Substantive, 6 month and 12 month fixed term posts available. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for you to join our Maternity service as a Delivery Suite Coordinator. This is a pivotal role providing inspirational leadership of the multi‑disciplinary delivery suite teams and delivering excellence in clinical skills and support to staff. Successful applicants will work on both City sites at Leeds General Infirmary and St James Hospital on a rotational basis.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a candidate with highly advanced intrapartum clinical skills, ready to take the next step into clinical midwifery leadership within our large NHS Trust. The ideal candidate should have significant intrapartum care experience, be an advocate for women and families using our service, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be used to working in a busy environment with a large multi‑disciplinary team.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care through the delivery of our multi‑year goals and strategic priorities. Central to it all is The Leeds Way – our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Why you should join our team
We are a large tertiary referral centre with more than 8,500 deliveries each year across two sites. Each site has specific maternal medicine specialities and offers level 3 neonatal facilities at the LGI site and level 2 at SJUH site. We have a 3‑bedded alongside midwifery unit – Lotus Midwifery Unit – at the LGI site, with birth pools available at both sites. We work closely with obstetric, anaesthetic and neonatal colleagues on our perinatal improvement journey and are passionate about and dedicated to improving experiences and outcomes for our service users. Leeds is a great place to further your midwifery career and widen your knowledge and experience.
What you will bring to the role
The post holder is an expert clinical practitioner of midwifery. They coordinate and manage the day‑to‑day activities for the delivery suite, obstetric theatres, obstetric enhanced maternal care (EMC), and the alongside midwifery unit (Lotus Midwifery Unit), allocating the team according to capabilities and workload. The post holder is responsible for the unit out of hours and at weekends while on duty. They provide management and professional leadership, assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care, and set standards of care. They provide clinical guidance and support for other members of the multidisciplinary team within the delivery suite, ward areas and other outside agencies such as GPs and community midwifery services. They facilitate an environment that cultivates evidence‑based care and are responsible for supervision, education and professional development of staff and students. This post involves direct liaison with the delivery suite based at our sister site across the city.
Qualifications
- Degree in Midwifery or equivalent
- Registered Midwife
Experience
- Three years post‑registration experience
- Experience of managing and leading a team
Person Specification
No additional information provided.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post requires a Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 disclosure. A submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Contact
Name – Ceri Hall or Louise SpicerPosition – Intrapartum MatronsEmail – ceri.hall2@nhs.net or louise.spicer@nhs.netPhone number – 0113 2066 619
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