Maternity Support Worker (MSW) – Band 3
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Maternity Support Worker posts, with the potential to be allocated within a community setting supporting the midwifery teams and Better Births Continuity of Carer Models. You will be experienced, enthusiastic and caring and must be able to work autonomously, demonstrating excellent clinical skills to provide women centred care.
The successful candidates will be working within the midwifery team supporting midwives to ensure all women receive optimum care, implementation of care and a range of designated patient duties to include the recording of patient details/records.
The community midwifery teams at WUTH provides care to approximately 3100 women and their families in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.
About The Role
The successful applicant/s will work in rotation within the maternity unit to include Ward 53 (antenatal and postnatal). It will be in a shift pattern to include weekdays, weekends and night duties.
There is a potential for the successful applicants to be allocated in a community setting and could be required to cover the ANC area for designated clinics. It will be in a shift pattern to include weekdays and weekends within core hours.
What We’re Looking For…
The successful applicant will be passionate about midwifery care, be committed to providing care and support to women, babies and their families. You will need to demonstrate your commitment to ongoing professional development within your role, with a commitment to working as part of a team and willing to demonstrate a high standard of evidence-based care in line with local and national initiatives. You should be able to work in a team as well as have the ability to work without direct supervision. If allocated to the community, the applicants must be car drivers and be willing to use their car for the role.
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rosie Hoyle Job title: maternity Ward manager Email address: roseanna.hoyle@nhs.net Telephone number: 0151 604 5111
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