Job summary

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is a large multi-site maternity service provider. This post is based at Leicester General Hospital, however all employees have the possibility of cross-site working.

We are looking for dynamic and motivated midwives who wish to become part of the Delivery Suite Coordinator and Band 7 Team. This is an excellent development opportunity and chance for individuals with appropriate strengths, qualities and experience to really hone their leadership skills, whilst supporting colleagues to deliver excellent, patient focused and safe clinical care to all service users.

The successful applicants must be able to demonstrate relevant clinical expertise and recent professional development. We recognise that this role requires significant resilience as well as a real thirst for working in a complex and challenging clinical area.

This is very much a leadership role and requires both tenacity and a commitment to providing high quality care where the service users are clearly recognised as the priority in safe service provision. There is an expectation that you demonstrate and role model high levels of clinical standards. In return you will receive support whilst you settle into the role and further continued support and on-going development as you become more experienced.

If you are ready to move your career forward and feel able to bring enthusiasm, commitment and drive then we look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of a 24 hour roster, coordinating a busy delivery suite; including unplanned care alongside planned care such as the induction of labour and elective caesarean pathways. You will also be responsible for having oversight of the maternity assessment unit and ante / post natal ward- particularly out of hours.

You will be expected to support junior members of the multi-disciplinary team in their development; completing appraisals, LCAT assessments and acting as a clinical expert and role model in the area. You will be expected to address poor performance and escalate concerns, should they present.

You will be required to hold the maternity unit bleep out of hours and undertake identified management responsibilities relevant to working in an acute clinical setting.

You will be required to liaise with and support the other sites and areas where UHL delivers maternity services, in order to establish safe service and improved patient experience provision across all areas.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals :

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all :

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust :

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will have 24 hour continuing responsibility for quality of care of their designated clinical area and ensure co-ordination between the maternity wards, labour ward, birth centre and maternity assessment unit; as well as cross site collaborative working.

The post holder will be clinically visible, accessible and responsive to the needs of service users, patients, carers and the public and to provide direction and effective and inspirational leadership to the midwifery and Multi-disciplinary team within the area for which they are accountable.

The post holder will also act as an expert clinical practitioner providing personally and through their ward team an excellent quality of care to patients and service users. They will also demonstrate high quality compassionate leadership, acting as a role model at all times across the maternity service and the wider organisation.

You will be expected to provide a supportive environment for all students and learners on placement within the ward / unit for which they are responsible.

The successful candidate will support and resolve conflict with service users, peers and members of the wider MDT, as well as support and develop colleagues to be able to do this.

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Communication

Essential

Desirable

Leadership

Essential

Desirable