Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Maternity Care Assistant

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Job summary

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 suppor
  • 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. Scope of

About us

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

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

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

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.

Details

Date posted

31 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 a year Per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-WAC-BA-7018

Job locations

Basildon

Nethermayne Basildon Hospital SS16 5NL

basildon

SS16 5NL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information , please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for more detail

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information , please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for more detail

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

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

Desirable

  • infant feeding support experience

Experience

Essential

  • 2 or more years experince in maternity setting
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

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

Desirable

  • infant feeding support experience

Experience

Essential

  • 2 or more years experince in maternity setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon

Nethermayne Basildon Hospital SS16 5NL

basildon

SS16 5NL


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon

Nethermayne Basildon Hospital SS16 5NL

basildon

SS16 5NL


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron

Jane Carter

jane.carter11@nhs.net

01268524900

Details

Date posted

31 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 a year Per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-WAC-BA-7018

Job locations

Basildon

Nethermayne Basildon Hospital SS16 5NL

basildon

SS16 5NL


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