We are looking to recruit a Maternity Support Worker joinour Midwifery team in the community of Rotherham. You will work across thematernity unit with cross-cover as needed, while developing a specialist skillportfolio aligned to your main area.
Key responsibilities:
* Deliver compassionate, family centred support to birthingpeople, partners, and newborns, respecting feeding choices.
* Recognise and help prevent maternal/neonatal illness;escalate concerns to a midwife.
* Perform and record maternal observations (temperature,pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure, urinalysis).
* Obtain and document maternal carbon monoxide (CO) levels;give brief smoking cessation advice and refer as appropriate.
* Collect newborn heel prick capillary samples and completedocumentation.
* Undertake venepuncture for birthing people within competenceand training.
* Maintain accurate records; confidently use multiple clinicalIT systems to input and retrieve data.
* Contribute to a clean, safe environment; support stock andclinic/community workflow.
* Work collaboratively with midwives and the widermultidisciplinary team.
* Demonstrate Compassion, clear communication, attention todetail, and sound judgment in escalation.
* Flexibility across community and acute settings, able todrive and perform home visits across the Rotherham area.
* Willingness to train and maintain required competencies.
Main duties of the job
* Assist the Midwife with the holistic care of the birthingperson and family
* Obtain capillary sample of blood via heel prick andcompleting documentation as appropriate.
* Following initial assessment by a midwife and theirdevelopment of a care plan undertake routine healthy baby observations in thehospital and community reporting any abnormalities to the midwife (thisincludes calculating the % of birth weight gained or lost and escalating asappropriate).
* Be competent in all aspects of infant feeding support.
* Undertake, record maternal vital signs such as temperature,pulse, urinalysis
* screening, respiratory rate and blood pressure and reportany concerns to the
* midwife. This also includes the obtaining and documenting ofCo levels of the birthing person and giving brief intervention support to stopsmoking.
* Undertake, recognise and interpret billirubinometer readingsfor babies with signs of jaundice. With the understanding of when to escalatethe results to a Midwife
* Perform Glucose tolerance tests and supporting and liaisingwith midwives.
About us
The RotherhamNHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving ourlocal population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act theright way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities ofRotherham
As a Trust weare on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart ofeverything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are thesecond most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as aplace to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagementoverall
But don't justtake our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations forour Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people andrecognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives ofpatients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making
All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improveour services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together.If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join uson our journey to excellence
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Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specificationfor the full details about the role and the responsibilities.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Basic level of education and understanding of patient confidentiality
* Commitment to complete UNICEF Baby Friendly Training
* Commitment to undertaking RCN training competency in the administration of Flu and Pertussis vaccinations
Qualifications
* Basic Education to GCSE level or equivalent
* Committed to undertake and complete maternity specific competencies.
* Keyboard qualification or equivalent
* Care certificate / Level 3 NVQ Health & Social Care or equivalent
Experience
* Previous experience in Health Care
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.
£24,937 to £26,598 a yearPro rata/per annum
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