Job requirements
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge and Skills
Leadership skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Assertiveness skills
- Knowledge and Skills
People management skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Good interpersonal/communication and listening skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Possess advanced clinical skills in relation to intrapartum care
- Knowledge and Skills
Proven ability to shift co-ordinate with competence and confidence
- Knowledge and Skills
IT skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Venepuncture and cannulation skills
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Registered Midwife
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Evidence of study at Level 6
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Evidence of ongoing development
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Broad experience of midwifery practice with desire to work on delivery suite
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge and experience of Trust policies
- Knowledge and Skills
Audit and research skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of issues relating to human resource management
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Completion of mentorship course
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Evidence of study at Level 7
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Evidence of working in all areas with recent delivery suite experience
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of a Delivery Suite Co-ordinator to join the Maternity Team at Wirral Women and Children's Hospital.
Wirral Women and Children’s Hospital provides care for approximately 3,300 low and high-risk women per year, encompassed within the unit is a Level 3 Unit for Neonatal Services, Children’s Services and Women’s Unit.
We have a reputation for innovation in providing high-quality care to low and high-risk women in a hospital/community setting.
Main duties of the job
The Delivery Suite Co-ordinator will become part of an established team of Band 7 midwives.
Their role includes shift leading on the main Delivery Suite area, the alongside Midwifery Led Unit (Eden Suite), the Induction of Labour bay (Harmony Suite) and Maternity Triage or working in the midwifery numbers on the delivery suite on a shift by shift basis.
The successful candidate will work leading teams of rotational midwives and support staff that work across the maternity unit each shift, working closely with the multidisciplinary teams across maternity to provide safe, high quality care.
You will work closely with the Delivery Suite Manager to provide management support for the effective running of the Delivery Suite and providing leadership and clinical care in Maternity Triage.
Out of hours the Co-ordinator will hold the maternity bleep and manage unit acuity and staffing across maternity.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Delivery Suite Co-ordinator Midwife position available at WUTH.
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 Delivery Suite Co-ordinator Midwife with Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Upton, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Coordinator (discipline unspecified) role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Oct 2026.
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