Main area Maternity Support Worker Grade NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Working with the Vulnerable Womens team
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 381-WC-6945068
Site: SWB NHS Trust
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/02/2025 23:59
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
Job overview
This exciting Maternity Support Worker role is to work with our Vulnerable Womens team - The Phoenix Team.
The Phoenix team comprises of Specialist Midwives providing care and support for Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Domestic Abuse, FGM and Young Parents.
The role of the MSW in this team will be to support the specialist midwives in the care of our vulnerable women and will involve some clerical duties as well as clinical support.
Main duties of the job
Applicants will be expected to work independently whilst remaining under the supervision of midwives. This will include:
* Provision of health promotion information
* Provision of parent education including breastfeeding
* Observations
* Clerical/Admin duties to include booking appointments, managing referrals
Person specification
Qualifications
* Key skills – literacy and numeric (or equivalent)
* Basic First Aid Certificate
* Baby Friendly Initiative
Experience
* Experience working in a hospital or other healthcare environment
* Experience for undertaking phlebotomy
* Clerical experience
* Computer literate
* Experience of patient information systems (e.g. Medway or PIMS).
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.
Please note: If this vacancy receives a high number of applications, it will close before the stated closing date. Please ensure that you have completed and submitted your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
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