Maternity Support Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our existing maternity support worker team on a permanent basis.
As an MSW, you will work closely with our midwifery team to deliver a high standard of safe, evidence based care. You will care for pregnant people, postnatal people and new-born babies.
Working with the multi-disciplinary team, you will be responsible for assisting the midwifery staff to improve and maintain high standards of safe care, health and well-being of women and their families using the maternity service.
This post is available with hours to suit successful candidate 19 hours per week., + To undertake observations of mothers and babies and report to the midwife
+ To support mothers to establish feeding for their newborn baby and to facilitate informed choice
+ To carry out additional tasks as delegated by the Registered Midwife and once appropriate training has been given and be able to complete all documentation and inform the midwife of findings:
+ Maintenance and preparation of Antenatal/postnatal ward and delivery suite environments.
+ Cleaning of equipment.
+ Undertake venepuncture and cannulation
+ Process umbilical cord pH
+ Blood glucose monitoring in women and neonates

Working for our organisation
Why Work With Us
Torbay hospital maternity unit has approximately 1800 births per year. We provide care to families from diverse backgrounds across Torbay and South Devon.
We have an 8 bedded delivery suite with a bereavement room, an 19 bedded ante/postnatal ward and we also have a 2 room midwife led birth centre in Newton Abbot Hospital., + Communicate appropriately with a wide range of people including staff, patients and visitors
+ Answer the telephone, take messages and refer to the Midwife for instructions
+ To reinforce professional advice given to women and their families
+ Provide reassurance to new mothers and birthing partners when necessary
+ Provide high quality, safe care to pregnant people, postnatal people and their babies
+ Recognising and responding to situations within the work area and report to the midwife in charge
+ Assisting with the undertaking and implementation of risk assessments
+ Organise own workload and prioritise care
+ Carry out routine observations and blood tests as directed, documenting results in the notes
+ Assist with chaperoning the doctors as required
+ Carry out acquired nursing skills as directed, documenting care in the notes
+ Be aware of the woman's emotional, social and physical needs, reporting to the midwife as necessary
+ Work autonomously within Trust guidelines and sphere of professional practice
+ Only uses equipment following appropriate training, ensuring equipment register is updated appropriately
+ Applies knowledge and skills of the Trust's Health and Safety Policy to clinical practice
+ Adheres to the Trust Violence and Aggression Policies to ensure personal and maternity staff's safety
+ Uphold the safety of the woman within a clinical governance framework
+ Adhere to trust data protection and Information Governance policies
+ To undertake observations of mothers and babies and report to the midwife
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a 'Staff Carers' policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer's Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
+ We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly
+ Please read the job description and tailor your application to reflect the role
+ Correspondence will be via Trac, text and email. Please check your email and Trac account regularly.
+ Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band
+ If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion
+ It is your responsibility to assist us in the timely receipt of appropriate references
The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.