Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Position: Band 3 MSW Community
Location: This post is primarily based within the Winchester and Eastleigh area.
Role Description:
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of maternity care in the community in coordination with the community midwifery team, newborn hearing (NBHS) & newborn blood spot (NBBS) screeners. The successful post holder will deliver feeding support to new mothers and their families, provide education and information using evidence-based and up-to-date guidance about newborn care and escalate concerns to the midwifery team as they arise.
Main Duties of the Job:
What We Look For:
* Experience in maternity care within the hospital and ideally within the community setting.
* Care certificate and skills/competencies signed off as Band 2 MSW.
* Able to provide administration and clerical support, working between the hours 0800-1600, 3 days a week between Monday - Sunday.
* Ability to work as part of a team, be organised and prioritise personal workload.
* Support and enhance the role of the midwife both in the community.
* Support the midwife in all clinical areas in the care of women and babies.
* Carry out NHSP hearing screening as per national guidance and after full training.
* Carry out NBBS screening as per national guidance, local protocols and after full training.
* Provide evidence-based feeding support to families after full training.
* Attend regular training and updates specifically for MSW's skills.
About Us:
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement, and excellence thrive.
Job Responsibilities:
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part-time working will be considered.
Person Specification:
Training & Qualifications:
* Care certificate.
* Good standard of general education in English language and maths GCSE grades A-.
* oNVQ 3 or equivalent.
Skills & Ability:
* Planning and organisational ability.
* Willingness to undertake a diploma in Newborn Hearing Screening Programme.
* Venepuncture.
* Full driving license.
* Willingness to undertake AN education classes.
Experience & Knowledge:
* Experience in maternity care.
* Current experience within a healthcare setting.
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:
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year (Per annum pro rata)
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