Labour Ward Coordinator/Flow Coordinator/Bleep Holder Archway, London

The post holder will provide clinical leadership, facilitate professional development and carry continuing overall responsibility for the management and co-ordination of a team of midwives, students and support workers of a designated clinical area. The midwife will work as part of the multidisciplinary team, liaising with professionals who impact on the care and management of clients, creating and maintaining a positive learning environment in order to maximise the full potential of staff and help achieve the national targets for maternity.

Main duties of the job include:

• To provide women and babies with a high quality, safe service in a variety of practice settings within the Maternity Unit, throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods that is effective and efficient within available resources.
• Contribute to the delivery of the organisation's objectives.
• The care will be evidence-based and holistic in meeting women and birthing people's individual needs.
• The midwife will be expected to work autonomously within the guidelines and sphere of professional practice.
• Ensure the provision of a consistently high level of clinical leadership across the maternity unit 24/7.
• Promote a unit-wide multidisciplinary team working philosophy.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

It is anticipated that the post holder will have effective visionary leadership and efficient experience as would be necessary to underpin changing practice. The post holder will be expected to rotate throughout the Maternity Unit including night duty and on calls as deemed necessary to provide an integrated maternity service and ensure competence in all areas of midwifery practice.

The post holder will act as a host to women, birthing people and their families using the service and raise positively the profile of Whittington Health.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Midwife on the live NMC Register.
• Diploma/Degree in Midwifery.
• Professional Midwifery Advocate.
• Evidence of professional accountability via professional portfolio.
• Desirable: Specialist clinical training, Master or working towards.

Skills & Abilities

• Essential: Experience and evidence to be able to lead, manage and supervise staff, delegating work appropriately and develop a team and act as a role model.
• Experience and evidence to demonstrate ability to influence and manage change, including the promotion of evidence-based practice.
• Evidence and experience in setting and monitoring standards of care on a labour ward.
• Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives rules and code of conduct.
• Be able to practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting.
• Able to prioritise workload appropriately.
• Excellent IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Word, email, Excel and PowerPoint.

Knowledge & Experience

• Essential: Significant experience at a senior management/clinical level (5 years).
• Experience in working in areas of all midwifery practice.
• Champion for midwifery led care.
• Provide evidence of continuous personal and professional development.
• Have sound knowledge of changing trends within Maternity Services.
• Be conversant with current professional issues in relation to midwifery and key performance indicators.
• Comprehension of current midwifery practice.
• Can demonstrate application and implementation of theory to practice.
• Experience of participating in clinical governance initiatives.
• Experience of change management.

Personal Qualities

• Essential: Commitment to the organisation.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills within difficult or challenging circumstances.
• Able to deal with difficult people and management of HR issues.
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates a sensitive approach to the needs of the women and their families.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the dynamics of working with a team.
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, assertive.
• Problem solver, analytical approach.

Other

• Essential: Good general health.
• Willing to work in all areas 24-hour rotation including participating in on-call rota.
• Good sickness and absence records.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.