exciting developmental opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Midwife to join the Delivery Suite team at Hereford County Hospital as a Delivery Suite Coordinator.
This role is ideally suited to an experienced midwife wishing to develop their leadership, coordination, and operational management skills within a supportive and fast-paced maternity environment. Working alongside experienced coordinators and the wider multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will be supported to develop the knowledge, confidence, and skills required to safely and effectively coordinate the Delivery Suite.
The post holder will continue to provide high-quality, woman-centred care while developing skills in patient flow management, clinical prioritisation, escalation processes, and workforce coordination. They will also contribute to maintaining a safe clinical environment through evidence-based practice, clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
We are looking for a Midwife who is committed to delivering high standards of care, demonstrates excellent communication and teamwork skills, and is motivated to progress into a leadership role within maternity services.
This is an excellent opportunity to enhance leadership and coordination experience within a supportive team environment with ongoing development throughout the role.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate carewithin the Delivery Suite, taking full responsibility for its efficient and safe operation. Lead the multidisciplinary teamin providing woman-centred maternity care, both directly with your caseload and indirectly through staff support. Assess, plan, and implement carefor both high and low-risk women during the antenatal, intrapartum, and occasionally postnatal periods. Provide clinical leadershipat ward level, continuously monitoring and achieving the highest standards of clinical care. Participate in Delivery Suite management, including supervising and mentoring learners. Support and lead a teamin delivering evidence-based, client-centred care. Ensure all careadheres to Health Board policies and procedures, maintaining accurate associated records. Monitor and improve standards of care through clinical audit, research, supervision, practice, and teaching, utilizing resources efficiently and effectively
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached documents for the Job description and Person specification
For further information please contact the recruiting manager for this role.
Person Specification
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Essential
Ability to carry out full range of duties associated with the post, with any aids and adaptations, which may be appropriate. Professional appearance and demeanour Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post, i.e. working in the community
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION Essential
Registered Midwife Current NMC registration Teaching and assessing clinical practice qualification Relevant 1st degree or equivalent (or working towards /within completion)
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE Essential
Recent intra-partum experience Maintain PREP requirement evidence of mandatory study Enhanced skills commensurate to area of practice Research and audit Ability to plan/implement a broad range of complex activities Effective people management skills, Evidence of Management/ Leadership training & skills
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.
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 Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
HEREFORD
HR1 2ER
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)