• Job Description

  Req#: C9321-25-1098?language=en&page=567&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Band 7 Delivery Suite Ward Manager

  As the Band 7 Delivery Suite Ward Manager, you will have continuing responsibility while on duty to manage the Delivery Suite. This includes assessing care needs, developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes of care, and setting high standards. You will be at the forefront of innovative and evidence-based midwifery practice, providing professional leadership and supporting a passionate clinical team. The clinical element of this role focuses on intrapartum care, and is flexible to the post holder's skill set.

  Main duties of the job

  Role Summary:

  • Manage the Delivery Suite, ensuring exceptional care for all patients
  • Develop, implement, and evaluate care programmes
  • Set and maintain high standards of midwifery practice
  • Provide professional leadership and support to the clinical team
  • Oversee a dedicated team of staff, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
  • Collaborate closely with other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive care
  • Maintain a positive and effective learning environment for students and new staff members
  • Support the Director of Midwifery/Clinical Midwifery Matron in achieving strategic objectives
  • Act as the intrapartum team lead to cover the Spires co-located MLU and Delivery Suite

  About us

  Here in Oxfordshire, we offer women and healthcare professionals a unique set up of our Maternity Services where around 7200 babies are born annually. We have 4 stand-alone Midwifery Led Birth units within the county based at Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage and Wallingford as well as offering home births to all areas. There is also an integrated birth unit where around 10% of birthing people choose to go in labour. As a large Tertiary hospital, the John Radcliffe offers a large Delivery Suite with an en-suite birthing pool room, 3 Maternity theatres and a specific Maternity Recovery Ward. There are specialist services such as the Fetal and Maternal Medicine Team and Bereavement Team.

  For those working with us, we have a named Maternity Psychologist 3 days a week to support all staff, as well as an ever-expanding team of Professional Midwifery Advocates to provide pastoral support. For those wishing to develop their careers and skills, we have a core Practice Development Team who can guide staff with their career options and development opportunities. We strive to ensure every member of our team feels valued and to have the confidence to speak up and be heard.

  We truly believe that supporting our staff to feel happy and well-supported within their work environment, will ensure the best quality of care for the birthing people who access our services.

  Details

  Date posted

  15 August 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £47,810 to £54,710 a year Per Annum / Pro Rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  321-SW-7382206-B7

  Job locations

  Delivery Suite, Womens Centre John Radcliffe

  Headley Way

  Oxford

  OX3 9DU

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Descriptions for Delivery Suite Manager The post holder will work clinically within intrapartum care when service needs require.

  If you are passionate about Intrapartum Maternity Services, eager to make a meaningful impact, and ready to support staff in upholding the Trust's core values, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and take the next exciting step in your midwifery career!

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Descriptions for Delivery Suite Manager The post holder will work clinically within intrapartum care when service needs require.

  If you are passionate about Intrapartum Maternity Services, eager to make a meaningful impact, and ready to support staff in upholding the Trust's core values, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and take the next exciting step in your midwifery career!

  Person Specification

  Professional Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered MIdwife with NMC
  • Has a Midwifery or Nursing degree or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of ongoing education development
  • Significant experience within intrapartum care

  Desirable

  • 3 years experience as a midwife
  • Management/Leadership qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of clinical midwifery experience acquired through practice
  • Recent intrapartum experience
  • Ability to manage complex caseload
  • Able to work as an advocate for women, families, and colleagues

  Skills and Aptitude

  Essential

  • Demonstrable professional leadership and negotiating skills
  • Ability to undertake audit
  • IT skills i.e., report writing and data entry and analysis as necessary

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of safe staffing and roster software

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Highly self-motivated, positive and enthusiastic
  • Leadership skills and ability to motivate a team
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with the multi-professional team
  • Able to support staff to make judgements about clinical situations
  • Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Detailed knowledge of current UK midwifery Issues
  • Understanding of wider NHS agenda and drivers for change
  • Knowledge of clinical governance processes

  Person Specification

  Professional Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered MIdwife with NMC
  • Has a Midwifery or Nursing degree or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of ongoing education development
  • Significant experience within intrapartum care

  Desirable

  • 3 years experience as a midwife
  • Management/Leadership qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of clinical midwifery experience acquired through practice
  • Recent intrapartum experience
  • Ability to manage complex caseload
  • Able to work as an advocate for women, families, and colleagues

  Skills and Aptitude

  Essential

  • Demonstrable professional leadership and negotiating skills
  • Ability to undertake audit
  • IT skills i.e., report writing and data entry and analysis as necessary

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of safe staffing and roster software

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Highly self-motivated, positive and enthusiastic
  • Leadership skills and ability to motivate a team
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with the multi-professional team
  • Able to support staff to make judgements about clinical situations
  • Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Detailed knowledge of current UK midwifery Issues
  • Understanding of wider NHS agenda and drivers for change
  • Knowledge of clinical governance processes

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Delivery Suite, Womens Centre John Radcliffe

  Headley Way

  Oxford

  OX3 9DU

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Delivery Suite, Womens Centre John Radcliffe

  Headley Way

  Oxford

  OX3 9DU

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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