Job summary
Employer heading
Labour Ward Team Leader (Midwife)
NHS AfC: Band 7
About our Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
Our nearly 7,000 members of staff are proud to care for a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, including our award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for—our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in the domains of safe, effective, caring and responsive, and 'Outstanding' in the domains of well-led and use of resources.
Our facilities are among the best in the country. We invest around £10m a year in our estate and have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster. Works commence in spring 2024 on an ambitious £80m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at our West Middlesex site.
Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for the position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.
Job overview
Band 7 Senior Midwife Labour Ward Co-ordinator
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife to join the established Labour Ward team as a shift co-ordinator.
You will be responsible for the day to day management and clinical leadership of the midwifery team within Labour Ward and coordinate the safe and evidenced based care of the population we serve.
We have one permanent post and two fixed term posts available.
Main duties of the job
- Responsible for the day to day co-ordination of Labour Ward acting as the key point of contact for staff, members of the multidisciplinary team and patients.
- Ensuring the 24 hour provision of a high quality, effective midwifery service, providing leadership to staff and expert clinical midwifery advice.
- Manage midwifery and support staff and the clinical area to ensure the smooth running of the service.
- As the lead professional for the area in partnership with women, plan and implement individualized midwifery-led care packages.
Working for our organisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
- As the lead professional shift lead for the Labour ward, work in partnership with women, plan and implement individualised care packages, continually assessing, analysing and determining appropriate courses of action. Lead and coordinate the provision of high quality evidence based Intrapartum midwifery care.
- To act as an advocate for women and in partnership with them, support their choice of birth, planning and implementing care in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team, continually assessing and determining appropriate courses of action.
- Using specialist expert knowledge, experience and practice, continually update and develop advanced midwifery practices and skills to provide and perform accurate midwifery assessments and procedures, including monitoring of maternal and fetal well-being, care during labour and birth, perineal suturing and venopuncture, routine examination of the
newborn and supporting infant feeding. Prescribe and administer drugs in accordance with Patient Group Directives.
Management
- Take responsibility for the day to day management and daily running of the Labour Ward ensuring that high quality care is delivered and maintained at all times.
- Ensure that all adverse clinical risks are recorded and reported using the appropriate incident reporting system and forms.
- To ensure that optimal use is made of available resources to provide appropriate and effective cover over any 24 hour period.
- To reassess the staffing rotas in the light of unexpected absences and adjust accordingly to meet the needs of the service.
- To inform the Management team (as appropriate) about conditions within maternity services and staffing levels that may affect safe service provision.
- If appropriate to the role and training to line manage staff junior to your role, with the support from the management team.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Practising midwife with evidence of practice in all areas of midwifery
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Mentorship qualification
- Degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- NLS
- Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous comprehensive midwifery experience
- Facilitate effective team working
- Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- IT skills
- Evidence of professional development relevant to the specific role
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of previous management experience
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Angela Cox
- Job title
- Intrapartum Maternity Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 3157911
- Additional information
Kathryn Kerr, Recruitment & Retention Midwife, [email protected]; 07771379224
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