Band 3 Maternity Support Worker-Maternity

Job summary

As part of our recruitment strategy we are looking for Band 3 Maternity support workers to join our community team who cover Solihull Hospital and the surrounding area.

The role of the Maternity Support Worker (MSW) is to support the delivery of high quality safe care to women and babies. The MSW will be a competent individual, working as a member of the Community Midwifery team. The MSW will work within in/direct supervision of a registered Midwife but still be guided by the midwife's expertise. The MSW will work with individual women, families and in group settings throughout the pregnancy and the postnatal period. The MSW will undertake a range of duties including: personal care of women and babies, providing information and advice on self-care, infant care and initiating breastfeeding, health promotion, clerical, educational and housekeeping duties to ensure the smooth running of the Community Midwifery team.

Our community team care for a diverse group of women and families providing high quality midwifery care. The community midwife teams work in a named midwife model in GP practices, Children's centres and at home. The service is led by the Community Matron and each team compromises of the Team Leader, Community Midwives, Maternity Support Workers and Community Administrators. Appointed applicants will be well supported and offered a personalised orientation on appointment.

Main duties of the job

To establish and maintain excellent interpersonal skills and effective

communication between the midwifery and multidisciplinary team, women and

their families.

To follow written and verbal instructions from the registered midwife in relation to

the care of the woman and baby.

To clearly document all care given to the woman and baby in accordance with the

Trust's guidelines, maintaining charts as necessary.

To respect the confidentiality of information at all times.

To ensure that complaints or concerns are escalated to the midwife in charge as

soon as possible.

To participate in team meetings and to be an effective member of the team.

To work in collaboration and partnership with multi agency and multidisciplinary

teams.

To assist with the preparation and organisation of a range of antenatal/postnatal

clinics.

To arrange appointments, ultrasound scans, investigations and obtain laboratory

results.

To provide specific clinical care tasks (obtain urine samples, urinalysis, obtain

microbiological specimens.

To promote good hand hygiene and minimise the spread of infection. Take

personal responsibility and accountability for own infection prevention and control

practice.

To support and observe the woman and baby through the antenatal, postnatal

and intrapartum period; reporting to the midwife any changes or information

concerning the wellbeing of the woman and/or baby.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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