Maternity Support Worker (MSW) Antenatal Outpatients Department
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum, pro-rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | Wirral, CH49 5PE |
| Company: | Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6168366/408-24-364 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Maternity Support Worker (MSW) – Band 3
Will be required to work over 7 days a week , full & part time hours available days and hours are negotiable.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maternity Support Worker to join the team within the Antenatal Clinic Outpatient Department.
You must be experienced, enthusiastic and caring and must be able to work autonomously, as well as part of a team providing women and their families excellent clinical care alongside the midwifery and wider medical team.
Your role will include:
• Supporting midwives and Dr's to ensure all women receive optimum care.
• Implementing plans of care to pregnant women, within the hospital setting.
• Performing a range of delegated patient duties including the recording of patient details.
• Documentation - written & on computer
Your main duties will include;
• To undertake safe phlebotomy practice as requested by the midwife
Work autonomously performing blood sample procedures including Glucose Tolerance Testing.
• At the request of the midwife, perform and record physiological measurements and report accurately to the midwife.
• Obtaining samples at the request of a midwife or Dr , including wound swabs and urine specimens.
• To have an awareness and recognition of safeguarding issues and domestic violence issues and report these concerns to appropriate health professionals.
• To have an awareness of the infection control policy and how to minimise risk.
• To be involved with cleaning and infection control in the department.
• To chaperone medical staff.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations within the remit of the MSW role.
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies, Standard Operating Procedures and clinical guidelines.
The successful applicant must be passionate about providing care and support to women and their families during pregnancy.
You will need to demonstrate your commitment to ongoing professional development within your role, with a commitment to working as part of a team and willing to demonstrate a high standard of evidence-based care in line with local and national initiatives.
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
The successful candidates will be working within the Antenatal Clinic Outpatient Department, Maternity Triage & Day Assessment Unit.
You will be supporting Midwives and Dr's to ensure all women receive optimum care, implementation of care and a range of designated patient duties to include clinical care and the recording of patient details/records.
If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a Enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 months.
As this vacancy is within the division of Women's and Children's, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £13 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.
Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Maternity Support Worker position available with WUTH.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024
Maternity Support Worker (MSW) – Band 3
Will be required to work over 7 days a week , full & part time hours available days and hours are negotiable.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maternity Support Worker to join the team within the Antenatal Clinic Outpatient Department.
You must be experienced, enthusiastic and caring and must be able to work autonomously, as well as part of a team providing women and their families excellent clinical care alongside the midwifery and wider medical team.
Your role will include:
• Supporting midwives and Dr's to ensure all women receive optimum care.
• Implementing plans of care to pregnant women, within the hospital setting.
• Performing a range of delegated patient duties including the recording of patient details.
• Documentation - written & on computer
Your main duties will include;
• To undertake safe phlebotomy practice as requested by the midwife
Work autonomously performing blood sample procedures including Glucose Tolerance Testing.
• At the request of the midwife, perform and record physiological measurements and report accurately to the midwife.
• Obtaining samples at the request of a midwife or Dr , including wound swabs and urine specimens.
• To have an awareness and recognition of safeguarding issues and domestic violence issues and report these concerns to appropriate health professionals.
• To have an awareness of the infection control policy and how to minimise risk.
• To be involved with cleaning and infection control in the department.
• To chaperone medical staff.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations within the remit of the MSW role.
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies, Standard Operating Procedures and clinical guidelines.
The successful applicant must be passionate about providing care and support to women and their families during pregnancy.
You will need to demonstrate your commitment to ongoing professional development within your role, with a commitment to working as part of a team and willing to demonstrate a high standard of evidence-based care in line with local and national initiatives.
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
The successful candidates will be working within the Antenatal Clinic Outpatient Department, Maternity Triage & Day Assessment Unit.
You will be supporting Midwives and Dr's to ensure all women receive optimum care, implementation of care and a range of designated patient duties to include clinical care and the recording of patient details/records.
If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a Enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 months.
As this vacancy is within the division of Women's and Children's, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £13 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.
Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Maternity Support Worker position available with WUTH.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024
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