Maternity Support Worker

Would you like to work in a developing and progressive team, with a specific commitment to high quality care, offering choice to women and families, embracing change and development in our Maternity Services? We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with good inter-personal skills who is willing to work flexibly, and support the Maternity Assessment Suite which is an acute clinical area for women and families to attend with urgent concerns relating to their pregnancy.

If you have a passion for providing high quality care then come and join our team of like minded experienced staff and contribute to the excellent service we provide for women and families. We value our staff and understand the need for support and job satisfaction in your role. This post is a Band 3 post however we are willing to consider band 2 candidates with progression to Band 3 upon completion/demonstration of the competencies required of a Band 3 Maternity support worker.

Under the guidance and supervision of the midwifery team you will be responsible for competently providing personalised care for women and families including a range of clinical duties, providing information and support in an agreed timely and appropriate manner, and to accurately record and collate information ensuring the best experience possible of the Maternity Service. You will be required to act at all times in a manner that upholds the Trust values working as part of the team to ensure that women and their families receive excellent care with compassion and must ensure that any concerns are escalated to the midwife.

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path. You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things.

Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

• Proactively engages with patients and others in order to build and maintain positive relationships.
• Ensures all women and babies requirements are met with respect, privacy, dignity, sensitivity, empathy and recognising diversity at all times.
• Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.
• Understands and gains valid consent prior to action or providing care. Has the knowledge to document this promptly and clearly.
• Recognises changes in either mother or baby's condition and understands to report any concerns including those expressed by the women (or their families) to the midwife.
• Ensures own clinical practice is safe and appropriate at all times.
• Assists in the implementation of direct clinical care performing a range of relevant clinical skills.
• Act within the limits of your competence and authority and adhere to local protocols and procedures.
• Make use of supervision. Participate in regular supervision in line with local guidelines in order to continually improve your performance and gain support.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and uses care plans during shift identifying and reporting women's needs not included in the individualised care plan to the midwife in charge.
• Communicate and work as an effective team member of the clinical team in order to achieve desired outcomes that promote the well-being of mothers and babies.
• Have awareness of safeguarding issues and report any concerns to the midwife in charge immediately.
• Demonstrates compassion by recognising and responding to individual needs in a warm, thoughtful, sensitive and helpful way.
• Is able to maintain professionalism when dealing with aggressive, abusive or distressed patients or relatives.
• Understands the importance of providing smoking cessation intervention training and sign-posting patients appropriately.
• Understands the importance of both the physical and mental well-being of the woman and…