Maternity Support Worker
6 months ago
Are you passionate about providing care to women and their families? We have an the opportunity for MSW’s to join our postnatal ward or community.
- To work as a member of the maternity team, supporting the midwifery staff and assisting the care needs of women and their babies
- To provide support and guidance to junior colleagues
- Be able to work in a flexible manner regarding hospital/community placement and shift patterns depending on the needs of the service
- Will contribute to on-going assessment and recognise when it is necessary to refer to others for reassessment or for expert help and advice
Following completion of a competency framework, conduct clinical skills below independently under the indirect supervision of a registered practitioner.
You will be paid Band 2 until completion of competency framework.
In addition to the roles and responsibilities of a Maternity Healthcare Assistant (MHCA Band 2) a MSW, Band 3, may undertake the following tasks(also under the indirect supervision of a registered practitioner).
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence®designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Support of the mother and birthing partner
- Obtain capillary sample of maternal blood for glucose analysis
- Cannulation
- Perform Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Process fetal scalp/umbilical pH
- Assist mothers with postnatal exercises
- Inform parents about the benefits of breastfeeding
- Position and comfort of breastfeeding women including the position and attachment of the baby
- Support women with hand expression of breast milk.
- Assist women to use breast pumps
- Support mothers to cup feed
- Support women with their choice of infant feeding
- Discuss changing stool and micturition of normal neonate.
- Trained in Venepuncture
Care of baby
- Assist midwife with neonatal resuscitation (collecting and/or passing equipment).
- Describe, undertake, document vital signs of the normal neonate: temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate and oxygen saturation and where appropriate, escalate to a midwife.
- Daily baby checks
- Following initial assessment by a midwife and their development of a care plan, undertake routine healthy baby observations in the hospital and community reporting any abnormalities to the midwife.
- Obtain capillary sample of blood via heel prick.
- Perform day 5 neonatal examination and Newborn blood spot
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
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