Health and Wellbeing Maternity Support Worker

We're seeking enthusiastic maternity support workers, with an interest in Public Health, to join our team, primarily supporting women with smoking cessation., Proactively engages with patients to build& maintain positive relationships

Manage a small caseload of clients, to actively support smoking cessation & improve health outcomes

Provide Nicotine Replacement Therapy following recognised training

Provide evidence-based public health information & support

Understands the importance of physical& mental wellbeing of the woman& her family

Competent in Safe Sleep advice

Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with local& national standards

Understands& gains consent when providing care

Recognises changes in mother or baby's condition& reporting concerns to the midwife

Ensures own safe clinical practice acting in the limits of your own competence & authority

Assists in the implementation of clinical care performing a range of clinical skills

Develop own knowledge& practice, including reflecting on practice to improve& apply learning

Demonstrates an understanding of & uses care plans

Communicate& work as an effective team member promoting health& wellbeing

Awareness of safeguarding & reporting concerns to the midwife

Demonstrates compassion by recognising& responding to individual needs

Maintain professional conduct at all times

Competent to support women in their chosen method of feeding giving clear& consistent information

Recognises the importance of contemporaneous documentation

Good Communication Skills

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.