Job summary
- Main area
- Midwife
- Grade
- 7
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months (01/06/2025 - 30/06/2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-TM-EMF18352 B7 A
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £48,270 - £54,931 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Midwifery Service Coordinator
7
Job overview
Midwifery Service Coordinator
Band 7
Up to 30 hours/week.
Primarily daytime hours, 7 days a week cover
The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic midwife to join our innovative and award winning maternity service.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 position to provide leadership to ensure effective management of the daily activity and flow through the entire maternity service to deliver high standards of care, support with safe delivery of care, reduction in length of stay and high levels of client satisfaction.
This post holder will need to be highly organised with an ability to make complex decisions and manage constantly shifting demands typical of a busy maternity service. This will include reviewing capacity, activity and staffing and working in collaboration with the Clinical Unit Coordinator to prioritise work effectively and efficiently optimise patient flow.
The maternity department at the Royal Surrey is highly successful; it is rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, has achieved Gold Accreditation under the Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative and has achieved all 10 safety actions as a part of NHS Resolution’s CNST scheme. The maternity department prides itself on the high quality care it provides to women and families; this is achieved by focusing on innovation, quality improvement and staff health and wellbeing.
Main duties of the job
Provide leadership to midwifery and non-midwifery staff, ensuring effective management of the daily activity and throughput within the maternity service, including the maternity unit, community hubs and Antenatal Clinic. This will result in high standards of safe midwifery care, reduction in length of stay and an ability to be responsive to individualised needs, thus increasing client satisfaction.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder to access expert clinical advice and they will provide a visible and accessible authoritative presence in clinical areas.
On a daily basis the post holder will be proactive in reviewing the capacity, activity and staffing levels within the unit and redeploying staff across the service to meet requirements and maintain patient safety. There will be an expectation to lead daily safety huddles to identify issues and prioritise work effectively and efficiently to optimise patient flow. This will include supporting the midwives in effective and efficient flow of patients through the service. The post holder will also be a source of expert midwifery advice for staff, lead MDT safety huddles and will be able to provide break relief/cover for the band 7 Unit Coordinator as required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RM and eligible to practice
- Working at Degree Level
- Mentorship in Practice
- Evidence of further study and development of professional and academic skills
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/Management Qualification
- Previous Band 7 Labour Ward Coordinator Experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience as a senior Band 6 Midwife. (2years)
- Leadership experience
- Sound knowledge of recent Government/Professional documents/CQC and CNST with awareness of implications to service provision
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Clare Cardu
- Job title
- Head of Midwifery
- Additional information
If you would like to learn more about the job, please speak to Clare Cardu, Head of Midwifery, [email protected] 01483 571122 ext 2319.
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