Job summary

To coordinate and manage maternity services on the Delivery Suite at an operational level.

Maternity services at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust are committed to upholding and maintaining the highest standards of evidence-based practice and working in partnership with women and their families.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Midwife, who has a keen interest in all aspects of maternity care, to work as a Central Delivery Suite Labour Coordinator.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Midwife/Coordinator to join our established, award-winning team of Midwives based at Scunthorpe General Hospital.

About us

We're a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt 'best practice' so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/

Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• oRegistered Midwife
• oTeaching qualification or minimum sign off mentor
• oEvidence of advanced continuing professional development within the specialty
• oEvidence of clinical credibility and competency

Desirable

• oFirst degree or working towards
• oLeadership Development
• oManagement qualification

Ocupational Experience

Essential

• oPracticing Midwife with a minimum of 3 years' experience at Band 6
• oPrevious significant Delivery Suite/ intrapartum care experience

Desirable

• oExperience at band 7
• oPrevious involvement in leading change to develop practice
• oComplaints handling experience and/or training

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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