Job overview
We are seeking a compassionate, motivated Midwifery Care Assistant to join our Fetal Medicine and Antenatal Clinic team. This is an excellent opportunity to support women and families during pregnancy, including those requiring specialist fetal medicine care. In this role, you will work closely with midwives, obstetricians and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, woman-centred care. Duties will include assisting with antenatal clinics, supporting women during appointments and investigations, undertaking clinical observations, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring clinics run smoothly and efficiently. The successful candidate will have strong communication and interpersonal skills, a caring and professional approach, and the ability to work sensitively with women experiencing complex or high-risk pregnancies. Previous experience in maternity or healthcare is desirable, but training and support will be provided. If you are passionate about maternity care and committed to providing safe, respectful and supportive care to women and their families, we would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
1. Support midwives and the multidisciplinary team in the delivery of high-quality care within fetal medicine and antenatal clinics.
2. Assist with the preparation, running and close-down of antenatal and fetal medicine clinics to ensure smooth patient flow.
3. Welcome women and families to clinic, providing reassurance, information and support in a sensitive and professional manner.
4. Undertake and record clinical observations as required, including blood pressure, urinalysis, weight and other routine measurements, escalating concerns appropriately.
5. Prepare clinical areas, ensuring equipment is clean, available and in working order in line with infection prevention and control policies.
6. Assist with chaperoning and supporting women during examinations, procedures and ultrasound appointments.
7. Maintain accurate, timely and confidential documentation in both paper and electronic records.
8. Support women who may be experiencing complex, high-risk or emotionally challenging pregnancies, signposting to appropriate support when required.
9. Communicate effectively with midwives, obstetricians, sonographers and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
10. Adhere to Trust policies, professional standards and safeguarding procedures at all times.
11. Participate in mandatory training, supervision and personal development opportunities.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
12. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
13. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
14. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
15. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
16. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
17. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
18. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
19. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
20. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
21. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
22. Level 2 or Level 3 (NVQ) in health and Social Care or equivalent relevant experience
23. Willing to work towards Level 2 functional skills (Math & English)
24. Care Certificate/working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
25. Experience of working with people, ideally in a front-line customer service role.
26. Experience of providing person centered care.
Knowledge, Skills & Competence
Essential criteria
27. •An understanding of the importance of patient confidentially and privacy.
28. •Demonstrates a caring, compassionate, and empathetic approach to patient’s and colleagues, whilst having a professional approach.
29. •Recognise how patients and colleagues need to be treated with dignity and respect and can demonstrate these behaviours in their daily work.
30. •Good verbal and written English communication skills.
31. •The ability to respond with kindness and humanity to patients.
32. •A flexible and adaptable approach with the aptitude to work in a busy hospital healthcare setting. •Willingness to undertake the mentorship of new Nursing Assistants after 12 months in post.
33. •Basic knowledge of health and safety with an awareness of the importance of following Trust policies and procedures.
34. •An appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion and how this influences how care is provided to patients.
35. •A willingness to provide the highest standards of patient care including personal care.
36. •Ability to work as part of a team.
37. •Good understanding of care needs relevant to patients in a hospital setting to include: Eating and drinking Dignity and respect Communication/conflict resolution Handwashing and infection control Hygiene needs Safeguarding
38. •Understands the limit and scope of their job role and the need to only do tasks they are trained to do.
39. •Knows when to escalate to a registered nurse when the situation is beyond their scope of practice.
Behavious & Values
Essential criteria
40. •Flexibility in shift/working patterns to meet the needs of the service
41. •Works effectively as a team.
42. •Is of good health and good character
43. •Willing to accept additional responsibilities as delegated by senior staff
44. •Always acts with honesty and integrity.
45. •Professional approach.
46. •Displays BHT Values
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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