Job summary
Labour Ward Coordinator

Department: Maternity
Band: Band 7, £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum pro rata
Hours: Part time, 25 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

We are looking for an experienced midwife who will work flexibly within the core team, including rotation from days to nights. You will be expected to provide support, strong leadership and management, contributing to the wider multidisciplinary team. While coordinating the labour ward shift you will be expected to take overall responsibility for the maternity unit out of hours. The successful candidate will provide safe, personalised and compassionate care to all service users. The position requires someone who has excellent communication skills and the ability to lead and motivate people, role modelling the professional behaviours and personal values consistent with positive team working.

We are committed to an ambitious transformation of our maternity services and delivering national objectives. You will work collaboratively with all staff promoting professional standards and a positive approach to learning. In return we can offer support from a committed senior management team and continuous professional development.

We are supportive of Flexible Working and appreciate the importance of ensuring that your successful career is complemented by a work/home life balance.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Interview date: 09 November 2026

Main duties of the job
'We care, We communicate, We collaborate, We contribute'

As a Maternity Service, we pride ourselves on supporting you to fulfil your career aspirations. It is equally as important to us, as it is to you, to identify, support and fund opportunities for your career and personal development. This enables us, together, to offer the best quality of care to our service users and is also essential to your career progression.

We are excited to begin a design of our Women and Children's Hospital that will evolve with the needs of the service users and service.

If you feel you have these qualities and want to join our team, we look forward to hearing from you.

About us
Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a "Good" rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.

As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.

We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre. We have just opened the Oak Wards - a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards.

Further investment is underway, including the recently approved Women and Children's Centre, set to open by 2030.

Visit our website to explore the latest news and opportunities at MKUH.

Job responsibilities

• Ensure the smooth running of the Labour Ward on a day-to-day basis
• Maintain oversight and knowledge of management for all clinical care provided on the Labour Ward during a shift
• Act as a source of clinical support for midwifery and obstetric team
• Provide expert advice and act as a resource across the multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) ensuring appropriate use of resources and equipment to enable effective and safe provision of care

Please refer to attached Job description for further information.

Essential qualifications and knowledge

• Registered Midwife with NMC
• Degree level qualification, additional course in relevant speciality or post graduate diploma
• MSPP/ENB 998 or similar teaching qualification
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Leadership qualification or completion of leadership programme
• Completion of specialist fetal monitoring training

Desirable qualifications and knowledge

• Masters level qualification or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
• Newborn Advanced Life Support trained
• Newborn Initial Physical Examination (NIPE)
• Experience of Human Factors training

Essential experience

• Post registration clinical experience in all areas of practice, including caring for service users at high risk of complications
• Audit and risk management experience
• Evidence of implementing a change in practice
• Evidence of teaching and mentoring

Desirable experience

• Experience in HR and Management related issues
• Resource management

Essential skills

• Demonstrate leadership skills, knowledge and experience to enhance effective maternity care
• Able to act in a clinical and managerial role to support and advice others in delivering clinical care
• Clinically competent in suturing/cannulation/venepuncture
• Ability to negotiate and influence decision making
• Ability to manage difficult situations in a non-confrontational manner
• Demonstrates a good understanding of IT and technology to enable report writing, presentations, data entry and analysis
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to analyse problems and the implementation of appropriate solutions
• Motivates others and demonstrates enthusiasm for the clinical specialty
• In depth knowledge of midwifery, current issues in health service/profession

Desirable skills

• To have an understanding of resource management and budget control.

Essential personal and people development

• Ability to motivate and innovate other staff in a climate of change with a flexibility and willingness to embrace change management
• Ability to undertake clinical assessment and individual performance review of staff.
• Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the assessment process for students and of creating a positive learning environment

Essential communication

• Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations
• Recognising when staff may require further debriefing following adverse events.
• Evidence of excellent documentation and written skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Labour Ward (Dept), Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

For questions about the job, contact: Labour ward and Triage Matron Michelle Shepherd, Michelle.Shepherd@mkuh.nhs.uk

Date posted: 16 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year Per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 430-8WC-202510-225

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