Job overview
The maternity support worker is expected to undertake an agreed range of extended skills to support the midwifery service including weekends and nights. The midwife will be responsible for all care and supervision; whilst the maternity support worker will not always work under direct and immediate supervision, the task being done must be within the framework of a care plan. The maternity support worker will be an effective member of the team and will provide support in a kind, considerate and professional manner to the woman and her family in providing holistic care. There may be occasions when the maternity support worker is required to work in other areas within the maternity department; whilst at all times working under the direction of the midwife present within the department
The Trust supports personal development and career progression.
We would like you to join us if you are hardworking, dependable and good team player.
Main duties of the job
- Work as part of the inpatient Maternity team across both the Maternity ward and the Delivery suite
- Undertake Newborn blood spot screening and SBR tests for any eligible babies
- Assess jaundice in newborn babies, including performing TCB tests and commencing phototherapy
- Perform basic observations, urinalysis and phlebotomy if required
- Perform basic observations on babies and escalate any deviations from the norm when appropriate
- Assist with Maternity theatre cases
- Give competent SBAR handovers to members of the team within your remit
- Perform basic IT functions, documenting on our Badgernet system contemporaneously, the care given to women and babies
- Assist the midwife in any basic tasks that need undertaking
- Keeping areas and equipment clean and tidy
- Stocking up store rooms, rooms and trolleys with appropriate resources and equipment
- Support the wider team however required, eg running simple errands and telephones
- Work alongside the midwife to recognise those women who may need urgent attention and help escalate accordingly
- Assist with infant feeding, using the BFI initiatives and participating in upholding our Gold accreditation, supporting new mothers with their feeding choice
- Supporting women and babies in the immediate post- natal period, ensuring alongside the midwives, maternal and fetal wellbeing
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
FURTHER INFORMATION
- PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE STATED CLOSING DATE IF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE**
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If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good all round education to GCSE level or equivalent
- Care certificate
Desirable criteria
- Further relevant training
Skills and experience
Essential criteria
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Maternity
- Extended skills, e.g. phlebotomy, ECG
- Experience of working in triage/transitional care
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Effective team worker
- Able to use own initiative
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Familiar with the use of IT systems e.g. Badgernet, iPM, iCM, iClip
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