The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service. Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by: Putting patients first Aiming to get it right Recognising that everybody counts Doing everything openly and honestly ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Job overview Labour ward co-ordinators (LWCs) are a group of midwifery leaders who are passionate about and committed to leading maternity teams, to ensure the highest quality care is delivered for women, birthing people, and babies. They are skilled practitioners who use their in-depth knowledge and intrapartum experience to role-model great leadership and develop others, including learners. They work with integrity, creating psychologically safe environments in which the maternity team feel safe, respected, cared for and able to learn. They aspire to always deliver a consistent and compassionate organisational culture, building and sustaining professional relationships with all members of the team. By being supernumerary they maintain an overview of the service during their shift. They allocate resources to match the needs of the individual woman and baby. They critically record, appraise, and evaluate maternity safety data via systems such as the Maternity Dashboard and the Intrapartum Forum to consistently lead and improve quality and safety. Advert Key duties and responsibilities The learning outcomes for the Labour Ward Coordinator Framework are structured around six domains and include the necessary technical and non-technical requirements required to perform the role of a LWC to a high standard. Technical domain requirements: · Core proficiencies. Non-technical domain requirements: · Leadership · Knowledge · Communication · Quality, governance, and safe service · Operational management. Working for our organisation We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Midwives working as a labour ward co-ordinator will be able to: 1. Antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal core proficiencies 1.1. Demonstrate advanced skills in areas such as, but not limited to: foetal surveillance; maternal care pathways; maternal and neonatal life support and assessment; management of clinical risk and escalation. 1.2. Draw upon experience and evidence-based skills to inform assessments to provide safe care. 2. Digital skills 2.1. Apply with confidence, and support others to use digital skills to ensure safe, timely and effective provision of care. 2.2. Critically examine patient records to identify risks that could impact care and support the team to undertake continual holistic risk assessments. 3. Technical skills 3.1. Use technical skills to operate, maintain and escalate faults in medical devices needed to provide safe and effective care. 3.2. Lead/support the team to identify appropriate local medical devices to support safe practice. Midwives working as a labour ward co-ordinator will be able to: 1. Critically reflect on own leadership style and how this impacts on the safety culture and performance of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) 2. Evaluate the impact of your behaviours as a leader on the experience and wellbeing of colleagues 3. Create a culture where psychological safety and quality improvement is achieved and maintained in a well led maternity service 4. Evaluate the impact of your behaviours as a leader on service user outcomes 5. Role model and foster a culture of continuous learning in others 6. Lead the resolution of challenging conversations with compassion, integrity, and confidence. Use evidence-based knowledge to critique the technical skills of all team members and manage any gaps that could impact safe service delivery Create a learning culture within the birthing environment so that members of the MDT can address gaps in practice that impacts safe service delivery Appraise and implement the principles of human factors when leading the MDT Exercise professional judgement and clinical credibility gained from a range of experience obtained within the birthing environment Evaluate their knowledge of policies, procedures and processes which influence decision-making and impact safe service delivery Critically reflect on individual preparedness for the demands of the role of and your impact on others Demonstrate knowledge of current national guidelines, key reports and objectives relating to the maternity landscape Midwives working as a labour ward co-ordinator will be able to: Prioritise confident, communication skills as a leader during an emergency, while maintaining a calm approach Be approachable, trustworthy, and professional to foster effective and kind communication with the team and service users Use emotional intelligence to recognise and manage with compassion non-verbal signs of distress in the team, yourself, and service users Compose high quality constructive feedback and use a kind and supportive manner Develop and maintain highly effective communication with people on complex issues Exhibit highly effective, inclusive, and timely communication skills with all members of the MDT Use language and resources to enable effective communication with service users Midwives working as a labour ward co-ordinator will be able to: 1. Critically appraise and implement quality improvement processes and evaluate the outcomes 2. Initiate and maintain a culture of continuous quality improvement across maternity services, to improve outcomes and experiences for all women and babies in response to health inequalities 3. Actively participate in and promote audit and research to improve quality and safety Midwives working as a labour ward co-ordinator will be able to: 1. Determine and evaluate available resources, to deliver safe and effective care during each shift The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement. Visa and Immigration If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job. James Paget Hospitals uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.