Elective Caesarean Recovery Nurse – Maternity Team

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Midwife/Support worker to join the Elective Caesarean Midwifery Team. You will deliver safe perioperative care for women/childbearing people and support neonatal care and infant feeding. Role requires NMC registration and is based at Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Interview date is scheduled for Tuesday 3 November 2026. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, assist in pre-op assessments, and contribute to quality improvement and

Qualifications

• Provide clinical care during pre-op assessments and support post-surgical recovery.
• Administer prescribed medicines.
• Participate in pre-op assessments with the Anaesthetic Team after appropriate training.
• Assist the midwifery team to provide neonatal care after relevant training.
• Provide and/or support emergency maternal and neonatal care following training.
• Support best practice around infant feeding.
• Transfer and handover to postnatal wards.
• Support coordination and flow of the operating list, reporting issues.
• Contribute to Newborn Security measures during maternity.
• Support quality improvement and maternity audit cycles.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care during pre-op assessments and to support post-surgical recovery.
• Administration of prescribed medicines.
• After appropriate training, participate in pre-op assessments with the Anaesthetic Team.
• Assisting the midwifery team to provide neonatal care after relevant training.
• Provision and/or support of emergency maternal and neonatal care following appropriate training.
• Supporting best practice around infant feeding.
• Transfer and handover of women/birthing people to the postnatal ward teams.
• Supporting coordination and flow of the operating list, raising and reporting clinical and operational issues.
• Actively support and participate in Newborn Security measures throughout maternity.
• Contribute to Patient First quality improvement and maternity audit cycles.
• Contribute to the effective management of resources.

Skills

Preoperative assessment support

Neonatal care

Infant feeding support

Medicines administration

Team collaboration

Education

NMC Registration

Job description

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Midwife/Support worker to join the Elective Caesarean Midwifery Team. You will deliver safe perioperative care for women/childbearing people and support neonatal care and infant feeding. Role requires NMC registration and is based at Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Interview date is scheduled for Tuesday 3 November 2026. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, assist in pre-op assessments, and contribute to quality improvement and