Birth Centre coordinator

Job overview

The post holder has responsibility for the management and co-ordination of a midwifery team / clinical and specialist area.  This includes the deployment, supervision and teaching of junior midwives  and  students.

Main duties of the job

The overall objective of the post holder is to work as a clinical and managerial leader taking responsibility for the co-ordination of a team of midwives in clinical area within the hospital, women with both low and high risk providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care.

This includes homebirth services and midwifery led care services.

The post holder, in conjunction with the Clinical Midwifery Manager / Modern Matron, is responsible for leading change in clinical practice, providing high quality twenty four hour midwifery care within available resources and enacting the maternity unit’s risk management policy, facilitating the implementation of Clinical Governance within the maternity unit and in the community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• 1.    Professional RESPONSIBILITIES 2.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS 3.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT 4.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES 5.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEADING AND MANAGING 6.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES 7.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

8. COMMUNICATION

9. Education

10 . Health and safety

Please see attached Job description for more details