Labour Ward Coordinator - Huntingdon | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 pa pro-rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2024 |
| Location: | Huntingdon, PE29 6NT |
| Company: | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6277787/176-Mat-6172665-A |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Labour Ward Co-ordinator to join our existing team on the Hinchingbrooke Hospital Site. As a Midwife Co-ordinator you will be responsible for the day to day co-ordination of the activity on the labour ward.
*** Please note we are only able to accept applications from those with a live NMC registration or UK nursing students awaiting their PIN as we are unable to support OSCE at this time***
The Labour Ward consists of 11 rooms including 4 on our midwifery led birthing unit plus 1 pool room. In addition we have a 2 bedded recovery room and a self contained bereavement suite.
Your role as a Labour Ward Coordinator is to help ensure the safe, efficient and effective day to day running of Labour Ward. Working closely with the Labour Ward Manager and Intrapartum Lead Midwife
Working for your organisation
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.
Benefits to you
• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
• NHS Pension Scheme:
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
• Career development and training;
• Wellbeing support and activities;
• In-house physiotherapy Service;
• On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
• Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• To manage the shift and have clinical responsibility for the area.
• To provide clinical midwifery care to women within the Maternity Services.
• To provide expert leadership advice to the maternity team
• To be proactive in the development of midwifery within the Maternity Unit.
• To manage/lead a team of staff within maternity service.
Key Responsibilities:
The practitioner is expected to ensure that their own clinical practice, and that of the other staff on each shift, within the area of practice is of a safe standard and in accordance with the unit policies.
To assess, implement and evaluate programmes of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for women in line with current evidence, Unit policies and guidelines and NMC Midwives’ Rules and Code of Practice.
To develop an environment which supports the value of midwifery care.
Please see Job Description for further information
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 May 2024