Labour Ward Coordinator

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Southend site) are offering exciting opportunities to join our Maternity team as a permanent or seconded Band 7 labour ward Coordinator.

We are a highly motivated midwifery team where commitment to providing high quality, woman-centred care is our passion. We are forward thinking with motivated staff who strive to improve the quality of the service that we offer to our women, their babies and their families.

We are looking for a passionate, motivated, highly skilled Midwife to take on the challenge of coordinating a busy labour ward, working alongside a well-established team of coordinators, midwives and medical staff.

Our band 7 posts offer excellent experience in a progressive environment for experienced midwives with the potential for individuals to develop a full range of leadership skills.

The post holder will be a registered midwife with significant experience in all areas of Maternity care and will need to demonstrate proven clinical skills and abilities.

You will be responsible for ensuring the safety of the Maternity Unit during your shift by allocating the workload on intrapartum areas and deploying staff appropriately throughout the Maternity Unit to ensure the safety of all patients.

You will provide leadership by example, monitor standards and support colleagues in their practice. You will have excellent communication and time management skills and be able to balance competing priorities effectively. You will be forward thinking and act as a change agent working with the senior management team to develop the services we provide.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people. We are currently responsible for circa. 12,000 births per year spread over 3 sites.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

To ensure that all staff are allocated appropriately considering skill mix, workload and complexity of cases, using resources effectively.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with the multi-disciplinary team and allied groups

Abides by the legal requirements and statutory rules relating to practice and promotes and maintains standards of professional practice in accordance with NMC Code

Accepts responsibility for personal, professional development and education needs, including the attendance of mandatory in-service training and statutory study days.

Acts in a supervisory, supportive and advisory capacity to all staff on intrapartum areas.

Responsible for maintaining midwifery competencies by acquiring and consolidating the requisite knowledge and skills necessary for safe midwifery practice.

Please see attached JD for a full list of duties.