Labour Ward Coordinator - Huntingdon, United Kingdom - North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
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Huntingdon, United Kingdom

1 month ago

Tom O´Connor

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Labour Ward Co-ordinator to join our existing team on the Hinchingbrooke Hospital Site.

As a Midwife Co-ordinator you will be responsible for the day to day co-ordination of the activity on the labour ward.

The Labour Ward consists of 11 rooms including 4 on our midwifery led birthing unit plus 1 pool room. In addition we have a 2 bedded recovery room and a self contained bereavement suite.


Your role as a Labour Ward Coordinator is to help ensure the safe, efficient and effective day to day running of Labour Ward.

Working closely with the Labour Ward Manager and Acute Service Lead Midwife.


Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.

Talk to the Recruiting Manager about what this means in practice for you.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
  • Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
  • Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
  • Inhouse Physiotherapy Services
  • Career development and training opportunities
  • Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
  • Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
  • Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia

  • To manage the shift and have clinical responsibility for the area.
  • To provide clinical midwifery care to women within the Maternity Services.
  • To provide expert leadership advice to the maternity team
  • To be proactive in the development of midwifery within the Maternity Unit.
  • To manage/lead a team of staff within maternity service.

Key Responsibilities:


The practitioner is expected to ensure that their own clinical practice, and that of the other staff on each shift, within the area of practice is of a safe standard and in accordance with the unit policies.


To assess, implement and evaluate programmes of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for women in line with current evidence, Unit policies and guidelines and NMC Midwives' Rules and Code of Practice.

To develop an environment which supports the value of midwifery care.

Please see Job Description for further information
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