University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
As part of our recruitment strategy, we are looking for a Band 3 Maternity Care Assistant to join our community team who cover Heartlands Hospital and Solihull Hospital and the surrounding area.
The role of the Maternity Care Assistant (MCA) is to support the delivery of high-quality safe care to women and babies. The MCA will work within in/direct supervision of a registered Midwife but still be guided by the midwife's expertise. The MCA will work with individual women, families, and in group settings throughout the pregnancy and the postnatal period. The MCA will undertake a range of duties including personal care of women and babies, providing information and advice on self-care, infant care and initiating breastfeeding, health promotion, clerical, educational and housekeeping duties to ensure the smooth running of the Community Midwifery team.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Establish and maintain excellent interpersonal skills and effective communication between the midwifery and multidisciplinary team, women, and their families.
2. Follow written and verbal instructions from the registered midwife in relation to the care of the woman and baby.
3. Document all care given to the woman and baby in accordance with the Trust's guidelines, maintaining charts as necessary.
4. Respect the confidentiality of information at all times.
5. Ensure that complaints or concerns are escalated to the midwife in charge as soon as possible.
6. Work in collaboration and partnership with multi-agency and multidisciplinary teams.
7. Assist with the preparation and organisation of a range of antenatal/postnatal clinics.
8. Arrange appointments, ultrasound scans, investigations and obtain laboratory results.
9. Provide specific clinical care tasks (obtain urine samples, urinalysis, obtain microbiological specimens).
10. Take personal responsibility and accountability for own infection prevention and control practice.
11. Support and observe the woman and baby through the antenatal, postnatal, and intrapartum period; reporting to the midwife any changes or information concerning the wellbeing of the woman and/or baby.
12. Undertake maternal observations in clinic including: temperature, pulse, blood pressure, saturations, weight and urinalysis. Report any deviations from the normal range to the midwife.
About Us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment to offering flexible working where we can; providing a wide variety of training and development opportunities to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions and thrives in their work.
Job Responsibilities
*Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Maths GCSE Grade C or above
* English GCSE Grade C or above
* NVQ Level 3 in Health
* UNICEF Breastfeeding Training
* NHS Care Certificate
Experience
* Experience as a Band 2 or above in a healthcare setting
* Evidence of working in a complex environment
* Evidence of team working
* Experience of working in a Maternity service
Additional Criteria
* Car Driver -- with clean driving licence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer Name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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