Maternity Support Worker

7 months ago

Wigan, United Kingdom Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Maternity Support Workers

This will be based in the In
- patient service which includes Delivery suite, Maternity ward and Maternity Triage & Antenatal Day Assessment Unit.

We are looking for somebody to work 37.5 hours a week, internal rotation including days / nights, worked over 7 days.

This post would be an ideal opportunity for those people that are self
- motivated, enthusiastic, flexible and organised to support the delivery of high quality care to mothers and newborns during their antenatal, intra-partum, and postnatal care. You will have a passion for maternity care, and will work closely with and be supported by a team of midwives.

There are opportunities for development in this role and this will be supported by the Senior Maternity Support Worker for education and development.

The maternity support worker (MSW) will work as part of the midwifery team as delegated by a registered midwife to support and develop the maternity service both in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. The post holder will work within the outpatient area, this will include the antenatal clinic and community setting. The MSW will be expected to work both independently with individual women and their families and in conjunction with the midwife; this may include group settings providing tailored parent education sessions or in conjunction with the midwife. The post holder will play a key role in supporting women to receive optimum care, implementing plans of care devised by a midwife to pregnant women, post-natal women and new born babies.

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘ happy staff, makes for happy patients ’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values ‘ the WWL Way ’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

Working life
Maternity support workers assist midwives in caring for women and their babies through the vital stages of pregnancy, childbirth and the first few days of birth. As an MSW you will work with mínimal supervision within a team of registered midwives, providing care within women's homes and hospital services. This is a great opportunity to develop independence and increase your skills, whilst being able to spend quality time helping families transition into parenthood.

Main duties and responsibilities
- To work within the midwifery team to provide outstanding antenatal and postnatal care to women and families in the Wigan and Leigh areas
- Have a self-directed approach to workload; able to effectively prioritise in order to assist and ensure the smooth running of In and Out patient services
- To maintain up to date knowledge of and undertake appropriate training in the aspects of the role
- Able to educate and assist with infant feeding, and promote safe practice. Support mothers experiencing feeding difficulties
- Participate in parent education, and ability to run sessions in small groups or virtual sessions

Clinical skills and responsibilities
- Undertake routine observations (temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate etc.)
- Support families in their care for newborn infants; undertake weighing and measurements, feeding support and newborn blood spot (PKU)
- Maintain excellent communication and documentation. Listen and respond sensitively to concerns raised by families, and escalate concerns raised to the midwife

**Requirements**:
You must already have completed your NVQ 2 or equivalent or NVQ 3 or equivalent or be working toward this. As well as having a good standard of education in relation to English and Numeracy and have previous experience in a Maternity healthcare assistant role.

You must be motivated and enthusiastic to extend the maternity care assistant role to enable you to support midwives with enhanced clinical competencies such as Venepucture, Cannulation, Neonatal examinations, infant feeding advice/support and health promotion, and antenatal classes.

You will be given the necessary training to perform these tasks and they must be completed and be competent in all areas within 6 months of commencement in the post.

If you are ready for a challenge and want to enhance your skills to enable you to work more independently as a valued member of the maternity services team, please apply.

PLEASE NOTE

Must be flexible to the service needs as the service changes and develops; and you may in times of pressure be asked to move to other areas to support the clinical

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