Labour Ward Coordinator - Nuneaton

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.

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Job overview

Labour Ward coordinator

18 hours per week

Permanent

Interview Date: 19th May 2025

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications therefore you are advised to apply promptly.

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more

#JoinTeamEliot

This is an opportunity to join our skilled, friendly, professional, and caring team, we are looking for an experienced midwife who wants to be part of the exciting future plans within Maternity. We are a unit who provide personalised care for women, babies and their families ensuring a first class service and experience.

The successful candidate will be committed to leading the day to day activity on labour suite whilst ensuring the safety of mothers and their babies.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, demonstrating excellent communication skills and sound knowledge of both low and high risk midwifery. You will act as a professional role model to the wider team, setting examples to all disciplines.

The benefits include:

• Dynamic and supportive management team
• Excellent multi-disciplinary Team working
• Expansion of Midwifery and Obstetric teams
• Forward thinking in response to new national initiatives, including the saving babies lives care bundle and Three Year Delivery Plan
• Named professional midwifery advocate
• On-going professional development.
• The opportunity to undertake the world class leadership programme LEO (Leading an Empowered Organisation)

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:

Effective open communication

Excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

• Provide a full range of care and health education in a hospital setting performing clinical midwifery duties.
• Act as experienced mentor for less experienced midwives and student midwives.
• Assess the full range of care needs and develop, implement and evaluate provision of care throughout the childbirth period for women and their babies.
• Continuing responsibility for the day to day management of the allocated area, ensuring delivery of high standard of midwifery care through effective management of staff and resources within the service.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

Qualification and Professional Training

• Registered midwife
• ENB 997/998 or other qualification in teaching and assessing or equivalent
• Evidence of further professional development relevant to current post
• Evidence of management/leadership training/skills

• PMA/ Willing to undertake PMA training
• Evidence of advanced midwifery studies
• Newborn Initial Physical Examination

Experience and Knowledge

• Mentorship of student midwives
• Recent labour ward experience
• Experience in all areas of midwifery
• Evidence of advanced leadership skills
• Proven organisational & management skills
• Awareness of changes in the Health Service and the impact on maternity care provision
• Understanding of the PMA role
• Excellent delegation skills
• Counselling skills according to need of individual patient/staff
• Computer literate

• Involvement in changes in midwifery care
• Community midwifery experience

Skills and Abilities

• Able to exercise professional accountability and responsibility
• Demonstrate ability to undertake midwifery competencies e.g. suturing perineums, topping up epidurals (Consultant unit only), IV cannulation, IV administration, venepuncture, CTG interpretation, care of women using hydrotherapy in labour

• Able to provide holistic and appropriate care

Personal Qualities

• Organised approach to work
• Assertive behaviour
• Able to work autonomously
• Good interpersonal & communication skills
• Effective time management skills

Trust Values

• Effective open communication
• Excellence and safety in all that we do
• Challenge but support
• Excel respect and dignity
• Local healthcare that inspires confidence

Please note:

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

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The Job application data you provide will be used to assess your application for employment at GEH, to verify your information and conduct reference checks, and to communicate with you. If you accept employment with GEH, the information collected will become part of your employment record and will be used for employment purposes.

All information provided will be used for recruitment purposes only and processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.