Labour Ward Coordinator

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic and inspirationalBand 7 Labour Ward Coordinatorto join our maternity leadership team at York Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled midwife with a passion for delivering safe, personalised and compassionate care while providing leadership within a busy maternity environment.

As Labour Ward Coordinator, you will provide visible clinical leadership and operational oversight of the labour ward and wider maternity unit, ensuring the safe and effective management of services on a shift-by-shift basis. Acting as the senior midwife outside core hours, you will coordinate staffing, patient flow, capacity and clinical activity, supporting teams to respond effectively to changing demands and priorities.

The role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop leadership and management skills while maintaining a strong clinical presence. Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will support staff development, service excellence and the ongoing improvement of maternity services across the Trust.

We are looking for a confident and experienced midwife who thrives in a leadership role, is passionate about delivering outstanding maternity care, and can support teams to perform at their very best. If you have the clinical expertise, leadership skills and ambition to help shape the future of our maternity services, we would love to hear from you.

As Labour Ward Coordinator, you will provide clinical and operational leadership, ensuring the safe coordination of care, staffing and resources throughout each shift. Acting as the senior midwife outside core hours, you will maintain oversight of patient acuity, capacity, escalation processes and workforce deployment across the maternity unit.

You will deliver expert clinical support to midwives, maternity support workers and the multidisciplinary team, particularly in complex intrapartum and emergency situations. The postholder will lead patient flow, workload allocation and maternity escalation processes to support the safe delivery of care and ensure compliance with local and national standards.

The role includes promoting high-quality, evidence-based practice, supporting quality improvement, audit, incident management and clinical governance activities, and working collaboratively with obstetric, anaesthetic, neonatal and wider multidisciplinary colleagues to provide safe, responsive and compassionate care.

You will support the development, wellbeing and performance of colleagues through coaching, teaching, supervision and role modelling, fostering a positive learning culture. The postholder will also provide compassionate leadership and support to women, families and staff during complex, challenging and emotionally demanding situations., As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

· Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants

· 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)

· A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.

· A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave

· Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme

· NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme

· An extensive range of learning and development opportunities

· Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

This is an exciting time to join our maternity services at York and Scarborough. Following our recent CQC inspection, maternity services at both sites were ratedGoodacross all five domains: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led. This reflects the commitment, professionalism and compassion of our workforce, and our focus on listening to women, families and colleagues to continually improve care.

You will join a forward-looking service committed to continuous learning, innovation and collaboration, helping to shape the future of maternity care across our Trust.