Delivery Suite Coordinator

Band 5 Nurse and Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions please email: nursing.careers@ouh.nhs.uk.

Main area Midwifery Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (30 – 37.5 hour contracts considered.) Job ref 321-SW1-6777129-B7-PUB

Site Delivery Suite, Womens centre John Radcliffe Town Oxford Salary £46,148 – £52,809 Per Annum / Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/01/2025 23:59

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

Job overview

Band 7 Delivery suite coordinator 37.5

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Maternity Services at Oxford University Hospital’s NHS Foundation Trust for an exceptional, committed, and motivated midwife for the post of Delivery Suite Co-Ordinator. The successful candidate will work closely with the Matron, Band 7 Delivery Suite Manager and medical obstetric colleagues to ensure excellent care is provided to the women and their families.

The individual must have a strong commitment to midwifery practice, safety and have excellent organisational and leadership skills. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership ensuring that the team philosophy promotes and reflects optimal standards of care for pregnant women and their families.

If you are passionate about Intrapartum Maternity Services, wish to influence the development of the service and can support staff in the Trust’s core values we would like to hear from you.

We offer a supportive environment and are passionate about staff development and wellbeing within the unit.

Main duties of the job

Role Summary:

The band 7 midwife has continuing responsibility while on duty to manage delivery suite or equivalent sphere of midwifery practice, including assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards.

The Midwife will facilitate innovative and evidence based midwifery practice through professional leadership and supporting the clinical team.

He/she will have managerial responsibility for a group of staff working within their practice area.

The Midwife will act as a credible and professional role model and encourage and empower other staff to develop both personally and professionally to achieve their maximum potential.

The Midwife will liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team and facilitate a collaborative approach to women, their baby\’s and their family\’s care to promote the close integration of community and hospital based care.

The Midwife will report directly to and develop close working relationships with the Director of Midwifery/Clinical Midwifery Manager on operational and general management issues and clinical issues relevant to their practice area/team.

The Midwife will liaise with members of the OBU Midwifery education team to develop an effective learning environment for students and new members of staff.

The Midwife will assist the Director of Midwifery/Clinical Midwifery Manager in achieving the strategic objectives for the Maternity service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Responsibilities:

Working as a midwife the post holder will:

Professional/Clinical Practice

• Fulfil the role of a midwife as defined by the World Health Organisation and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Midwifery Rules and Code of Practice and reflect the Trust\’s guidelines, policies and standards of practice.
• Manage a complex clinical caseload/ area and be accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, responding to the individual needs of women and their babies.
• Maintain and extend clinical skills in all aspects of midwifery practice that are relevant to current developments in the Maternity services.
• Participate in and support the development of evidence based clinical practice, ensuring agreed policies, guidelines and standards are implemented and monitored.
• Motivate staff to submit ideas to improve care and in collaboration with colleagues implement change, monitoring and discussing outcomes with relevant personnel.
• Act as a role model in clinical practice and be proactive to implement local, regional and national midwifery policies.
• Liaise with OUH colleagues and other professional and non-professional agencies relevant to the needs of women to ensure health and social care needs are addressed as appropriate.
• Liaise with the Patient Safety Team, Practice Development Midwives and Professional Midwifery Advocates on aspects of unsafe practice that do not meet agreed professional standards, and take appropriate action as necessary.
• Participate in the maternity service bleep holder rota to be available for additional clinical advice.
• Demonstrates and respects the Trust guidelines and policies that promote equality and diversity.

Quality:

• Ensure that staff within the clinical area have access to and are aware of current national and local policies that impact upon and effect the delivery of midwifery care.
• Contribute to the clinical audit programmes and ensure that clinical risk management is integral for the practice area/relevant clinical team.
• Work with the Clinical Midwifery Matron to ensure good standards of housekeeping exist for the practice area/clinical unit to minimise infection risks.
• Assist with the monitoring of the quality of care in the practice area and participate in audit programmes as required.

Managerial Practice:

• Utilise available staff resources effectively and contribute new and practical ideas to improve efficiency.
• Ensure the clinical area/clinical unit is safe and adequately staffed with the appropriate skill mix at all times.
• Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff.
• Co-ordinate and participate in the staff appraisal scheme to ensure all staff have an agreed personal develop plan.
• Investigate defects in equipment/supplies reporting outcomes in accordance with OUH trust policies.
• Assist the Clinical Midwifery Matron to investigate complaints from service users, visitors and staff and report the findings in accordance with the Directorate\’s Comments and Complaints policy.
• Collect and record statistical data for audits, research projects as required by local, regional or national bodies.
• Competently record information on the maternity data system and retrieve relevant information from the Information Technology systems.
• To have successfully completed the training programme and frequently take part in the maternity service bleep holder rota.
• To participate in flexible rostering, including an on-call roster, to provide safe ‘woman centred’ maternity service.
• Actively monitor the budget for the clinical area/clinical unit and administer its Charitable Trust funds as appropriate.
• Participate in local, regional and national development activity on behalf of the Children\’s and Womens Directorate.
• Assist the Director of Midwifery/Clinical Midwifery Manager in achieving the goals and objectives of the Oxfordshire maternity services and OUH trust.

Professional development, Education and research:

• Act as mentor to students and colleagues undertaking post-registration courses, assisting educational staff with supervision and assessment of learners and support other mentors.
• Actively participate in the preceptorship of newly qualified midwives and new midwifery staff in liaison with the OBU education staff/Practice development Midwives.
• Work with the OBU education staff to develop an effective learning environment.
• Work with the Practice development midwives to develop and monitor the Maternity care assistant role.
• Participate in clinical teaching, lead skills/drills workshops and be aware of other appropriate courses/seminars and other resources that learners could be directed.

Person specification

Professional Qualifications

• Has a Midwifery or Nursing degree or equivalent experience
• Evidence of ongoing education development

Experience

• Experience of clinical midwifery experience acquired through practice
• Ability to manage complex caseload
• Able to work as an advocate for women, families, and colleagues

Skills and Aptitude

• Ability to apply evidence-base in practice
• Proven practice and service development skills
• Demonstrable professional leadership and negotiating skills
• Ability to undertake audit
• IT skills i.e., report writing and data entry and analysis as necessary

Personal Attributes

• Highly self-motivated, positive and enthusiastic
• Leadership skills and ability to motivate a team
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with the multi-professional team
• Able to support staff to make judgements about clinical situations
• Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances

Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of current midwifery Issues
• Understanding of wider NHS agenda and drivers for change
• Knowledge of clinical governance processes

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Nursing and Midwifery: For candidates applying from outside the UK: Please be advised that we work in partnership with Envertiz who will be managing your recruitment therefore by applying you are consenting to us passing your contact details and application to Envertiz so they can manage your recruitment and on-boarding. If you do not consent to this, please do not apply.

Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.

Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.

Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks.

No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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