Job summary
We are looking for dedicated, hardworking individuals who are passionate about providing the best care for mothers and their families.
The post holder will provide support to the antenatal and postnatal teams, as well as to mothers and their families. Working across the inpatient maternity areas, the post holder will support the midwife to provide newborn and early postnatal care. We will support the post holder to achieve this with the necessary training.
The post-holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team, including midwives, doctors, and fellow support workers, so the ability to work well within a team is vital.
This role will include shift-working, including 12hr shifts, and a mixture of days, nights, weekends, and bank-holidays in order to provide a 24/7 service to the birthing people of Gloucestershire.
Please note - this vacancy may close before the deadline if we receive enough suitable applications.
Main duties of the job
- Works as an effective team member. Understands the importance of team working in the delivery of high quality care.
- Actively promotes diversity, including race diversity, and to maintaining an environment where there is equal opportunity and commitment to anti-discriminatory, anti-racist and anti-stereotyping practices.
- Works with team to maintain high standards of cleanliness in the clinical area.
- Demonstrates the Trust's values of Caring, Listening, Excelling at all times and is aware of national and local objectives for maternity care.
- Provides clinical care by taking observations (blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturations, respirations, temperature), weighing blood loss, catheter care, and assisting with personal care.
- Is able to perform venepuncture on adults, or is willing to undertake the relevant training in order to achieve this.
- Is able to support new mothers to breastfeed.
About us
The post holder will predominantly be working on a mixed Antenatal and Postnatal Ward, providing care to the women and newborns of Gloucestershire. This is a fast-paced 46-bedded ward, with a dedicated team of midwives, nurses, maternity support workers, and house keepers. There may be times when it is necessary for the post-holder to be re-deployed to work on the Delivery Suite, Birth Unit, or Triage. The initial training of the post holder will prepare them to be able to adapt to working across all areas of the Maternity Unit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You will be a valued member of the Maternity team delivering personal care and clinical care to mothers and babies. Youll also be key in supporting patients with their own self-care and independence.
- You will be supporting registered midwives to deliver high quality, compassionate healthcare to women and birthing people throughout all aspects of the perinatal period.
- This is a busy but rewarding role, and you will be working together with your team to balance different tasks.
Your daily duties will be varied but may include:
- blood pressure monitoring
- oxygen saturation levels
- body temperature, pulse rate and respiration rate for both adults and babies
- glucose monitoring for both adults and babies
- collection and testing of urine
- wound swabs
- removal of urinary catheters
- taking blood samples for both adults and babies
- personal care of women and birthing people
- assisting midwives with weighing blood loss during births
- personal care of babies
- infant feeding
- recording your actions accurately in relevant IT systems.
- Working as part of a team and on your own, you will draw from your knowledge, skills and experience to make informed decisions and use your initiative, whilst also knowing when to seek support.
- We are passionate about patient experience. We know that some people find coming into hospital difficult. Adapting how you communicate to meet the needs of patients, relatives, carers as well as colleagues with kindness and compassion is fundamental to how we work together at Gloucestershire Hospitals.
- You will take care in handling patient and Trust property and may be required to order suppliesand restock.
- You will help to support, develop and welcome new colleagues, students and others to your areaof work.
- There will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills, specific to your needs and area of work. You will also be supported to obtain your care certificate if you do not already have this.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You will be a valued member of the Maternity team delivering personal care and clinical care to mothers and babies. Youll also be key in supporting patients with their own self-care and independence.
- You will be supporting registered midwives to deliver high quality, compassionate healthcare to women and birthing people throughout all aspects of the perinatal period.
- This is a busy but rewarding role, and you will be working together with your team to balance different tasks.
Your daily duties will be varied but may include:
- blood pressure monitoring
- oxygen saturation levels
- body temperature, pulse rate and respiration rate for both adults and babies
- glucose monitoring for both adults and babies
- collection and testing of urine
- wound swabs
- removal of urinary catheters
- taking blood samples for both adults and babies
- personal care of women and birthing people
- assisting midwives with weighing blood loss during births
- personal care of babies
- infant feeding
- recording your actions accurately in relevant IT systems.
- Working as part of a team and on your own, you will draw from your knowledge, skills and experience to make informed decisions and use your initiative, whilst also knowing when to seek support.
- We are passionate about patient experience. We know that some people find coming into hospital difficult. Adapting how you communicate to meet the needs of patients, relatives, carers as well as colleagues with kindness and compassion is fundamental to how we work together at Gloucestershire Hospitals.
- You will take care in handling patient and Trust property and may be required to order suppliesand restock.
- You will help to support, develop and welcome new colleagues, students and others to your areaof work.
- There will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills, specific to your needs and area of work. You will also be supported to obtain your care certificate if you do not already have this.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent) in literacy and numeracy
Desirable
- A Level 3 qualification in maternity support (this could be an NVQ, BTEC or equivalent international qualification), or willingness to undertake this qualification
Experience
Desirable
- Minimum 1 years' experience in a hospital environment
- Experience of Trust IT systems
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills with a good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar
- Good interpersonal skills for dealing with people internal and external to the organisation
- Ability to work flexibly within a team
- An excellent professional manner to minimise conflict, resolve queries and maintain the reputation of the organisation when dealing with members of the multi-disciplinary team and members of the public
- Understanding of information governance, confidentiality and data protection
- Ability to read notes, extract data and document accurately on the relevant systems
- Flexible and able to react to changes and methods of working
- Ability to use initiative and sound judgement when providing patient care
- Ability to move patients around the hospital in beds and wheelchairs
- Ability to handle occasional distressing circumstances and assist with providing bereavement care to women and their families
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent) in literacy and numeracy
Desirable
- A Level 3 qualification in maternity support (this could be an NVQ, BTEC or equivalent international qualification), or willingness to undertake this qualification
Experience
Desirable
- Minimum 1 years' experience in a hospital environment
- Experience of Trust IT systems
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication skills with a good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar
- Good interpersonal skills for dealing with people internal and external to the organisation
- Ability to work flexibly within a team
- An excellent professional manner to minimise conflict, resolve queries and maintain the reputation of the organisation when dealing with members of the multi-disciplinary team and members of the public
- Understanding of information governance, confidentiality and data protection
- Ability to read notes, extract data and document accurately on the relevant systems
- Flexible and able to react to changes and methods of working
- Ability to use initiative and sound judgement when providing patient care
- Ability to move patients around the hospital in beds and wheelchairs
- Ability to handle occasional distressing circumstances and assist with providing bereavement care to women and their families
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
