Main area: Maternity
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (part time hours considered)
Job ref: 361-6626407
Employer: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Lister Hospital
Town: Stevenage
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/11/2024 23:59
Higher Level Maternity Support Worker - Maternity Triage
NHS AfC: Band 3
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for Maternity Support Workers who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
As a Maternity Support Worker, you will work directly with patients and babies, assisting with their clinical care within various specialist and integrated teams, including theatres, fetal medicine, and community hubs. You’ll be an integral part of our multidisciplinary teams, providing vital support to ensure the safety and comfort of both mothers and newborns.
You would be required to work days, nights, weekends & bank holidays.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
1. Ensure effective communication with colleagues, patients, and their families.
2. Promote individualised care, specific to the needs of the patient and their family, acting as an advocate within the multidisciplinary team in the absence of the midwife.
3. Work under the supervision of the designated midwife, undertaking direct care and appropriate interventions to maximise a positive client experience and promote the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the patient and baby.
4. Participate in the collection and recording of written and electronic data, in line with Trust guidelines and policies.
5. Work in partnership with clients and professionals both internally and externally to the Trust to provide an effective network of care for the clients in their care.
6. Act as an advocate for the department, promoting respectful and flexible team working across areas.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* Basic education
* Care certificate
* GCSE Grades A-C or equivalent in English and Maths
* NVQ level 2 or equivalent
* Minimum level 2 qualification in Literacy and Numeracy
Previous Experience
* Previous experience in health care setting
* Previous experience in midwifery setting
* Previous experience working in a team
Skills
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with service users and their families, with varying levels of understanding
* Self-motivated
* Flexibility and team participation
* Basic IT skills- ability to use keyboard or willingness to develop
* Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
* Familiar with Microsoft Office
Knowledge
* Understanding of the requirements of the role
* Understanding of NHS issues
Other Requirements
* Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
* Role model our Trust values every day
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
When you apply...
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.
All correspondence relating to vacancies will be via the e-mail address you have provided on your application form.
As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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