Band 3 Maternity Care Assistant

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Band 3 Maternity Care Assistant to join their community team. The role involves supporting midwives, providing care to women and babies, and ensuring smooth clinic operations. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience in maternity services. Join a diverse and inclusive workplace committed to compassionate care.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Band 2 or above in a Health care setting.
• Evidence of team working and working in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of care to women and babies.
• Document all care given in accordance with Trust's guidelines.
• Assist with antenatal/postnatal clinics and appointments.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Maths GCSE Grade C or above

English GCSE Grade C or above

NVQ Level 3 in Health

UNICEF Breastfeeding Training

NHS Care Certificate

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 3 Maternity Care Assistant

The closing date is 26 May 2025

As part of our recruitment strategy, we are looking for Band 3 Maternity Care Assistant to join our community team who cover Heartlands Hospital and Solihull Hospital and the surrounding area.

The role of the Maternity Care Assistant (MCA) is to support the delivery of high-quality safe care to women and babies. The MSW will be a competent individual, working as a member of the Community Midwifery team. The MCA will work within in/direct supervision of a registered Midwife but still be guided by the midwife's expertise. The MCA will work with individual women, families and in group settings throughout the pregnancy and the postnatal period. The MCA will undertake a range of duties including personal care of women and babies, providing information and advice on self-care, infant care and initiating breastfeeding, health promotion, clerical, educational and housekeeping duties to ensure the smooth running of the Community Midwifery team.

Main duties of the job

To establish and maintain excellent interpersonal skills and effective

communication between the midwifery and multidisciplinary team, women and

their families.

To follow written and verbal instructions from the registered midwife in relation to

the care of the woman and baby.

To clearly document all care given to the woman and baby in accordance with the

Trust's guidelines, maintaining charts as necessary.

To respect the confidentiality of information at all times.

To ensure that complaints or concerns are escalated to the midwife in charge as

soon as possible.

To work in collaboration and partnership with multi agency and multidisciplinary

teams.

To assist with the preparation and organisation of a range of antenatal/postnatal

clinics.

To arrange appointments, ultrasound scans, investigations and obtain laboratory

results.

To provide specific clinical care tasks (obtain urine samples, urinalysis, obtain

microbiological specimens.

Take personal responsibility and accountability for own infection prevention and control

practice.

To support and observe the woman and baby through the antenatal, postnatal

and intrapartum period; reporting to the midwife any changes or information

concerning the wellbeing of the woman and/or baby.

To undertake maternal observations in clinic including: temperature, pulse, blood

pressure, saturations, weight and urinalysis. Report any deviations from the

normal range to the midwife.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• *Maths GCSE Grade C or above
• *English GCSE Grade C or above
• *NVQ Level 3 in Health
• *UNICEF Breastfeeding Training
• *NHS Care Certificate

Experience

• *Experience as a Band 2 or above in a Health care setting
• *Evidence of working in a complex environment
• *Evidence of team working
• *Experience of working in a Maternity service

Additional Criteria

• *Car Driver -- with clean driving licence

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.

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust