Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date
05/01/2026
Planned Interview
Date
19/01/2026
Patient
Flow Coordinator. Band 7
Substantive
post
The
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for you to
join our Maternity service as a Patient Flow Coordinator.
This
is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in improving safety,
efficiency, and service user experience of the induction of labour process in
our hospitals.
You
will be part of a team providing 24/07 coverage of the service. You will
coordinate and oversee the induction of labour process, supporting service
users to make empowered choices about their care whilst also supporting
colleagues in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care, ensuring the
smooth and safe flow of service users through the service.
Main duties of the job
Key
responsibilities include:
Acting
as the primary point of contact for the coordination of induction of labour
Support
the planning and scheduling of inductions, liaising with maternity, obstetric
and ward teams to ensure timely care provision.
Provide
expert clinical support, advice and guidance to colleagues, service users and
their families.
Monitor
service activity, identifying capacity pressures and escalating
appropriately.
Contribute
to audit, quality improvement and service development initiatives.
Please
see the job description attached or contact cate.wetton@nhs.net or 0113
2066619 for further details.
About us
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals Trust have a long history of investing in our staff with
the provision of training and development. We aim to support and nurture
allowing staff to reach their full potential, expanding and increasing their
skill sets, and enabling the provision of the very best possible care to
women and their families. The Leeds way vision is to be the best in
specialist and integrated care. We strive to be patient centred, fair,
collaborative, accountable and empowered.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB
DETAILS
Job Title: Patient Flow Coordinator
Reports to: Matron
Band: 7
Department: Womens CSU
Location Cross City
JOB
PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The
post holder will be responsible for flow of patients into and out from the
maternity services. This will include
the daily management and booking of women requiring induction of labour and
oversight of elective caesarean section bookings as well as women accessing
the maternity services through the acute pathway. They will work with the
clinical teams to facilitate appropriate timely admission, transfer and
discharge of across the maternity pathways.
The
post holder will need to have demonstrable knowledge skills and experience in
maternity services to facilitate and prioritise patient flow across the
inpatient services. The post holder needs to work well in high pressured
situations and be confident to communicate and collaborate with all levels of
the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of safe quality care.
The
post holder will communicate the capacity and flow position to the senior
teams and escalate any issues that cannot be mitigated and need further input
to resolve.
Please
see attached document for full job description and personal specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB
DETAILS
Job Title: Patient Flow Coordinator
Reports to: Matron
Band: 7
Department: Womens CSU
Location Cross City
JOB
PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The
post holder will be responsible for flow of patients into and out from the
maternity services. This will include
the daily management and booking of women requiring induction of labour and
oversight of elective caesarean section bookings as well as women accessing
the maternity services through the acute pathway. They will work with the
clinical teams to facilitate appropriate timely admission, transfer and
discharge of across the maternity pathways.
The
post holder will need to have demonstrable knowledge skills and experience in
maternity services to facilitate and prioritise patient flow across the
inpatient services. The post holder needs to work well in high pressured
situations and be confident to communicate and collaborate with all levels of
the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of safe quality care.
The
post holder will communicate the capacity and flow position to the senior
teams and escalate any issues that cannot be mitigated and need further input
to resolve.
Please
see attached document for full job description and personal specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in Midwifery
Desirable
- Masters Degree or Working towards Masters level qualification.
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional education and development.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to emotive conversations.
- Act as a role model demonstrating exemplary skills in maternity care.
- Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others.
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff within the Trust and external partners.
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience.
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information.
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Experience
Essential
- Experience in all aspects of maternity care.
- Demonstrable experience in developing self and others and changing practice.
- Recent demonstrable experience of supporting women and families
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of national patient safety agenda and NHS England and CQC priorities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in Midwifery
Desirable
- Masters Degree or Working towards Masters level qualification.
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional education and development.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to emotive conversations.
- Act as a role model demonstrating exemplary skills in maternity care.
- Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others.
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff within the Trust and external partners.
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience.
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information.
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Experience
Essential
- Experience in all aspects of maternity care.
- Demonstrable experience in developing self and others and changing practice.
- Recent demonstrable experience of supporting women and families
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of national patient safety agenda and NHS England and CQC priorities.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
