Maternity Care Assistant
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Job summary
The Maternity Care Assistant uses general skill to enhance the service offered to woman and their families across a range of aspects of maternity service delivery under the close supervision of a registrant, ordinarily a midwife or Maternity Support Worker practitioner.
Level 2 Maternity Care Assistants work alongside the registered practitioners and other members of the maternity care team, who provide direct delivery of care to woman and their families accessing hospital-based services. Maternity Care Assistants may undertake basic care tasks, as part of routine care for women and their babies and for which they have been appropriately trained. Where they do so, they will follow planned care programmes whilst being closely supervised by a registered or Level 4 practitioner
Main duties of the job
The Maternity Care Assistant will:
Assist in the assessment of health care needs, undertaking roles and responsibilities that have been delegated by the registered midwife.
Under the supervision of the Registered Midwife participate fully in the delivery of planned care, including:
o Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated and records maintained
o Involve women and carers/relatives in the delivery of care
o Provide reassurance support to women and carers/family
o Work collaboratively with others in the ward to ensure that needs of the woman and baby are met
o Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Details
Date posted
22 August 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£22,383 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
426-432-24TAM
Job locations
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gayton Road
Kings Lynn
PE30 4ET
Employer details
Employer name
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
Address
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gayton Road
Kings Lynn
PE30 4ET
Employer's website
https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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