Main area Maternity Grade Band 3 Contract Mixture of Fixed Term and Permanent contracts available Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week Job ref 427-6876411-A
Site Royal United Hospital Bath Town Bath Salary £24,625 - £25,674 PA PR Salary period Yearly Closing 28/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to become a core member of our maternity team, as a band 3 Maternity support worker. Within this role you will support the acute maternity services to include the Antenatal Clinic area. If you are passionate about supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality, compassionate care to people during pregnancy and post-natal period, then we want to hear from you. You will be working in partnership with women, birthing people and their families, to provide advice and support. We will help you develop a working knowledge of support services available to families.
For further information please contact Diane Butler Midwifery Sister at diane.butler1@nhs.net.
Main duties of the job
Your day to day role will vary but will include:
* Looking after and removal of catheters
* Venepuncture and taking cannulas out
* Observations - oxygen saturation levels, blood pressure monitoring, body temperature, pulse rate
* To understand these observations, documenting these both electronically and in the maternity health record, and acting on the information.
* Supporting families in their choices for screening and immunisations
* Provide support and assist families in their choices for feeding their infants.
* Participate in antenatal classes.
Working for our organisation
At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ or BETEC level 3 in health care
* Driving licence
* 2 years experience at band 3
* Venepuncture course
Skills and knowledge
* Understanding and ability to communicate in English
* Customer focused approach
* Numerical skills
* Able to manual handle
* Maths GCSE or Equivalent
* English GCSE or Equivalent
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.
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