Delivery Suite Coordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Midwife to join our established team of Delivery Suite Coordinators here at South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust at Sunderland Royal Hospital. You will work within the Team as a Delivery Suite Coordinator and will be responsible for the day-to-day management and clinical leadership of the midwifery team within labour ward, co-ordinating the safe evidenced based care of the service users.

You should have a minimum of 3 years post registration experience with the majority being in the acute setting. You should be confident and competent in all areas of midwifery practice. Applicants should be Registered Midwives on Part 10 of the NMC Professional Register and hold or be working towards a degree in midwifery. This role is not suitable for those midwives who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

This role provides the opportunity to further develop your clinical leadership skills, you will also be supported to undertake the Labour Ward coordinators development programme at Teesside university if required. As a directorate we are committed to the development and education of our staff, supported by dedicated practice development and educational lead midwives. The Trust supports us to provide a 5-day mandatory training package annually to all of our Midwives.

Main duties of the job:

• You will be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of Labour Ward acting as the key point of contact for staff, members of the multidisciplinary team and service users, ensuring the 24-hour provision of a high quality, effective midwifery service, providing leadership to staff and expert clinical midwifery advice and support.
• You will promote high quality care, ensuring individual women's needs and choices are assessed, care planned, implemented, and evaluated regularly, maintain a safe and clean environment for staff and service users by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies, protocols including health and safety.
• You should have the necessary skills to exercise judgement in assessing a wide ranging and complex pregnancy and labour related issues. Ensure and promote options to enable the delivery of optimum women centred care.
• You should possess excellent communication skills to be able to communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary professionals and agencies, ensuring seamless care at a high standard.
• Promotion of a safe and clean environment for staff and service users by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies, protocols including health and safety, healthcare associated infection, risk management and critical incident reporting is of paramount importance.

Person Specification:

• Skills and Knowledge:
• Evidence of leadership qualities.
• Awareness of national health and social care policy.
• Knowledge of best practice in area of specialism.
• Thorough understanding of expanded roles/professional practice issues.
• Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassurance skills are required.
• Able to work without supervision.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft office packages.
• Proven interpersonal skills.
• Practice assessor/supervision skills.
• Appraisal skills.
• Evidence of competency in relation to midwifery practices appropriate to the post.
• Experience:
• 3 years post registration experience in Midwifery.
• Experience of managing change.
• Experience of change management.
• Thorough understanding of contemporary midwifery issues.
• Experience of leading a team.
• Evidence of innovation in practice.
• Physical Skills:
• Highly developed physical skills to perform clinical aspects of the role, such as with deliveries.
• Ability to assist patients to move as per Trust Moving and Handling Policy.
• Car driver with access to a car.
• Qualifications:
• Current NMC Registration (Level 1 Midwifery).
• Degree in Midwifery studies or healthcare related subject.
• Mentorship qualification/equivalent and or Practice Assessor training.