0305 - Senior Midwife - Team Leader Labour Ward

At Barnsley, we are Proud to Care.An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Labour Ward Coordinator position at Barnsley. If you are a midwife ready for career progression or an experienced coordinator wanting to work to join our team.

Are you a highly motivated, compassionate practitioner who thrives on working in a dynamic and forward thinking multi-disciplinary team? If so, Barnsley maternity services could offer you a very exciting career opportunity to work with likeminded professionals. We are excited to offer a prospect to join our ever-evolving team who are dedicated to delivering care which is safe, compassionate and evidence based.

Recent achievements include a prestigious RCM award for Supporting Mental Health in Pregnancy project. We pride ourselves on being a baby friendly accredited unit who are now on a journey to achieve UNICEF UK BFI Gold Award.

In line with Better Births, we offer both traditional and Continuity of Career models of working. We are delighted to be able to offer the successful applicants a robust supernumerary period of five weeks, to include mandatory training and an opportunity to work in all inpatient areas. This is led by the Pastoral Support Midwives and supported by our friendly, welcoming multi-disciplinary team, including Professional Midwifery Advocates.

The post holder will take charge of the ward/department including functioning as Team leader on labour ward and take continuing responsibility on a shift basis to manage the client group within the defined area, and to provide specialist advice within this clinical area.

The post holder will lead a team of staff and co-ordinate the clinical workload and ensure the effective and efficient use of resources during the shift period. The post holder will co-ordinate the clinical workload and ensure the effective use of resources through the deployment of staff, monitoring of skill mix and utilisation of clinical competence and experience. They will provide clinical expertise to maintain normality in childbirth to reduce the risk of intervention.

The post holder will ensure the safe custody, administration and economical use of drugs and surgical supplies.

The post holder will undertake rotational duties and be expected to adopt a flexible approach to working practices to meet the needs of the service.

The post holder will assist in the development of service initiatives within the department and take the lead as appropriate ensuring that care is evidence based and evaluated by audit.