Job summary
Employer heading
Community Maternity Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
The role of the Maternity Support Worker (MSW) in the Community is to support the community midwifery team with the delivery of high quality care to all women in the antenatal period and to all mothers and their babies in the postnatal period.
This will involve providing direct care to women and their babies. The role also focuses on providing education around good parenting models and enabling women and their partners to care for their babies independently and effectively.
The community MSW will be required to work alone in the women’s home and other community settings supported by the Trust’s Lone Worker Policy. The MSW will work under the direction of a qualified midwife who will remain accountable for the care provided. The MSW will be responsible for her actions and omissions. This will be achieved by the performance of specific care tasks, carried out after successfully completing a programme of formal training and assessment. In addition, the role will encompass clerical duties including basic use of the computer.
The community maternity support worker may be required to work at weekends as required by the community midwifery service.
Main duties of the job
You will provide direct care to women and their babies. The role also focuses on providing education around good parenting models and enabling women and their partners to care for their babies independently and effectively.
You will contribute to the success of the multidisciplinary team in delivering an excellent, professional and compassionate maternity service to women, babies and their families.
As a community Maternity Support Worker you will help to ensure that the experience of the Trust of women, babies and their families is a positive and one.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- On-site Nurseries
- On-site staff cafes
- On-site parking
- Support in career development
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a professional and sympathetic manner under the direct and indirect supervision of the community midwife.
· Working within the community team to ensure excellent collaborative working and achieve a high standard of care.
· Delivering care to women and babies to assist them in their daily living activities within the home environment and liaising promptly with the assigned midwife any concerns with regards to the mother and baby’s well being.
· Developing knowledge and understanding of the needs of the newborn baby and give practical support to mothers with the care of their babies such as bathing, weighting and cord care.
· Assisting women in their chosen method of infant feeding.
· Assisting the community midwives with antenatal clinics and Parent Education Classes.
· Alerting appropriate personnel to Safeguarding concerns
· Developing relevant clerical and IT skills to support the needs of the community midwifery team.
· Will be to carry out the full role as a Band 3 Maternity Support Worker Lone worker in homes, community hubs and a variety of sites, develop and maintain skills in the agreed competencies
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Care Certificate
- UK Driving License
Essential
Essential criteria
- Experience in a role involving caring for others or providing customer services
- Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives
- Understanding of role of the Community Maternity Support Worker
Desirable criteria
- Further Healthcare Training
- BFI/Infant Feeding Experience or Training
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
- Katie Spiers
- Job title
- Community Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01932722413
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Ashford Hospital
London Road
Ashford
Middlesex
TW15 3AA
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