Maternity Support Worker

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Familiar with the use of IT systems eg Badgernet, IPM, ICM
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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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.

DUTIES OF THE POST

• Work across all areas inpatient of maternity including Labour Ward/Birth Centre/Triage/Recovery and the Antenatal and Postnatal wards alongside the midwives working in that area
• Greeting women and orientating them to the wards
• Perform basic observations, urinalysis and phlebotomy if required
• Perform basic observations on babies and escalate any deviations from the norm when appropriate
• Give competent SBAR handovers to members of the team within your remit
• Perform basic IT functions, documenting on our Badgernet system contemporaneously, the care given to women and babies
• Assist the midwife in any basic tasks that need undertaking
• Keeping areas and equipment clean and tidy
• Stocking up store rooms, rooms and trolleys with appropriate resources and equipment
• Work in and assist in maternity theatres, as required
• Support the wider team however required, eg running simple errands, answering call bells and telephones
• Work alongside the midwife to recognise those women who may need urgent attention and help escalate accordingly
• Assist with infant feeding, using the BFI initiatives and participating in upholding our Gold accreditation, supporting new mothers with their feeding choice
• Supporting women and babies in the immediate post- natal period, ensuring alongside the midwives maternal and fetal wellbeing

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Thank you for your interest in this role. Please see attached Job description for further details of the maternity support worker role.