Clinical Support Worker ( CIC Delivery Suite )

Job overview

Band 3  Clinical Support Worker- Maternity/Labour ward

We are proud to have been rated as ‘Good’ by the CQC at our most recent inspection. We are now recruiting to our team to ensure we can continue to provide a safe and effective maternity care experience for the women and babies who use our Maternity Service.  Clinical support workers are highly valued members of our team who contribute to providing the level of care we aspire to. If you are passionate about providing a high standard of care for women and babies on our delivery suite, antenatal and postnatal ward then we would welcome your application.

We offer a 24/7 service, therefore the hours of work are shifts, including both day and night shifts.

Main duties of the job

Provide care to woman and babies in support of the midwife and undertake personal care duties for woman and babies in hospital, working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Clinical

• Assist and support mothers in feeding their babies.
• Assist mothers in caring for babies e.g. nappy changing, bathing.
• Provide and receive information using communication skills and empathy.
• Clean beds, trolleys, rooms and undertake general housekeeping duties.
• Under the supervision of a midwife, assist the mother in bathing / shower following delivery.
• Transfer postnatal women from the delivery suite to the maternity ward as required.
• Bed bath women after a caesarean section as requested.
• Remove catheters and cannulae as requested.
• Deliver food to women, ensuring high standard of hygiene.
• Report any problems or concerns to midwives.
• Escort women to other departments as required.
• Undertake cleaning, tidying, assisting midwives with delivery trolleys, beds etc.
• Participate in emergency skill drills to familiarise in prompt action/ treatment in emergency situations.
• Ensure safe use and maintenance of designated equipment e.g. blood glucose machine, fridges and domestic appliances.
• Comply with infection prevention and control procedures at all times.
• Comply with responsibility to safeguard children, ensuring attendance at appropriate training.
• Take personal responsibility for putting the person receiving care first and challenge poor care/practise, doing so as soon as any shortcomings are seen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL).  Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.