Maternity Support Worker

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in England is seeking a Maternity Support Worker to join their team. You will work closely with midwives to provide high-quality care to pregnant individuals, postnatal individuals, and newborns. Responsibilities include supporting feeding, performing observations, and maintaining ward standards. Ideal candidates will have experience in maternity care and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Ability to conduct observations and report findings.
• Experience assisting in maternity care.
• Knowledge of newborn care practices.

Responsibilities

• Undertake observations of mothers and babies and report to the midwife.
• Support mothers in establishing feeding for newborns.
• Carry out delegated tasks once training is given.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Basic medical skills

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our existing maternity support worker team on a permanent basis. As a MSW, you will work closely with our midwifery team to deliver a high standard of safe, evidence based care. You will care for pregnant people, postnatal people and new-born babies. Working with the multi-disciplinary team, you will be responsible for assisting the midwifery staff to improve and maintain high standards of safe care, health and well-being of women and their families using the maternity service.

Responsibilities

• To undertake observations of mothers and babies and report to the midwife
• To support mothers to establish feeding for their newborn baby and to facilitate informed choice
• To carry out additional tasks as delegated by the Registered Midwife and once appropriate training has been given and be able to complete all documentation and inform the midwife of findings
• Maintenance and preparation of Antenatal/postnatal ward and delivery suite environments.
• Cleaning of equipment.
• Undertake venepuncture and cannulation
• Process umbilical cord pH
• Blood glucose monitoring in women and neonates

Torbay hospital maternity unit has approximately 1800 births per year. We provide care to families from diverse backgrounds across Torbay and South Devon. We have an 8 bedded delivery suite with a bereavement room, an 19 bedded ante/postnatal ward and we also have a 2 room midwife led birth centre in Newton Abbot Hospital.