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Job summary

Main area
Maternity
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-WCCS-2087
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trustwide
Town
London
Salary
£56,276 - £63,176 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

LABOUR WARD COORDINATOR

Band 7

 Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.  

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.  

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

 

 

Job overview

Are you an experienced midwife seeking a role with a plethora of opportunities within a leading London Trust? Whether you're contemplating your next career move or just fancy a change of scenery, we want to hear from you!

Our maternity service has earned and managed to maintain a ‘Outstanding' rating from the CQC! Now, we're ready to invite fresh talents like you to join our team. Working across the delivery suite, antenatal and postnatal ward and with the option to join one of continuity teams working in antenatal clinic too.

You will become part of our diverse, extraordinary team of maternity staff at Imperial. Where you will be working alongside our fantastic staff to deliver outstanding patient care to the women and birthing people that utilise our services.

We understand the importance of investing in our staff and offer extensive training and support programs to enhance your skills and leadership capabilities, all guided by our exceptional leadership team. On top of this, enjoy fantastic perks like flexible working.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have surrounding our experienced midwifery roles and offerings

Main duties of the job

  • Responsible for the day to day co-ordination of Labour Ward, overseeing the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for parents, families and carers. 
  • Ensure safe and effective clinical practice in ensuring own knowledge, skills and competencies are current and act as clinical expert to disseminate specialist skills and knowledge to others.
  • Manage midwifery and support staff within the clinical area to maintain smooth running of the service.
  • Enhance women/birthing people’s experience of care and ensure that their needs are placed at the centre of care delivery.
  • 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 when required.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. .

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

 

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • Degree level or equivalent experience as a registered midwife
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Mentorship/Practice Assessor qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of other professional managerial qualifications
  • NLS
  • Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Qualification.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of 3 years as a Band 6 midwife
  • Recent experience in an intrapartum setting
  • Knowledge and experience of risk management
  • Understanding complaints and conflict management
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of previous management experience
  • Evidence of initiating and implementing quality Improvement Initiatives

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to lead a team
  • Previous comprehensive midwifery experience including the ability to facilitate both high risk and low risk birth
  • Excellence in competencies (suturing, cannulation, venepuncture, emergencies etc)
  • Ability to foster a positive learning environment
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
ERIN DUFFY
Job title
Midwifery Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07787105623
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