Maternity Support Worker – Neonatal & Family Care

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust; Florida; On-site; USD 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Maternity Support Worker to join the QEQM Maternity team. You will provide fundamental personal care to mothers and neonates and support parents during the transition to their new family unit, under supervision by Registered Midwives.

Role includes basic clinical tasks such as recording vital observations, glucose monitoring, wound checks, cannula removal and catheter removal.

Responsibilities

• Providing fundamental personal care to mothers and neonates including bathing, toileting and dressing.
• Supporting parents during the transition to the new family unit.
• Assisting with infant feeding needs.
• Undertaking delegated clinical skills such as taking and recording vital observations, glucose monitoring, wound observations and simple wound dressings.
• Removal of peripheral cannula, phlebotomy and catheter removal as appropriate.
• Completing pregnancy testing and routine maternal/neonatal observations where appropriate to support the maternity team.

Job description

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Maternity Support Worker to join the QEQM Maternity team. You will provide fundamental personal care to mothers and neonates and support parents during the transition to their new family unit, under supervision by Registered Midwives.

Role includes basic clinical tasks such as recording vital observations, glucose monitoring, wound checks, cannula removal and catheter removal.