Job Description

Exciting Opportunity:

Labour Ward Manager at Sherwood Forest Hospitals



We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join us as a Labour Ward Manager at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will be pivotal in supporting and co-ordinating the department and supporting the team in delivering a high standard of evidence-based care for women, birthing people and their families.



You will provide clinical and professional leadership to midwifery, nursing and support workers, maximising job satisfaction for the team. You will be central in providing a specialist and advanced contribution to the provision of maternity services and maximising job satisfaction for the team.



The successful candidate will work within a multi disciplinary team to ensure women receive seamless maternity care. They will also provide a specialist and advanced contribution to the provision of maternity services ensuring delivery of high calibre care and efficient use of facilities, manpower and other resources.



If you are ready to take on a rewarding role within a supportive team, we want to hear from you. Join us in making a positive impact on the lives of mothers and their families!



To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.



We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.



We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.



We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.



To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.



Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa:

eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK



Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9 th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.