Delivery Suite Coordinator

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

The closing date is 12 May 2025

Job summary

Team QEH are searching for midwives, passionate and experienced in Intrapartum Care, to join our team as a Delivery Suite Co-Ordinator.

Applicants could currently be working as a Delivery Suite Co-Ordinator, or be a midwife looking to further their career and become a Co-Ordinator, either way we would welcome your application.

We offer a warm, welcoming, supportive team who truly care about women's experience of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. We strive to continually build on our service to meet the changing needs of our women and families. We also recognise and reflect national initiatives such as the "Maternity Transformation Programme" and we look forward to welcoming our new team members and their experience and skills in our journey to achieving this.

To lead on a shift by shift basis the clinical running of maternity inpatient services, escalating to the senior leaders as appropriate.

You would also be expected to complete 9 on-calls per year to support escalation of the unit should acuity indicate.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, dynamic individual who can inspire and lead a team on a shift-by-shift basis. As a Delivery Suite Co-ordinator there is the expectation you will strive to support the team to provide high quality, compassionate safe midwifery care, whilst having an overarching view of activity and acuity within our maternity services. Those appointed to the role will also be required to undertake some shifts within our newly opened Maternity Triage Unit.

A successful candidate would bring to the role:

  • A commitment to providing high standard safe midwifery care, inspiring those around them to do the same.
  • An enthusiasm to continuous improvement demonstrated through innovation and creativity.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as being able to work well as a pivotal member of the multi-disciplinary team.

Our commitment to the successful candidate/s is to invest in them to develop and fulfil all their potential as a Delivery Suite Co-Ordinator with mentoring and regular one to one's, access to continued professional development and a robust training package.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.

We love working here and think you will too.

Date posted

28 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

426-753-25TAM

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn

Gayton Road

Kings Lynn

PE30 4ET


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • Degree / Diploma in Midwifery and evidence of Continued Professional Development
  • SSSA Practice Assessor/ Mentorship qualification
  • NIPE qualification

Desirable

  • Prompt Trainer/NLS trainer
  • Root cause analysis trained

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge and experience of risk management including experience in incident investigations
  • Experience of managing employee relations issues
  • Experience of guideline development and review
  • Experience of participation in clinical audit

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to practice clinically in all areas of a fully integrated maternity service promoting excellence in clinical practice
  • Ability to co-ordinate, influence and liaise within a multi- disciplinary team
  • Ability to demonstrate evidence-based practice and a woman centred approach to care provision

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of clinical governance
Person Specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • Degree / Diploma in Midwifery and evidence of Continued Professional Development
  • SSSA Practice Assessor/ Mentorship qualification
  • NIPE qualification

Desirable

  • Prompt Trainer/NLS trainer
  • Root cause analysis trained

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge and experience of risk management including experience in incident investigations
  • Experience of managing employee relations issues
  • Experience of guideline development and review
  • Experience of participation in clinical audit

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to practice clinically in all areas of a fully integrated maternity service promoting excellence in clinical practice
  • Ability to co-ordinate, influence and liaise within a multi- disciplinary team
  • Ability to demonstrate evidence-based practice and a woman centred approach to care provision

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of clinical governance

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn

Gayton Road

Kings Lynn

PE30 4ET


Employer's website

https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn

Gayton Road

Kings Lynn

PE30 4ET


Employer's website

https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Midwife for Intrapartum Services

Sarah Bedford

Sarah.Bedford@qehkl.nhs.uk

01533613367

Date posted

28 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

426-753-25TAM

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn

Gayton Road

Kings Lynn

PE30 4ET


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