Maternity Support Worker

4 months ago


Bedford, United Kingdom Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a maternity support worker to join our team at Bedford Hospital and Community services.

The role involves working across both the community and hospital bases, assisting the midwifery staff in providing care and support for women, their babies and their families.

This role is varied and rewarding and its a great chance to be part of a hardworking and close knit team working to promote individualised care specific to the needs of the woman and her baby, whilst supporting the midwife in their role.

This valued role uses additional skills to those of band 2 Maternity care assistant.

You will be focusing on aspects of maternity care to enhance the experiences of women and their families.

You will be working alongside, but under the guidance of practitioners at all levels from across the multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to midwives; obstetricians; ultra-sonographers; physiotherapists and advanced nurse practitioners.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.

To actively participate in the recognition and prevention of maternal illness and respond effectively in an emergency.

To assist mothers with postnatal exercises.

To arrange and process microbiological specimens.

To obtain maternal capillary blood sample for glucose analysis, in line with Trust policy and guidelines.

To independent undertaking venepuncture in line with national standards and local policy.

To independently remove epidural catheter.

To use the Haemacue, when asked, to assess the haemoglobin level of a
woman, in line with national standards and local policy.

Following appropriate training to undertake group health promotion teaching as agreed with ward/ departmental managers, in line with national frameworks and initiatives.

To actively participate in the recognition and prevention of domestic abuse, both physical and mental, reporting any suspicions to the ward manager.

To promote healthy life styles, including smoking cessation, exercise and diet, drug misuse in line with national recommendations and Government initiatives.

To undertake routine postoperative care, within Trust and local policies and
guidelines.


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