Maternity Support Worker (Band 3)

Integrated Care System; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading integrated care system is seeking experienced Maternity Support Workers to join the Maternity team at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves supporting midwives in delivering high-quality care to women, babies, and their families, with a flexible work environment and a focus on teamwork and communication.

Qualifications

• Recent relevant experience in a healthcare setting.
• Experience communicating with the public and working in a team.
• Experience supporting new parents and breastfeeding.

Responsibilities

• Assisting midwives in the Maternity Unit and community health settings.
• Maintaining confidentiality and safety in the workplace.
• Providing health education to women and families.

Skills

Organisational skills

Excellent writing skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Advanced clinical skills

IT skills including Microsoft

Ability to use The Trust IT systems

Education

GCSE or equivalent in Literacy and Numeracy

NVQ level 2 in Care

NVQ level 3 in care/ health and social care

Job description

We currently have vacancies for a full time, permanent contract within our Maternity team at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, predominantly based within the antenatal outpatient clinic for experienced Maternity Support Workers. You will be supporting the midwives in the provision of high quality, individualised care to women, babies and their families.

Successful applicants will be predominately based within the hospital setting, but there may be potential to work in the community if the need arises

Airedale is an award winning integrated Trust in a beautiful location providing genuine opportunities for a great work-life balance. Our patients are at the heart of everything we do and we ensure they receive the highest quality of care guided by our Trust values and Right Care behaviours. We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our friendly team. Applicants must have experience of working with people in a care setting, be reliable, flexible, able to work in a team, able to work effectively under pressure prioritising own work loads and also possess excellent communication skills.

Main duties of the job

• Assisting midwives and Consultant Obstetricians working within the Maternity Unit, community health settings and women's own homes
• IT system under the direction of the midwife following appropriate training
• To maintain confidentiality with regard to patients and their conditions
• To be involved in the promotion and support of breastfeeding To support parents who have chosen to formula feed to do this as safely as possible
• After appropriate training provide health education advice and information to women and families.
• To be aware of the security systems within the hospital and assist in maintaining a safe and secure environment for clients, new born and staff.
• To maintain a safe working environment, reporting incidents, accidents and complaints. To give regard to their own safety when working alone in the community
• To report any deviations from normal in either mothers or babies to trained staff that may require further midwifery or medical intervention.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings
• To be courteous and considerate to patients and their families at all times

About us

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.

Job responsibilities

For a full Detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification attached to this position.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent in Literacy and Numeracy
• NVQ level 2 in Care ( or equivalent)
• NVQ level 3 in care/ health and social care (or equivalent)
• NVQ Assessor or equivalent
• IT skills including Microsoft

Experience

• Recent relevant experience in a healthcare setting
• Communicating with the public
• Experience of teamwork
• Previous experience working within a hospital setting.
• Experience of supporting new parents generally & new mothers with breastfeeding

Skills

• Organisational skills
• Excellent writing skills
• Ability to use The Trust IT systems
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Advanced clinical skills, incl. venepuncture, taking and recording maternal observations, urinalysis
• Car driver- hold a full UK license

Knowledge

• Have an understanding of working in an acute NHS Trust
• Have an understanding of the risk management issues which may arise
• Breastfeeding training course/ breastfeeding peer support

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.

£24,625 to £25,674 a yearPro Rata Per Annum