Labour ward Coordinator/flow Coordinator/bleep holder
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 25/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves providing clinical leadership and managing a team of midwives, students, and support workers within a designated clinical area. The post holder will ensure high-quality, safe maternity services across antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods, working autonomously within professional guidelines. They will also contribute to achieving national maternity targets and promote multidisciplinary team working 24/7.
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife on the live NMC Register.
- Diploma/Degree in Midwifery
- Diploma/Degree in Midwifery
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
- Evidence of professional accountability via professional portfolio
Desirable criteria
- Specialist clinical training
- Master or Working towards
- Skills & Abilities
- Experience and evidence to be able to lead, manage and supervise staff, delegating work appropriately and develop a team and act as a role model
- Experience and evidence to demonstrate ability to influence and manage change, including the promotion of evidence-based practice
- Evidence and experience in setting and monitoring standards of care on a labour ward
- Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives rules and code of conduct
- Be able to practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting Able to prioritize workload appropriately
- Excellent IT skills and a knowledge of Microsoft word, email, excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge & Experience
- Significant experience at a senior management/ clinical level 5 years
- Experience in working in areas of all midwifery practice. Champion for midwifery led care .
- Provide evidence of continuous personal and professional development .
- Have sound knowledge of changing trends within Maternity Services
- Be conversant with current professional issues in relation to midwifery and Key performance indicators
- Comprehension of current midwifery practice Can demonstrate application and implementation of theory to practice . Experience of participating in clinical governance initiatives
- Experience of change management
- Experience of working with service users Experience of undertaking CQC inspections
- Commitment to the organisation
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills within difficult or challenging circumstances and able to deal with difficult people and management of HR issues
- Demonstrate ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a multi -disciplinary team
- Able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates a sensitive approach to the needs of the women and their families
- Demonstrates an understanding of the dynamics of working with a team
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, assertive
- Problem solver, analytical approach
- Other
- Good general health
- Willing to work in all areas
- 24 hour rotation including participating in on call [contact details removed]
- Good sickness and absence records
- Education / Qualifications
- Registered Midwife on the live NMC Register.
- Diploma/Degree in Midwifery
- Diploma/Degree in Midwifery
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
- Evidence of professional accountability via professional portfolio
- Specialist clinical training
- Master or Working towards
- Skills & Abilities
- Experience and evidence to be able to lead, manage and supervise staff, delegating work appropriately and develop a team and act as a role model
- Experience and evidence to demonstrate ability to influence and manage change, including the promotion of evidence-based practice
- Evidence and experience in setting and monitoring standards of care on a labour ward
- Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives rules and code of conduct
- Be able to practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting Able to prioritize workload appropriately
- Excellent IT skills and a knowledge of Microsoft word, email, excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge & Experience
- Significant experience at a senior management/ clinical level 5 years
- Experience in working in areas of all midwifery practice. Champion for midwifery led care .
- Provide evidence of continuous personal and professional development .
- Have sound knowledge of changing trends within Maternity Services
- Be conversant with current professional issues in relation to midwifery and Key performance indicators
- Comprehension of current midwifery practice Can demonstrate application and implementation of theory to practice . Experience of participating in clinical governance initiatives
- Experience of change management
- Experience of working with service users Exp
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Labour ward Coordinator/flow Coordinator/bleep holder
The closing date is 25 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder will provide clinical leadership, facilitate professional development and carry continuing overall responsibility for the management and co-ordination of a team of midwives, students and support workers of a designated clinical area.
The midwife will work as part of the multidisciplinary team, liaising with professionals who impact on the care and management of clients, creating and maintain a positive learning environment in order to maximise the full potential of staff and help achieve the national targets for maternity.
Main duties of the job
To provide women and babies with a high quality, safe service in a variety of practice settings within the Maternity Unit, throughout the antenatal. Intrapartum and postnatal periods that is effectively and efficiently within available resources, as well as contribute to the delivery of the organisation's objectives.
The care will be evidence based and holistic in meeting women and birthing people's individual needs and the midwife will be expected to work autonomously within the guidelines and sphere of professional practice.
The post holder is to ensure the provision of a consistently high level of clinical leadership across the maternity unit 24/7 and promote a uni
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