Senior Maternity Care Assistant

Job overview

As a Senior Maternity Care Assistant, you will provide clinical and non-clinical support to the multi-disciplinary team under the direction and supervision of an appropriate Registered Health Care Professional.

You will deliver direct and indirect care for service users as delegated under the direction and supervision of an appropriate Registered Health Care Professional or by the multi-disciplinary team to support the delivery of effective healthcare to service users. You will work across all areas of the maternity services, which includes postnatal and antenatal wards, labour wards, maternity theatres and assessment units.

Under current UK immigration rules, entry level Band 3 Maternity Care Support Worker roles DO NOT meet the salary requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application, or be eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa having worked as a Band 3 Maternity Care Assistant for 2 years or more in the NHS. Please find the link to the Government page on sponsorship and visa information Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK. The entry level salary for this specific role is £24,937, If further information is required please copy and paste the following link https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Main duties of the job

• The cleaning, tidying and re-stocking of all store rooms, clinical rooms and areas.
• Responding promptly to service user needs, including answering questions and call buzzers, and escalating any concerns immediately to a registered midwife.
• Adult and neonatal observations (e.g. using equipment to measure blood pressure, pulse and temperature).
• Infant feeding support.
• Providing assistance to members of the multi-disciplinary team during emergency situations.
• Providing assistance to members of the multi-disciplinary team during vaginal and caesarean births, including in the maternity theatres.
• Supporting housekeepers and catering with ordering and delivery of food and drinks and maintaining cleanliness of kitchen areas

This role covers a 24 hour service, where it is expected you will work a combination of day and night shifts, weekends and bank holidays. We are a workplace which supports flexible working to accommodate individual needs alongside the needs of the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Welcome and orientate patients, carers, relatives, and other visitors to the ward/department demonstrating care and compassion at all times.
• Report any observed changes in the patient’s physical or psychological needs to the registered practitioner.
• Provide support to the registered practitioner, and where appropriate, other members of the ward / department clinical team as required.
• Initiate and participate with emergencies i.e., cardiac arrest, patient falls and patients with a rapidly deteriorating condition.
• Communicate effectively and maintain good relationships with patients, relatives, and healthcare practitioners.
• Organise the supply and maintenance of materials and ward or department equipment ensuring they are placed in the correct area and present no hazards to staff, patients or visitors.
• Assist in the transfer of materials and equipment as requested.
• Clean and return equipment utilised in procedures and treatments to the Decontamination Unit or dispose of as appropriate.
• Recognise and consistently works within boundaries of the role.
• Maintain responsibility for their own continuing professional development needs and take part in the annual appraisal process to help identify future development requirements.

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