Job overview

Job Title -Labour suite coordinator

Hours per week-37.5 hours per week, Part Time hours may be considered

Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent

Salary-�46,148 - �52,809 Per Annum - Pro Rota

Closing Date: 23rd August 2024

Interview Date: TBC

This post may close early due to high numbers of applicationstherefore you are advised to apply promptly.

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Main duties of the job

This is an opportunity to join our skilled, friendly, professional, and caring team, we are looking for an experienced midwife who wants to be part of the exciting future plans within Maternity.

The successful candidate will be committed to leading and managing the day to day activity on labour suite whilst ensuring the safety of mothers and their babies. You will be required to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, demonstrating excellent communication skills and sound knowledge of both low and high risk midwifery. You will act as a professional role model to the wider team, setting examples to all disciplines.

We are a unit who provide personalised care for women, babies and their families ensuring a first class service and experience.

The benefits include

• Dynamic and supportive management team
• Excellent multi-disciplinary Team working
• Expansion of Midwifery and Obstetric teams
• Forward thinking in response to new national initiatives, including the saving babies lives care bundle and Three Year Delivery Plan
• Named professional midwifery advocate
• On-going professional development.
• The opportunity to undertake the world class leadership programme LEO (Leading an Empowered Organisation)

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Our benefits include but are not limited to: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Provide a full range of care and health education in a hospital setting performing clinical midwifery duties.
• Act as experienced mentor for less experienced midwives and student midwives.
• Assess the full range of care needs and develop, implement and evaluate provision of care throughout the childbirth period for women and their babies.
• Continuing responsibility for the day to day management of the allocated area, ensuring delivery of high standard of midwifery care through effective management of staff and resources within the service.

Person Specification

Qualification and Professional Training

Essential

• Registered midwife
• ENB 997/998 or other qualification in teaching and assessing or equivalent
• Evidence of further professional development relevant to current post
• Evidence of management/leadership training/skills

Desirable

• PMA/ Willing to undertake PMA training
• Evidence of advanced midwifery studies
• Newborn Initial Physical Examination

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Mentorship of student midwives
• Recent labour ward experience
• Experience in all areas of midwifery
• Evidence of advanced leadership skills
• Proven organisational & management skills
• Awareness of changes in the Health Service and the impact on maternity care provision
• Understanding of the PMA role
• Excellent delegation skills
• Counselling skills according to need of individual patient/staff
• Computer literate

Desirable

• Involvement in changes in midwifery care
• Community midwifery experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Able to exercise professional accountability and responsibility
• Demonstrate ability to undertake midwifery competencies e.g. suturing perineums, topping up epidurals (Consultant unit only), IV cannulation, IV administration, venepuncture, CTG interpretation, care of women using hydrotherapy in labour

Desirable

• Able to provide holistic and appropriate care

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Organised approach to work
• Assertive behaviour
• Able to work autonomously
• Good interpersonal & communication skills
• Effective time management skills

Trust Values

Essential

• Effective open communication
• Excellence and safety in all that we do
• Challenge but support
• Excel respect and dignity
• Local healthcare that inspires confidence

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

GEH Maternity Hospital

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

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