About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a dynamic, highly motivated and enthusiastic midwife to join our Delivery Suite Team and undertake the Delivery Suite Coordinator role at Worcester Royal Hospital. This is a permanent position covering a 24/7 service. As a Delivery Suite Coordinator, you will work in partnership with other band 7 coordinators, ward managers, matrons, and obstetric colleagues to ensure an excellent standard of care is provided to women and their families.
You will be located on Delivery Suite and Triage providing clinical care and leadership guidance, support and advice to other members of the team, over a 24 hour period, and act as the unit coordinator ensuring patient flow and adequate staffing provision and support.
Our ideal candidate will have a wide range of clinical skills and be keen to take part in the leadership of the unit. You will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and strive to improve the quality of our services.
Applications are welcomed from experienced Band 6 and Band 7 midwives, who have a strong commitment to midwifery practice and have current experience of labour care and an understanding of both low and high risk antenatal pathways.
Main duties of the job
The Band 7 Midwife has a continuing responsibility to coordinate Delivery Suite and Maternity Triage demonstrating excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The band 7 will facilitate innovative and evidence-based midwifery practice through professional leadership and supporting the clinical team. The band 7 will act as a credible and professional role model and encourage and empower other staff to develop both personally and professionally to achieve their maximum potential. The band 7 must maintain an awareness of the condition of all Delivery Suite patients as well as high risk patients on the Antenatal and Postnatal ward. The band 7 will participate in Medical staff handovers and Consultant ward rounds. The band 7 will assist in managing workload, skill mixes, staffing levels, bed availability. The Band 7 will have regular exposure to unpredictable high levels of clinical activity and must have the ability to prioritise workload despite completing demands and constantly changing service requirements, where it is essential to remain calm under pressure. This will be paramount when undertaking the role of the Unit Coordinator. The postholder will actively engage in professional development, and quality improvement, while supporting student learning and contributing to a positive team culture.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description Document outlining responsibilities covering Clinical Care, Digital, Technical, Operational Management, Professional, Leadership, Quality, Governance & Safe Service and Communication
Person Specification
Skills, Personal Attributes and Values & Behaviours Essential
Proven Organisational and Management Skills. Demonstrate advanced midwifery competencies e.gs. include perineal suturing, topping up epidurals , IV cannulation, IV administration, venepuncture, CTG interpretation and intermittent auscultation. Excellent IT skills. Excellent Communication Skills (verbal, non-verbal, written). Ability to work flexibly on their own or as part of the team. Demonstrates an organised approach to work and be able to prioritise or delegate. Demonstrates can work well under pressure and in stressful situations. Demonstrates excellent communication skills including sensitive conversations with staff, service users and visitors. Demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trusts Values and Behaviours: Being open and honest; Ensuring people feel cared for; showing respect to everyone. Ability to respond following adverse outcomes. Change shifts in alignment to local business contingency planning. Ability to undertake shifts to cover the 24/7 service.
Desirable
Knowledge of clinical audit and effectiveness systems. Counselling Skills
Experience Essential
Significant Midwifery Experience since qualification including a minimum of 3 years band 6 midwifery experience. Experience of Supporting Learning/Mentoring in Practice. Recent Delivery Suite Experience. Experience of all Areas of Maternity Care.
Desirable
Experience of Governance and Risk Management. Experience of Being Involved in Change Management.
Qualifications Essential
Registered Midwife with Current NMC Registration. Degree in Midwifery or Equivalent. Successful completion of Mentorship or Supervisor and Assessor Course. Evidence of further and continuous professional development (CPD). Newborn Life Support (NLS) course completion.
Desirable
Masters degree or willingness to undertake. Leadership/management qualification. NIPE Trained.
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 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)