Labour Ward Coordinator/Midwifery | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 01 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inc pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2025 |
| Location: | London, E13 8SL |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7143427/259-7143427NUH |
Summary
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced midwife to manage and coordinate the Labour ward (Delivery suite)at Newham University Hospital in delivering high quality services to our clients.
We require a midwife who is passionate about managing and cordinating the Labour ward at Newham University Hospital, ensuring that optimal use is made of available resources to provide appropriate and effective cover over any 24hour period .
The post-holder will be a registered midwife, able to demonstrate higher level clinical skills and work independently. You will have sound management skills, resilience and the ability to meet the demands of a busy clinical service. In this role you will be expected to demonstrate passion for promoting normality, offer women continuity of care / carer to support women in every part of their pregnancy journey as recommended in the Better Births report (2016).
The post holder carries 24/7 continuing responsibility and accountability for their clinical / working area.
Ensure safe and effective clinical practice in self-ensuring knowledge, skills and competencies are current and act as clinical expert to disseminate specialist skills and knowledge to others.
Enhance the woman’s experience of care and ensure that the needs of the woman are placed at the centre of care delivery.
Manage and develop the performance of the team by ensuring staff are prepared and supported and are competent to practise safely and effectively.
Contribute to the delivery of the organisations objectives by working to improve clinical outcomes, increase productivity, efficiency, and quality in care delivery.
The post-holder is an autonomous practitioner in normal pregnancy, birth, and the post-natal period and in the care of neonates and is able to detect abnormal conditions in mother and baby, refer to other qualified health professionals appropriately and undertake emergency measures in the absence of medical staff.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The post holder carries 24/7 continuing responsibility and accountability for their clinical / working area.
Ensure safe and effective clinical practice in self-ensuring knowledge, skills and competencies are current and act as clinical expert to disseminate specialist skills and knowledge to others.
Enhance the woman’s experience of care and ensure that the needs of the woman are placed at the centre of care delivery.
Manage and develop the performance of the team by ensuring staff are prepared and supported and are competent to practise safely and effectively.
Contribute to the delivery of the organisations objectives by working to improve clinical outcomes, increase productivity, efficiency, and quality in care delivery.
The post-holder is an autonomous practitioner in normal pregnancy, birth, and the post-natal period and in the care of neonates and is able to detect abnormal conditions in mother and baby, refer to other qualified health professionals appropriately and undertake emergency measures in the absence of medical staff.
This advert closes on Thursday 15 May 2025