Job summary
Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals Maternity services are looking for committed and enthusiastic Labour Ward Midwives, to join our Coordinator team. We want you to shape our vision for an outstanding service that gives service users, our community, and our midwives an extraordinary experience.
Currently achieved CQC rating of GOOD.
You will join a warm and supportive multi-disciplinary team who truly care about the women's experience of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. We value your experience working alongside us and acknowledge that fulfilled Midwives put the women at the centre of their work.
The right candidate will be an excellent role model to all staff, providing a combination of strong clinical leadership, expert midwifery practice and the enthusiasm and drive required to ensure that all women and families receive kind, compassionate and personalised care.
Above all we are looking for someone with the ability to lead and inspire whilst sharing our vision of providing continuity of care to all women who access our service.
For more information, please contact:Ann-Marie Orr Maternity matron a.orr2@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will take responsibility for the shift management and clinical leadership of the midwifery service. They will be expected to ensure high standards of maternity care through effective management of staff by leading the team, organising others in their actions and setting priorities. They will be an effective team player, leader and able to drive quality improvement initiatives.
Liaise with and collaborate across the maternity service to ensure a seamless service that provides personalised and women-centred care.
They will assess the full range of care needs and develop, implement and evaluate provision of care throughout the childbirth continuum for women and their babies and escalate concerns to the relevant professional.
The post holder will assist with management of staff on the unit and contribute to the delivery of the maternity unit objectives in line with the Trust Maternity Strategy Towards Excellence.
In Return we offer:
A robust onboarding and induction programme
Excellent training programmes
Full and part time options in a Trust working towards the principles of Flex for the Future, with a range of flexible working opportunities
A dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary team in which to work
Access to support from our dedicated Professional Midwifery Advocacy team
Inclusive approach to ongoing career and development opportunities within the Trust
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in
Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three
hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of
innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our
workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful
and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid
Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm
irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and
gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,
or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to
someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the
LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently
under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members
of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are
treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable
guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you
share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients
and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To take responsibility for the day to day
running of Labour Ward.
Ensure delivery of safe and effective care across
the maternity unit through effective management of staff and resources across
the unit.
Act as a visible leader within the Maternity
Unit and undertake the role of Senior Clinical Midwife for the maternity unit
out of hours.
Maintain a safe and clean environment for staff
and service users by ensuring compliance with legislation, polices, protocols
including health and safety, healthcare associated infection, risk management
and critical incident reporting.
Promote a positive professional attitude for
the profession and the Trust at all times.
Maintain staff morale and good working
relationships.
Communicate effectively with
multi-disciplinary professionals and agencies, ensuring seamless care at a
high standard.
Ensure that a high level of safe care is
delivered to women and their babies whilst adhering to obstetric guidance and
care plans by providing specialist midwifery expertise and ensuring that all
staff are supported in their practice on a continual basis.
Ensure the dignity, respect and privacy of all
women being cared for on Labour Ward is maintained at all times.
Ensure that Maternity Service Guidelines are
implemented and monitored in accordance with the Trust and NMC Guidance.
Maintain expert evidence-based professional
knowledge and competence.
Be an expert in all midwifery and clinical
competencies including normalising birth across the risk continuum, water
births, bereavement care, obstetric emergencies, perineal suturing, epidural
analgesia, intravenous cannulation, adult and neonatal resuscitation, scrubbing
for theatre and post-operative recovery. Be able to demonstrate, supervise and
support other midwives and maternity support workers in these skills.
Support the clinical expertise of midwives
within the Maternity Unit by role modelling evidence based care and
personalised, women-centred care.
Demonstrate overt professional leadership and
clinical expertise and foster a culture where all staff can develop their
clinical expertise and confidence and feel valued.
To work with the Labour Ward Manager wand Matron
to share and drive innovation within the workforce and maternity service.
To act as an advocate for women, and in line
with the National Maternity Review ensure that every woman has personalised
care that is centred on their individual needs and circumstances.
With the introduction of the Continuity of Carer
pathway act as the contact for the community and continuity midwives during out
of hours home births and provide advice and support as required when they
practice on the maternity unit.
Actively support and provide a link between
labour ward and continuity of carer teams.
Ensure that initial appropriate care/remedial
action is taken to ensure safety of women and staff and actions are clearly
documented and escalated in the most relevant appropriate manner.
Anticipate potential problems and develop
contingency plans to resolve or effectively manage these situations.
Maintain accurate management records at all
times, ensuring appropriate reporting mechanisms are used.
Coordinate and liaise with multidisciplinary
agencies to provide care to women and their families with additional needs, for
e.g. psychiatric, social problems, child protection, disability etc.
Ensure bereaved women and their relatives are
supported and receive appropriate care, whilst ensuring other staff are
supported during this process.
Be professionally accountable for own midwifery
practice, acting in a professional manner at all times abiding by the NMC Code
and all other relevant NMC and the Trusts values, policies and guidelines.
