Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (pro rata per annum)
- Job ref
- 381-WC-6942655
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- 拢24,071 - 拢25,674 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Maternity Support Worker - ADAU
NHS AfC: Band 3
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As 鈥淧eople鈥 is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a member of the Antenatal Day Assessment team, contributing to the delivery of care for women and their families.
The Maternity Support Worker will work as a member of the听 team in the delivery of safe care to women. You will support the role of the Midwife and Multi-disciplinary team within the ADAU at City Hospital. The post holder is also required to undertake routine clerical and housekeeping duties to ensure the smooth running of the ADAU.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake aspects of basic nursing care and maintenance of the ward/ department/area, in support of professionally qualified members of the multidisciplinary team ensuring the highest standard of patient/client care.
- Deliver care under the supervision and direction of qualified members of the team.
- Recognise, review and report any change to patient鈥檚/client鈥檚 condition, including any action taken to appropriately qualified senior members of the team.听
- Provide a clerical support service to medical, nursing and midwifery staff at ward level.
- Undertake Phlebotomy duties as required.
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Working for our organisation
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, ambitious, kind and enthusiastic person to join our team who are committed to providing high quality, women centred care.听
As a trust, we care for approximately 6000 births every year and cover a very diverse population. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone, who is passionate about making a difference to join our highly skilled team in the ADAU.
We want to help you develop and enhance your skills and maximise your potential. We actively encourage staff development and have a fantastic clinical education team to provide our in house, multidisciplinary听 development training.听
Our Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service (OHWS) offers a comprehensive service and provides highly experienced, qualified professionals to assist and guide you in managing occupational health and wellbeing issues.
Services available include
路 PMA鈥檚 available within the unit
路 Energy Pod
路 Meditation and Yoga
路 Discounted Gym membership
路 Tusker car scheme
路 Smoking cessation
路 Financial support
And much more!!
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on the main duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in a hospital or other health care environment
- Experience for undertaking phlebotomy
Desirable criteria
- Clerical experience
- Computer literate
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Key Skills 鈥 literacy and numeric
- NVQ Level 3 in direct care
Desirable criteria
- Basic first Aid cert
- Food Handling Cert
- Baby friendly initiative
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Active listening skills
- awareness of trust care values
- awareness of role of MSW
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Platten
- Job title
- Antenatal Outpatients Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01215074599
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