Maternity Support Worker (UHL Birth Centre)

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust invites applications for Maternity Support Workers in the University Hospital Lewisham Birth Centre. You will support women/birthing people and families in a home-from-home environment, working with a multi-professional team.

Experience in maternity or paediatric care is preferred, with the ability to work independently and provide breast feeding support within national and trust guidelines.

Qualifications

• Have previous maternity/ paediatric experience of at least 1 year (NOT work experience).
• Be able to work independently providing care for low-risk women/birthing people.
• Be able to perform neonatal observations and recognise deviations from normal.
• Be competent in providing breast feeding support.
• Be keen to be part of a family-focused maternity team.
• Be aware of clinical guidelines and best practices in the Birth Centre.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in clinical areas including delivery rooms, theatre, equipment, beds and stock.
• Assist the midwives in care antenatally, during labour and postnatally.
• Provide 24-hour cover for the unit with flexibility to move within team areas.
• Support clients with general personal hygiene needs as required.
• Assist in providing food and drink if required.
• Observe and report deviations in wellbeing of women/birthing people and babies.
• Provide parenting advice within your knowledge about baby's wellbeing and safety.
• Support feeding of babies and give advice per guidelines.
• Maintain accurate records in clinical records.
• Escort patients to different clinical areas within the unit.
• Be asked to complete neonatal observations as required.
• Be available to act as a chaperone when needed.

Skills

Neonatal observations

Breast feeding support

Independent working

Maternity/paediatric experience 1 year

Job description

At Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, we have fantastic new opportunities for Maternity Support Workers to join our Multi-Professional Team, within the University Hospital Lewisham Birth Centre, in its deliverance of high quality care to our women/birthing people and their families.

If you have the experience below, we would like your help in supporting women/birthing people and their families in a home-from-home environment.

Working in our beautiful spacious birthing rooms your role will involve being supportive of both women/birthing people and midwives. We have a small team of staff who rely on each other for help and support., You will:

be required to maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene within all clinical areas i.e. cleaning delivery rooms, theatre, equipment, making beds and keeping a good stock supply.

assist the midwives in the care of women/birthing people antenatally, during labour and postnatally to ensure that planned programmes of care are provided.

You will participate in the provision of 24-hour cover for the unit, including flexibility to move within team areas as the service requires.

participate in maintaining the general personal hygiene needs of clients where required.

assist in the provision food and drink if required.

be aware of the general condition and wellbeing of women/birthing people and babies by close observation and report any deviation from the norm immediately to a qualified member of the multi-professional team.

provide appropriate advice, within your level of knowledge, to parents on aspects of parenting in relation to the baby's wellbeing and safety.

be pro-active in supporting clients in feeding their babies and give them the advice and assistance they require according to the national and trust guidelines.

maintain accurate records of all care provision in the clinical records.

escort patients to different clinical areas within the unit if required.

bbe asked to complete neonatal observations, as required.

You may need to act as a chaperone.

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Have previous maternity/ paediatric experience of at least 1 year (NOT work experience) to be considered for this role.

Be able to work independently providing care for low-risk women/birthing people

Be able to perform neonatal observations and recognise deviations from normal.

Be competent in providing breast feeding support

Be keen to be part of a family-focussed maternity team

This role comprises working within a Multi - Professional Team delivering high quality care to women/birthing people and their families. This will include providing care and support to postnatal women/birthing people and their babies, phlebotomy, breast feeding support and advice, and maintenance of essential equipment.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations