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Maternity Support Worker - Hospital and Community based
| Posting date: | 17 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,071 - £25,674 Per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 April 2025 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK42 9DJ |
| Company: | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7063726/418-AHP3726-PN |
Summary
A Vacancy at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a maternity support worker to join our team at Bedford Hospital and Community services.
The role involves working across both the community and hospital bases, assisting the midwifery staff in providing care and support for women, their babies and their families.
This role is varied and rewarding and its a great chance to be part of a hardworking and close knit team working to promote individualised care specific to the needs of the woman and her baby, whilst supporting the midwife in their role.
This valued role uses additional skills to those of band 2 Maternity care assistant.
You will be focusing on aspects of maternity care to enhance the experiences of women and their families.
You will be working alongside, but under the guidance of practitioners at all levels from across the multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to midwives; obstetricians; ultra-sonographers; physiotherapists and advanced nurse practitioners.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities.
To actively participate in the recognition and prevention of maternal illness and respond effectively in an emergency.
To assist mothers with postnatal exercises.
To arrange and process microbiological specimens.
To obtain maternal capillary blood sample for glucose analysis, in line with Trust policy and guidelines.
To independent undertaking venepuncture in line with national standards and local policy.
This advert closes on Friday 18 Apr 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a maternity support worker to join our team at Bedford Hospital and Community services.
The role involves working across both the community and hospital bases, assisting the midwifery staff in providing care and support for women, their babies and their families.
This role is varied and rewarding and its a great chance to be part of a hardworking and close knit team working to promote individualised care specific to the needs of the woman and her baby, whilst supporting the midwife in their role.
This valued role uses additional skills to those of band 2 Maternity care assistant.
You will be focusing on aspects of maternity care to enhance the experiences of women and their families.
You will be working alongside, but under the guidance of practitioners at all levels from across the multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to midwives; obstetricians; ultra-sonographers; physiotherapists and advanced nurse practitioners.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities.
To actively participate in the recognition and prevention of maternal illness and respond effectively in an emergency.
To assist mothers with postnatal exercises.
To arrange and process microbiological specimens.
To obtain maternal capillary blood sample for glucose analysis, in line with Trust policy and guidelines.
To independent undertaking venepuncture in line with national standards and local policy.
This advert closes on Friday 18 Apr 2025