Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent: pro rata per annum
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 343-6357759-UB-RB-Y-C
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £28,622 - £30,225 pro rata per annum pa incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Maternity Support Worker - St Helier
Band 3
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
The maternity support worker is expected to undertake an agreed range of extended skills to support the community midwifery team service including weekends. 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
Main duties of the job
Duties of the Post
- Work in the community Midwifery team and when needed can work across in the inpatient area as needed.
- Undertake Day 5 Newborn blood spot screening and TcB screening on jaundice babies in the community.
- Perform basic observations, urinalysis and phlebotomy if required
- Perform basic observations on babies and escalate any deviations from the norm when appropriate
- 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
- Please note it is a requirement for this position that you hold a valid driving licence and have your own vehicle.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Thank you for your interest in this role. Please see attached Job description for further details of the maternity support worker role.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Good all round education to GSCE or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Further relevant training
Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical NHS Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Maternity
- Extended skills eg 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 eg Badgernet, IPM, ICM
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Patience Ohikhena
- Job title
- Matron for Antenatal and Comm Midwifery Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07975232022
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