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Job requirements
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Evidence of significant experience in midwifery practice and leadership with demonstrable achievements in: • changing clinical practice • developing staff • organisational change • leadership • teaching
- Skills and aptitudes
Expert knowledge of midwifery
- Skills and aptitudes
Expert knowledge of caring for women in the acute labour ward and maternity triage
- Skills and aptitudes
Expert knowledge of interpretation of CTG readings in all clinical settings.
- Skills and aptitudes
Expert knowledge on intermittent auscultation of the fetal heart.
- Skills and aptitudes
Demonstrable experience of managing time effectively.
- Skills and aptitudes
Work on own initiative and as part of a wider team.
- Skills and aptitudes
Demonstrable leadership skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Organisation, management skills & Team building skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to influence, motivate and inspire others
- Skills and aptitudes
Negotiating and ability to resolve conflict
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to manage change
- Skills and aptitudes
Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to network across the organisation and externally
- Royal Free shared commitments
Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.
- Personal qualities and attributes
Can work under pressure
- Personal qualities and attributes
Advanced IT Skills
- Personal qualities and attributes
Able to cope with unpredictable work
- Education and professional qualifications
Registered Midwife
- Education and professional qualifications
Educated to degree level or equivalent with evidence of further professional development
- Education and professional qualifications
Mentorship Qualification
Desirable
11 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Evidence of innovative practice that involves research and or audit
- Skills and aptitudes
Knowledge of quality standard setting and audit
- Skills and aptitudes
Research skills
- Personal qualities and attributes
Calm
- Personal qualities and attributes
Motivated
- Personal qualities and attributes
Professional
- Personal qualities and attributes
Ability to communicate effectively both individually and to large groups
- Personal qualities and attributes
Experience of service planning and managing change
- Education and professional qualifications
Examination of the newborn
- Education and professional qualifications
High dependency course
- Education and professional qualifications
Leadership qualification/courses
Job overview
North Middlesex Maternity: "A career in Midwifery, not just a job.”
At North Middlesex we have a well equipped Delivery Suite & triage which offers care to women from Enfield and Haringey who come from a diverse range of backgrounds. We care for many women with complex needs which creates a challenging environment and provides a great opportunity for learning and development within a supportive and learning-focused team.
We are looking for an experienced, dynamic midwife to co-ordinate and lead shifts on our Delivery suite & triage, working collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team and management to provide a high-standard of safe, women-centred care.
Here at North Middlesex maternity, we can offer you a career, not just a job. Our midwives are supported in their learning and development to help them to reach their full potential. This includes secondment opportunities within specialist teams, shadowing opportunities with members of the senior team, leadership programmes fellowship
Main duties of the job
The role is multifaceted and will require an ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining safety of women and staff at all times. The postholder will need a high level of clinical experience and must act as a role model and supervisor to junior staff and students and set the tone for a healthy and safe work culture.
The role involves coordinating shifts on the labour ward & triage, assessing acuity, prioritising and delegating appropriately, being mindful of skill mix and other unit pressures, escalating concerns as required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Band 7 Rotational Labour Ward & Triage Coordinator with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Coordinator (discipline unspecified) role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 per annum pro rata inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent: shift work. The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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