Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Maternity Support Worker to become a band 3 at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Hospital - Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, West London.
At Imperial we are absolutely committed to ensuring that all service users have the best possible experience within our hospitals. We are looking for people who are passionate about delivering high quality care and take pride in what they do. We place a high value on treating service users and colleagues with respect and dignity and are seeking employees who strive for excellence and innovation in all that they do.
If you are interested in joining our team and share our vision to provide kind, collaborative, safe, high quality care to women and their families during their childbearing journey, please consider applying. It is desirable that you have had previous experience working within a healthcare setting, and be competent to undertake a range of duties such as the following; providing advice and supporting women with infant feeding, undertake competently a range of clinical skills such as taking and recording of observations, providing patient education, venepuncture and newborn blood spot screening.
Main duties of the job
1. Working under the direction of a registered midwife, midwife or nursing associate, participate fully in the delivery of planned nursing care, within the boundaries of your role which may include chaperoning of patients, escorting/ transferring of patients and providing 1-1 patient centred care or caring for a group of patients that require enhanced care.
2. Demonstrates own duties to new starters, undertaking a buddying role for new Health Care Support Workers.
3. Frequent exposure to emotional/distressing events, e.g., breaking of bad news by registered health professionals.
4. Assist in the care of patients at end of life and after death.
5. Orders supplies under the direction of the midwife in charge.
6. Participate in patient and public involvement activities.
7. Participate in general cleanliness and tidiness of ward environment.
8. Undertake mandatory training and role specific training relevant to role.
9. Prioritises own workload.
10. Record and escalate patient physiological observations.
11. Acts on own initiative when delivering patient care with supervision accessible
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
12. Completed Care Certificate or equivalent experience
13. Able to demonstrate literacy, numeracy and communication skills in English to carry out the duties of the role (known as functional skills), or GCSE or equivalent experience
14. Bedside Emergency Assessment Course for HCA’s (BEACH) or willingness to undertake
Desirable criteria
15. Further qualifications and training relevant and required by the speciality of this post
16. Level 2 or 3 Health Care qualification/apprenticeship, or completion of Band 3 Excellence in Care Competencies for existing Band 2 substantive MSW
Experience
Essential criteria
17. Experience of working in Acute Hospital setting or care background, in a Band 2 MSW role or equivalent
18. Experience of delivering personal care to patients
19. Experience of using computers or willing to undertake training in local computer systems
Desirable criteria
20. Experience of taking clinical observations
Skills
Essential criteria
21. Evidence of using one’s own initiative
22. Awareness of risks, identifying them and alerting appropriate personnel
23. Knowledge of basic IT systems or willing to undertake training
24. Knowledge of care and related procedures and relevant legislation
Desirable criteria
25. Awareness of changing agenda within NHS
26. Evidence of continuing professional development
27. Previous experience of complex health needs
28. Competently perform a range if the core skills relevant to the area of speciality
Right to work
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