Labour Ward Co-ordinator

Job summary

Working Full or Part time

Have you got 5 years post registration experience? Do you feel ready for a new challenge?An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward thinking and motivated midwife. We are looking for dynamic, experienced midwives to join our Band 7 team of Labour Ward Coordinators.The post holder will provide clinical leadership and carry overall responsibility for the management and co-ordination of a team of midwives, support worker and students within triage, MLU and obstetric led unit.

In this key role you will work closely with both the Labour Ward Manager, the Midwifery Matron and Head of Midwifery.

We are also excited to announce our new Maternity Unit which is planned to open in July.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a driving passion and determination to support the senior midwifery team in line with the exciting national picture of care and compassion, as well as a local picture of quality improvement. You will need to have good knowledge and skill base of both midwifery clinical practice and local leadership.You will coordinate a team of midwives and develop practice as a midwifery expert; providing advice to colleagues in the organisation and working in partnership with a range of other agencies.Leading by example is crucial in collaborative working within the multidisciplinary team to maintain the Trust s values and maternity s philosophy of care. We are very proud of the maternity services that we provide and are looking for influential midwifery leaders to continue raising the standard of clinical practice.

You will be resilient and able to manage complex situations as well as being well organised and innovative. A proven track record of supporting change processes, coupled with good influencing and negotiation skills are key attributes required for these posts in order to provide an integrated and effective service focusing on the delivery and assurance of safe, high quality patient care across our services.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.