Health Care Support Worker (Birth Centre)

Job summary

We are currently looking for enthusiastic, motivated and hard-working individuals for the role of Healthcare Support Worker to join our amazing team in Neath/Port Talbot Midwifery Led Birth Centre.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work alongside has arisen to apply for a Healthcare Assistant post at the Birth Centre, Neath Port Talbot Hospital, where you will work under the direction and delegation of Midwives to provide a high standard of person-centred care to mothers and babies.

The Midwifery Service at Swansea Bay has ambitious plans for its future. Under the direction of its Head of Midwifery, the service is progressing a transformation programme centred upon the development and opportunities for its maternity workforce, promoting service improvements through prevention, safety, learning and quality, improving women's choice and the personalisation of care.

Main duties of the job

The Healthcare Assistant (Maternity) compliments the work of the maternity team to ensure that delivery of safe, high quality, personalised care within the obstetric unit wards or Free Standing Midwifery Unit (FMU).

The post holder will work at all times under the delegation of a registered midwife in the delivery of woman centred care.

The post holder will be responsible for following care plans and recording all personally generated observations and documenting care given in individual's notes.

The team at Swansea Bay understand that the foundations for positive health and well-being start with positive experiences in pregnancy, birth and the early days of childhood. With this in mind, the service is dedicated to delivering person-centred, safe and high quality care for mothers and babies throughout pregnancy, birth and immediately following birth.

Maternity services in Swansea Bay are organised across Singleton and Neath Port Talbot hospitals, with dedicated Birth centres in both locations, a Labour ward at Singleton hospital and support from highly skilled Community teams supporting antenatal, community based intrapartum and postnatal care.

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.