Band 3 Maternity Care Support Worker

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Band 3 Maternity Support Worker to join our community team. You will support midwives, nurses, nursery nurses and doctors to care for women and babies across antenatal clinics, theatres, and in-patient wards, including the labour ward.

A valid driving licence and access to a car are essential. As part of the maternity unit rotation, you will work under guidance from practitioners from across the

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for women and babies in a care setting.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills required.
• Flexible approach to working in any maternity area.

Responsibilities

• Assist in caring for women and babies within required competencies alongside practitioners.
• Be aware of emotional and physical needs and provide support in conjunction with the midwife.
• Serve as a point of contact for women and their families and provide clinical, physical, psychological and emotional care and support.
• Undertake routine clerical duties to support the midwifery team.

Skills

Care experience

Numeracy

Literacy

Driving license

Job description

BHRUT maternity department is looking to recruit an enthusiastic band 3 maternity support workers with previous experience in the care industry to join our community team. You will be supporting Midwives, nurses, nursery nurses and Doctors to provide care to the women and babies in the department. The successful candidate will be part of the maternity unit rotation working in all clinical areas. This includes the maternity antenatal clinics and maternity theatres as well as the in-patient ward areas and labour ward. You should have previous experience of working with the public. A good standard of numeracy and literacy and a flexible approach to work in any area of maternity. You main roles and responsibilities whilst working alongside the registered health care professionals would be to assist in the provision of care to women and their babies, during ante-natal, delivery and postnatal period. Please note - a valid driving license and access to a car is essential for this post.

• To work alongside, but under the guidance of practitioners at all levels from across the maternity multidisciplinary team, assisting in caring for the needs of women and their babies, within required competencies.
• To be aware of emotional and physical needs of women and their babies, providing appropriate support in conjunction with the midwife.
• To serve as a point of contact for women and their families and provide clinical, physical, psychological and emotional care and support.
• They report directly to registered practitioners where planned care and tasks delegated by a registered or level 4 practitioner has been provided. Undertake routine clerical duties to ensure the smooth running of the midwifery team.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

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