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Lead Midwife (Labour Ward Coordinator)
The closing date is 21 August 2025
Are you an experienced labour Ward Midwife with a passion to promote personalised maternity care, provide effective management and leadership? An exciting opportunity has arisen to become a shift co-ordinator on our busy labour ward, and become part of a supportive leadership team at Jessops.
You will work closely with the Maternity Matron and MDT Team and also provide clinical and managerial leadership.If you share our passion, drive and values in ensuring women and birthing people and their families receive quality and compassionate care, then we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* The post holder will be responsible for the day to day co-ordination of Labour Ward acting as the key point of contact for staff, members of the multidisciplinary team and service users. Ensuring the 24hour provision of a high quality, effective midwifery service, providing leadership to staff and expert clinical midwifery advice.
* Manage midwifery and support staff and the clinical area to ensure the smooth running of the service.
* Work in partnership with women, and ensure the planning and implementation of individualised plans of care.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registration
* To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
* Continuous Professional Development
* First degree or evidence of working towards one (demonstrating graduate attributes)
Experience
* Extensive Midwifery Experience in all areas
* Knowledge of current national guidelines, policies and initiatives such as NICE, the Confidential Enquiries and the National Maternity Review.
* Knowledge of clinical audit and effectiveness of systems
* Ability to lead, motivate and develop a professional team
* Ability to prioritise and work as a team member. Leadership skills.
* Clinical experience at Band 7 on Labour Ward including; extended clinical competence
* Academic courses relevant to role Leadership/management NLS NIPE Evidence of management experience Leadership course, postgraduate study
Skills and Knowledge
* Excellent leadership skills
* Effective role model Compassionate and approachable Willing to work flexibly Positive, innovate, pro-active and resourceful
* Excellent mediation and negotiation skills Self-motivated and ability to motivate others
* Demonstrates attention to detail Ability to prioritise and work well under pressure.
* Ability to work inter-professionally and across institutional boundaries.
* Excellent performance management skills.
* Highly developed leadership skills with excellent interpersonal skills - ability to form positive relationships at all levels.
* Ability to manage complex workload under pressure and prioritise to meet deadlines
* Integrity Demonstrates and role model the importance of doing the right thing and making a difference Displays an honest, open, direct but diplomatic communication style.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearpa/pro rata for part time staff
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