Neonatal Maternity Assistant

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

To provide effective, evidence-based care to the new-born in the designated clinical area under the indirect supervision of registered practitioners. The individual will be required to plan, organise, and deliver clinical care as agreed with the supervising practitioner. The post holder will continue to develop and undertake a range of delegated tasks and delegated authority and will report to a Registered Practitioner. The staff member is to provide high quality individualised infant care of neonates gestational age of 34+0 and over.

1. Will be able to perform and plot neonatal clinical observations, to include the monitoring and recording of the following vital signs: Temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure and oxygen saturation.
2. Escalate any deviation from normal behaviour or vital signs to the Midwife in charge/ Paediatrician.
3. Perform and record neonatal blood glucose levels utilising blood glucose monitoring equipment. Escalate any deviation from normal Midwife in charge/ Paediatrician.
4. Demonstrate an awareness of implications of any abnormal findings and reporting thereof.
5. Perform capillary blood samples for blood sugar, serum bilirubin and PKU.
6. Calculate fluid volumes.
7. Care for IV Cannula.
8. Obtain requested neonatal specimens and ensure transportation to appropriate pathology department.
9. Demonstrate knowledge in line with BFI (Breast Feeding Initiative) and be able to assist mothers to breastfeed, cup feed and bottle feed when necessary or instructed.
10. Assist mothers to express breast milk and care for the equipment required.
11. Take infants to Neonatal Unit for administration of IV antibiotics at the specified time required.
12. Provide appropriate care for an infant receiving phototherapy.
13. Able to set up Phototherapy lights and Bilisoft Phototherapy Blanket
14. Use heated mattresses to assist infant to maintain temperature control.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

**We run major acute services at**:

- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.



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