Labour Ward Co-ordinator

Create an environment where the patients are central to all decision making and the delivery of high quality compassionate care is every body's prime objective.

To work cohesively across site to ensure safe staffing and leadership.

Co-ordinate the clinical, managerial and educational requirements of a defined clinical area on a shift by shift basis. This includes acting as an expert resource to the MDT team and the wider multi-disciplinary team to support them in the delivery of high quality patient focused care, and ensuring all staff act in a professional manner and all registered staff are working as accountable practitioners. To facilitate this the Co-ordinator role will be available on each clinical shift over a 24 hour period Monday to Sunday.

Through effective clinical leadership and role modelling is able to inspire, motivate and empower others. This will require the post holder to be highly visible and to have an accessible approach for women, their relatives / carers and staff.

This is a senior Midwifery role within the organisation and there is an expectation that the post holder will fully participate in the clinical and professional leadership within the organisation.

Work with the Intrapartum unit Manager in setting and monitoring professional standards and the delivery of all aspects of care ensuring trust policies and procedures are adhered to protect women's safety and wellbeing at all times., As Labour Ward Co-ordinator and an expert practitioner, liaise, guide and advise the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies in the provision of optimum maternity care.

Be responsible for ensuring the environment and ward processes are responsive to the needs of women and their carers recognising the importance of privacy, dignity and diversity.

Individuals will be highly visible in their clinical areas, working alongside, and leading the team in a clinical supervisory role.

Maintain high levels of visibility at all times to facilitate proactive communication with women, their families and carers.

Acting as a role model, employ professional behaviour that encourages and coaches their team members to challenge their current competencies, whilst seeking opportunities to enhance their roles. This includes the creation of a culture of appraisals and personal and professional development whilst setting clear smart objectives to meet the needs of the individual, clinical area and organisation.

Deploy staff in line with the trust roster policy, which is reflective of the skill mix and patient dependency, to ensure safe and appropriate midwifery care is provided at all times. This includes full compliance with the roster calendar and effective management of planned absences to enable proactive management of staffing shortfalls and the ability to take corrective action as appropriate.

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community,
particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.