Rotational Maternity Care Assistant

NHS; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn seeks a Rotational Maternity Care Assistant to enhance maternity service delivery. Applicants should possess a Level 2 Diploma in Healthcare and relevant qualifications like GCSEs and a Care Certificate. This position involves direct patient care in close supervision of registered practitioners while supporting maternity services effectively.

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs level grade A-C (or equivalent)
• Care Certificate
• NVQ 2 or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Provide the highest standards of patient care within maternity services.
• Assist in any clinical area within the Maternity Department as needed.
• Support the implementation of continuity of carer pathways.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Numeracy Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

5 GCSEs grade A-C or equivalent

Care Certificate

NVQ 2 or equivalent

Job description

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Rotational Maternity Care Assistant

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Job summary

As the successful post holder, you will be expected to work towards Level 2 Diploma in Healthcare and the Care Certificate.

Band 2 Maternity Care Assistant uses general skill to enhance the service offered to woman and their families across a range of aspects of maternity service delivery under the close supervision of a registrant, ordinarily a midwife or Band 4 Maternity Support Worker practitioner.

Level 2 Maternity Care Assistants work alongside the registered practitioners and other members of the maternity care team, who provide direct delivery of care to woman and their families accessing hospital based services. Band 2 Maternity Care Assistants may undertake basic care tasks, as part of routine care for women and their babies and for which they have been appropriately trained. Where they do so, they will follow planned care programmes whilst being closely supervised by a registered or Level 4 practitioner

Main duties of the job

Under the direction of the Registered Midwife, you work with all members of the multi-disciplinary team, to provide the highest standards of patient care within maternity services.

The Maternity Care Assistant may be required to assist in any clinical area within the Maternity Department in response to Service demand.

In addition to this, you will be required to support the maternity services in the implementation and delivery of continuity of carer pathways in line with the Better Birth reports recommendations.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

• General education: 5 GCSEs level grade A-C (or equivalent *Functional Skills in Maths and English)
• Care Certificate
• NVQ 2 or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of working with people or within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Previous Health and Social Care experience

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

• Inspires others and leads by example
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to provide holistic maternity care support
• Calculation and numeracy skills
• Good organisational skills
• Clear understanding of confidentiality
• Ability to follow instructions and procedures
• Ability to work as Part of a Multi-disciplinary team

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.

Employer name

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT