Maternity Support Worker (B3)
| Posting date: | 13 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,937.00 to £26,598.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24937.00 - £26598.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 August 2025 |
| Location: | Sunderland, SR4 7TP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9155-FCNM-0825-16 |
Summary
Please see attached Job description for full details Communication: To establish and maintain excellent relationships and effectively communicate with the midwifery and multidisciplinary team birthing people and their families. To follow written and verbal instructions from the registered midwife in relation to the care of the birthing person and their baby. To clearly document all care provided to birthing people and their babies in accordance with the Trusts guidelines for maintaining patient records. To always respect patient confidentiality. To ensure patient complaints or concerns are escalated appropriately and in a timely manner. To actively participate in team meetings. To work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, and other agencies as required. Clinical Duties: Assessment of Maternal and Neonatal Wellbeing To support and observe the birthing person and their baby through the ante/postnatal and intrapartum period, escalating any concerns to the midwife in a timely manner. To undertake maternal observations including, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, blood glucose, respiratory rate, oxygen saturations levels, document findings on the electronic MEOWS chart, identifying any deviations from normal parameters and escalating these to the midwife. To perform maternal CO readings and provide Very Brief Advice (VBA) on smoking cessation, and initiate Risk Intervention (RI) where appropriate To measure maternal height and weight, calculate BMI and provide relevant diet and exercise advice in accordance with best available evidence To undertake neonatal observations of temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate and oxygen saturation levels, document findings on the electronic NeoNEWS chart, identifying any deviations from normal parameters and escalating these to the midwife. To perform neonatal blood glucose testing, as directed by the midwife. To perform neonatal SBR testing, as directed by the midwife, and supporting and advising families on how they can care for their baby receiving phototherapy. To perform Glucose tolerance tests for those birthing people identified as being at risk of developing Gestational Diabetes Infant Feeding and Health Promotion To assist the birthing person with their chosen method of infant feeding, including giving advice and information on breast feeding to meet the UNICEF breastfeeding standards. To support, encourage and facilitate skin to skin contact between parents and their baby. Supporting parents who are experiencing difficulties initiating breast feeding and those whose babies are on a feeding plan, following trust/UNICEF guidance and adjusting plans of care where appropriate, under non-direct supervision from the midwife. Supporting parents to express breast milk when clinically indicated, in line with UNICEF guidance. Supporting parents to cup/syringe feed their baby when clinically indicated, in line with UNICEF guidance. To provide new parents with public health and safety advice on safely caring for their newborn baby, preparing them for going home and caring for their baby at home (e.g. Safe Sleeping/ car seat safety/smoking cessation advice/ ICON). To discuss and demonstrate the principles of sterilization of infant feeding equipment and discuss the safe preparation of formula feeds. Other Clinical Duties To prepare equipment and assist with instrumental deliveries, fetal blood sampling and perineal repairs. To participate in the swab count for appropriate operative procedures and ensure adherence to safety procedures such as swab/sharp/instrument counts are correctly documented throughout. To safely and accurately perform cord blood gas analysis in accordance with trust guidance