Maternity Care Assistant

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

We are seeking a Maternity Care Assistant - band 3 to join our team at our Basildon site to work across all areas of Maternity.

The appointed candidate will be responsible for supporting Midwives with providing care to women and babies and completing observations to monitor the well being of both.

You will support all areas within maternity and will require a flexible motivated person to support the service.

Main duties of the job

Level 3 Maternity Care Assistant provides direct delivery of clinical care to all women and babies accessing maternity services and may be based within specialist and integrated teams such as in theatre, fetal medicine units and community hubs.

May serve as a point of contact/support for women and their families and provide clinical, physical, psychological and emotional care and support.

Provide appropriate information and where necessary, signpost to wider support organisations. The MSW reports to registered practitioners where planned delegated care has been provided.

Uses additional skills, to those of band 2 Maternity Care Assistant, within focused aspects of service delivery to enhance the service offered to women and their families; working alongside, but under the guidance of, practitioners at all levels from across the multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to midwives; obstetricians; ultra-sonographers; physiotherapists and advanced nurse practitioners

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires. - for some roles - i.e. roles for band 2 to 4, inclusive.

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria

• evidence of extended skills - neonatal obs/ blood samples
• maternal observations / escalation

Desirable criteria

• infant feeding support experience

experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience in maternity or neonatal care settings
• Two years experience working in a health care setting

Desirable criteria

• Skills such as neonatal observations/ maternal observations/ venepuncture

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 5 GCSEs including English and Maths GCSE Grade C/4 or above
• NVQ level 3 in health and social care or equivalent

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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