Be responsible for the annual appraisal and
performance review of an identified group of colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To take responsibility for the day to day
running of Labour Ward.
Ensure delivery of safe and effective care across
the maternity unit through effective management of staff and resources across
the unit.
Act as a visible leader within the Maternity
Unit and undertake the role of Senior Clinical Midwife for the maternity unit
out of hours.
Maintain a safe and clean environment for staff
and service users by ensuring compliance with legislation, polices, protocols
including health and safety, healthcare associated infection, risk management
and critical incident reporting.
Promote a positive professional attitude for
the profession and the Trust at all times.
Maintain staff morale and good working
relationships.
Communicate effectively with
multi-disciplinary professionals and agencies, ensuring seamless care at a
high standard.
Ensure that a high level of safe care is
delivered to women and their babies whilst adhering to obstetric guidance and
care plans by providing specialist midwifery expertise and ensuring that all
staff are supported in their practice on a continual basis.
Ensure the dignity, respect and privacy of all
women being cared for on Labour Ward is maintained at all times.
Ensure that Maternity Service Guidelines are
implemented and monitored in accordance with the Trust and NMC Guidance.
Maintain expert evidence-based professional
knowledge and competence.
Be an expert in all midwifery and clinical
competencies including normalising birth across the risk continuum, water
births, bereavement care, obstetric emergencies, perineal suturing, epidural
analgesia, intravenous cannulation, adult and neonatal resuscitation, scrubbing
for theatre and post-operative recovery. Be able to demonstrate, supervise and
support other midwives and maternity support workers in these skills.
Support the clinical expertise of midwives
within the Maternity Unit by role modelling evidence based care and
personalised, women-centred care.
Demonstrate overt professional leadership and
clinical expertise and foster a culture where all staff can develop their
clinical expertise and confidence and feel valued.
To work with the Labour Ward Manager wand Matron
to share and drive innovation within the workforce and maternity service.
To act as an advocate for women, and in line
with the National Maternity Review ensure that every woman has personalised
care that is centred on their individual needs and circumstances.
With the introduction of the Continuity of Carer
pathway act as the contact for the community and continuity midwives during out
of hours home births and provide advice and support as required when they
practice on the maternity unit.
Actively support and provide a link between
labour ward and continuity of carer teams.
Ensure that initial appropriate care/remedial
action is taken to ensure safety of women and staff and actions are clearly
documented and escalated in the most relevant appropriate manner.
Anticipate potential problems and develop
contingency plans to resolve or effectively manage these situations.
Maintain accurate management records at all
times, ensuring appropriate reporting mechanisms are used.
Coordinate and liaise with multidisciplinary
agencies to provide care to women and their families with additional needs, for
e.g. psychiatric, social problems, child protection, disability etc.
Ensure bereaved women and their relatives are
supported and receive appropriate care, whilst ensuring other staff are
supported during this process.
Be professionally accountable for own midwifery
practice, acting in a professional manner at all times abiding by the NMC Code
and all other relevant NMC and the Trusts values, policies and guidelines.
Be responsible for the annual appraisal and
performance review of an identified group of colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered midwife.
- Midwifery degree or equivalent.
- Extensive post-registration clinical practice.
Desirable
Experience
Desirable
- Evidence of working in developmental leadership role
Personal Skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Effective role model.
- Compassionate and approachable.
- Willing to work flexibly.
- Positive, innovate, pro-active and resourceful.
- Excellent mediation and negotiation skills.
- Self-motivated and ability to motivate others.
- Demonstrates attention to detail Ability to prioritise and work well under pressure.
- Ability to work inter-professionally and across institutional boundaries.
Skills and AbiIities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of people management
- IT literate
- Knowledge of current national guidelines, policies and initiatives such as NICE, the Confidential Enquiries and the National Maternity Review, Better Births: Improving outcomes of maternity services in England.
- Knowledge of clinical audit and
- effectiveness of systems
Desirable
- ALSO
- NLS
- NIPE
- Evidence of management
- experience Leadership course
- Postgraduate study
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered midwife.
- Midwifery degree or equivalent.
- Extensive post-registration clinical practice.
Desirable
Experience
Desirable
- Evidence of working in developmental leadership role
Personal Skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Effective role model.
- Compassionate and approachable.
- Willing to work flexibly.
- Positive, innovate, pro-active and resourceful.
- Excellent mediation and negotiation skills.
- Self-motivated and ability to motivate others.
- Demonstrates attention to detail Ability to prioritise and work well under pressure.
- Ability to work inter-professionally and across institutional boundaries.
Skills and AbiIities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of people management
- IT literate
- Knowledge of current national guidelines, policies and initiatives such as NICE, the Confidential Enquiries and the National Maternity Review, Better Births: Improving outcomes of maternity services in England.
- Knowledge of clinical audit and
- effectiveness of systems
Desirable
- ALSO
- NLS
- NIPE
- Evidence of management
- experience Leadership course
- Postgraduate study
Additional information
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