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Job summary

Main area
Maternity
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift work)
Job ref
391-NMUH-7449014
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
North Middlesex
Town
London
Salary
£53,751 - £60,651 inclusive of Outer HCAs per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Birth Centre coordinator

NHS AfC: Band 7

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

The post holder has responsibility for the management and co-ordination of a midwifery team / clinical and specialist area.  This includes the deployment, supervision and teaching of junior midwives  and  students. 

 

Please see the Job Description and the Person Specification for further details. 

Main duties of the job

The overall objective of the post holder is to work as a clinical and managerial leader taking responsibility for the co-ordination of a team of midwives in clinical area within the hospital, women with both low and high risk providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care. 

This includes homebirth services and midwifery led care services. 

The post holder, in conjunction with the Clinical Midwifery Manager / Modern Matron, is responsible for leading change in clinical practice, providing high quality twenty four hour midwifery care within available resources and enacting the maternity unit’s risk management policy, facilitating the implementation of Clinical Governance within the maternity unit and in the community. 

Working for our organisation

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

1.    Professional RESPONSIBILITIES

2.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS

3.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

4.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES

5.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEADING AND MANAGING

6.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES

7.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

8. COMMUNICATION

9. Education

10 . Health and safety

 

Please see the Job Description and the Person Specification for further details. 

 

Person specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife
  • Evidence of ongoing education and development
  • Mentorship Qualification
  • Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant recent midwifery experience at Band 6 including intrapartum
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Knowledge of people management
  • IT literate with word, excel, etc.
  • Knowledge of current Government
  • Initiatives including:NICE,CN ST , Better births etc
  • Being able to care for women in a variety of settings promoting active birth
  • Advocate for women, families and staff members
  • Research

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Extensive midwifery experience
  • Evidence of innovative practice
  • Evidence of risk management
  • Ability to plan and prioritise workload
  • Conflict resolution experience
  • Excellent documentation standards

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • Leadership skills
  • Positive and proactive
  • Self motivated
  • Supportive
  • Resourceful
  • Experience of service planning and managing change

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Aileen Liddell
Job title
matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02088872485
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