Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Midwifery Support Worker to join the Community Midwifery Team to support some of our most vulnerable families on a fixed term or secondment opportunity for 12 months.
The post holder will work in partnership with and assist community midwives and the wider multi-agency teams in the care of pregnant mothers, babies and their families in the community.
You will work with diverse groups of pregnant women to assess, deliver, evaluate and implement agreed programmes of care with supervisory guidance from a registered midwife within agreed policies and protocols.
The post holder will have been assessed as competent to complete the duties and responsibilities.
Main duties of the job
- To provide care that respects women's privacy, dignity, culture and ethnicity, maintaining appropriate confidentiality in a variety of settings including family homes and Children's Centre's. Promote the Directorate's philosophy of respect for the varied physical, emotional and spiritual needs of mothers and their partners, providing inclusive care.
- To provide advice as appropriate within own sphere/limitations of practice.
- To promote monitor and maintain health, safety and security of women, their families, colleagues and self in the work place.
- Participate in health promotion activities including smoking cessation, diet, active lifestyles and breast feeding.
- Support the Midwife in providing a wide range of parent education appropriate to the needs of women and their families.
- Encourage and support women and their partners to actively engage and be responsible for their own health and well-being and that of their baby.
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assist the midwife at antenatal clinics including providing health education advice; undertaking venepuncture; making appointments.
- Assist in some observations as requested by the midwife for example taking blood pressure.
- Assist the midwife with parent education as appropriate.
- Assist in the presentation of virtual tours or undertake tours of the Maternity Unit/Birth Centres, if needed by individual client groups.
- Assist the midwife with observations as appropriate to role.
- Implement packages of care with families, which include providing assistance/advice regarding feeding, hygiene, safety and support the establishment of parenting skills.
- Assist and advise the mother on infant care to enable her to ensure optimum progress and well-being of the newborn infant.
- Participate in health promotion activities including smoking cessation, diet, breast feeding and parenting skills.
- Assist the mother with her choice of infant feeding ensuring adherence to the Trust Baby Friendly Policy.
- Undertake procedures such as newborn blood spot provided the midwife has explained and consented the mother in relation to the procedure.
- Work with the community maternity support worker team to undertake administration tasks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assist the midwife at antenatal clinics including providing health education advice; undertaking venepuncture; making appointments.
- Assist in some observations as requested by the midwife for example taking blood pressure.
- Assist the midwife with parent education as appropriate.
- Assist in the presentation of virtual tours or undertake tours of the Maternity Unit/Birth Centres, if needed by individual client groups.
- Assist the midwife with observations as appropriate to role.
- Implement packages of care with families, which include providing assistance/advice regarding feeding, hygiene, safety and support the establishment of parenting skills.
- Assist and advise the mother on infant care to enable her to ensure optimum progress and well-being of the newborn infant.
- Participate in health promotion activities including smoking cessation, diet, breast feeding and parenting skills.
- Assist the mother with her choice of infant feeding ensuring adherence to the Trust Baby Friendly Policy.
- Undertake procedures such as newborn blood spot provided the midwife has explained and consented the mother in relation to the procedure.
- Work with the community maternity support worker team to undertake administration tasks.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application
- Competence based level 3 qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or The Care Certificate issued by an employer
- Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role
Desirable
- BFI Training or equivalent
- Basic counselling skills/training
- Training in safeguarding
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession
- Understands the importance of record keeping
- Ability to work under pressure
- IT skills
Desirable
- Experience of working with birthing people and families
- Insight into the roles and responsibilities of the post
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of providing high quality care
- Experience of working across interprofessional or multidisciplinary teams and different organisations
- Experience of working with migrant, asylum seekers and refugee people
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Ability to communicate appropriately in written and spoken English
- Friendly, honest and approachable
- Compassionate and kind
- Good organisation skills
Desirable
- Ability to speak additional languages
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application
- Competence based level 3 qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or The Care Certificate issued by an employer
- Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role
Desirable
- BFI Training or equivalent
- Basic counselling skills/training
- Training in safeguarding
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession
- Understands the importance of record keeping
- Ability to work under pressure
- IT skills
Desirable
- Experience of working with birthing people and families
- Insight into the roles and responsibilities of the post
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of providing high quality care
- Experience of working across interprofessional or multidisciplinary teams and different organisations
- Experience of working with migrant, asylum seekers and refugee people
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Ability to communicate appropriately in written and spoken English
- Friendly, honest and approachable
- Compassionate and kind
- Good organisation skills
Desirable
- Ability to speak additional languages
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Community (Calderdale and Huddersfield)
Calderdale and Huddersfield
HX3 0PW
Employer's website
https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
