Maternity Support Worker

This is a unique opportunity to work alongside the community midwifery team at Birmingham Womens Hospital, covering South Birmingham. We are looking for knowledgeable and passionate professionals, to support women and families throughout their pregnancy and postnatal journey. Please read the job description and person specification before applying for this post.

Why should you come and join us at Birmingham Womens Hospital?

Opportunities To Gain Further Development/qualifications And Career Progression.

Special interest groups we have team members supporting specifically with equality and diversity, safeguarding, auditing, breastfeeding, antenatal education, infection control and more.

Provide specific clinical care tasks (obtain urine samples, urinalysis, obtain microbiological specimens, maternal observations, venepuncture clinics, newborn screening samples, carbon monoxide screening, offering basic support and advise and referring to the smoking cessation services, weigh babies, neonatal observations to include bilirubinometer and visiting women and babies at home.

Transporting of specimens.

Report any deviations from the normal range to the midwife

Take personal responsibility and accountability for own infection prevention and control practice

Take emergency action as necessary to safeguard women and babies, to call emergency services/children’s services as necessary

Provide basic public health advise and education to families

Assist the mother with practical care of the baby

Assist the mother with her chosen method of feeding the baby; including giving advice and information on breastfeeding to meet 'baby friendly' standards and sterilisation/safe preparation of milk.

Offer advice and support to vulnerable women/families by signposting them to the appropriate agencies

Assist in the restocking supplies/preparation of pregnancy information

Provide interpreting services between the woman and the midwife, if the post holder speaks the relevant language

Communication between the midwifery and multi-disciplinary team, women and their families

Clearly document all care given to the woman and baby

Respect confidentiality of information at all times

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Faye Sayers Job title: Community Team Manager Email address: faye.sayers@nhs.net Telephone number: 07720703501