Overview
The purpose of the Senior Maternity Support Worker (SMSW) role is to work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team in order to provide safe and holistic care to women and their babies. The SMSW will work with women, new-born babies and their families under the direct and indirect supervision of relevant registered clinical staff to organise and deliver clinical care. The post is rotational; SMSWs work day and night duty across the appropriate service areas including antenatal inpatient or outpatient care, intrapartum inpatient care and postnatal inpatient and outpatient care. The post holder will work within their competency and will be expected to complete the appropriate skills and training defined in their skills passport.
For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below.
Responsibilities
* Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to provide safe and holistic maternity care.
* Work with women, new-born babies and their families under the supervision of relevant registered clinical staff to organise and deliver clinical care.
* Rotate across service areas and cover day and night duties across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal settings (inpatient and outpatient).
* Work within own competency and complete the skills and training defined in the skills passport.
Requirements / Qualifications
* Competence in the role with relevant skills and training defined in the skills passport.
About the Trust
As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most. Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, the Trust has a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making it the largest employer in Devon. Our core services cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, serving more than 615,000 people, with some specialist services extending to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and people’s homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC). Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and links to local universities position us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities. It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon as we continue our integration journey.
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