Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Band 3 Antenatal Support Worker

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Job summary

Band 3 Antenatal Support Worker

Mon to Friday 8am 6pm.

(Part-time hours available)

The Antenatal support Worker will ensure a positive patient experience for women attending the Antenatal Clinic, independently running daily GTT clinic and supporting the midwives and obstetricians with general duties and ensuring the safe and efficient running of Obstetric Clinics.

If you are organised & self-motivated and enjoy the challenge of a busy fast paced ever changing environment then please apply to join our team and ensure safe and effective care for women on their antenatal journey.

Main duties of the job

The Antenatal Clinic Maternity Support Worker (MSW) will primarily work alongside the Midwives and other specialty teams in the Antenatal Clinic setting.

This role will provide direct delivery of clinical care to all women accessing outpatient maternity services and will based in Antenatal Clinic (ANC), OPD1.

This role will serve as a point of contact/support for women and their families and provide clinical, physical, psychological and emotional care and support. Alongside this they provide appropriate information and, where necessary, signpost to wider support organisations. They report to registered practitioners where planned delegated care has been provided.

They demonstrate qualities of providing excellent care and support. Alongside actively supporting change management initiatives; making suggestions for improvements to procedures or service development. The post holder prioritise their own workload to ensure timely completion of tasks delegated to them, for reporting to registered practitioners and documenting outcomes of care offered and/or provided on the Trusts patient record

About us

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.

Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Details

Date posted

01 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,008 to £25,553 a year includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9384-LM-EMF13810-1

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details the successful candidate will be required to undertake

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details the successful candidate will be required to undertake

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 5 GCSEs or equivalent
  • NVQ 3 in related field or equivalent

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience in patient contact position
  • Knowledge of acute hospital and or community setting
  • Knowledge and experience of the use of aids and equipment for patients
  • Experience of planning tasks / workload activities

Desirable

  • Previous experience in patient contact position in Maternity care
  • Previous mentoring or training experience
  • Knowledge of public health and health promotion initiatives
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 5 GCSEs or equivalent
  • NVQ 3 in related field or equivalent

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience in patient contact position
  • Knowledge of acute hospital and or community setting
  • Knowledge and experience of the use of aids and equipment for patients
  • Experience of planning tasks / workload activities

Desirable

  • Previous experience in patient contact position in Maternity care
  • Previous mentoring or training experience
  • Knowledge of public health and health promotion initiatives

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron

Kate Conway

kateconway@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

01 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,008 to £25,553 a year includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9384-LM-EMF13810-1

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


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