# Labour Ward Co-ordinator (12 MONTHS)

**Company**: Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Chertsey
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £51657.00 to £58785.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Labour Ward Co-ordinator to join our team at Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As a supernumerary Labour Ward Coordinator, you will be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the Labour Ward, facilitating high quality, safe and effective care focused on improving outcomes for our service users.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the MDT, have great organisation skills, have a good understanding of staffing and acuity, be able to set priorities, objectives and goals in line with current maternity agendas.

Key responsibilities include:

- Promoting high standards of specialist care for patients in all areas of maternity

- Coordinating the clinical activities on shift

- Establishing effective working relationships with the Maternity team

- Working autonomously to support staff and facilitate necessary staff redeployment activities

- Coordinating safe staffing and patient flow

- Ensuring an effective learning environment for students and qualified staff

- Promoting staff wellbeing, job satisfaction, and retention

- Leading on quality improvement initiatives and implementation of new practices

- Providing expert clinical support to the workforce, particularly with Preceptee Midwives

The trust offers a range of benefits, including a wellbeing hub, onsite free gym, and other wellbeing resources.

The post is fixed term for 12 months, with a salary range of £51,657 to £58,785 per annum.

## Skills

### Required
- Registered and Practicing Midwife
- knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights
- ability to communicate with all staff in a multidisciplinary setting
- team player & ability to remain calm under pressure

### Nice to have
- Leadership Qualification
- ALSO, NIPE, NLS
- Independent prescriber
- experience of leading change management
- understanding of ward budgets and dynamics

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