Maternity Care Assistant London, England
Job description
These are new and progressive times within midwifery and currently Lewisham & Greenwich Trust Maternity Services have a great opportunity for 4 Maternity Care Assistants to join our Multi – Professional Team, in its deliverance of high-quality care to our women/birthing people and their families on our Ante / post natal ward at UHL
Our whole maternity service is exciting and innovative and due to this, we have received awards for our service and midwives and have maintained a CQC raring of good since 2017.
This role comprises of working within a variety of settings supporting midwives and the team by maintaining a safe clinical environment. This will include assisting clients with nutritional and hygiene needs, computer admissions and discharges, theatre duties and general housekeeping. All our staff work within our Trust Values, treating all women and their families with respect and compassion and providing high quality, safe effective care.
You will be involved in maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene within all clinical areas i.e. cleaning rooms, equipment, making beds and keeping a good stock supply.
You will assist the midwives in the care of women/birthing people antenatally and postnatally to ensure that planned programmes of care are provided, this may include maintaining the general personal hygiene needs of women/birthing people where required such as toileting, bed bathing and oral hygiene.
You will be taught to be aware of the general condition and wellbeing of women/birthing people and babies by close observation so you can report any deviation from the norm immediately to a qualified member of the multi-professional team.
You will assist women/birthing people and their partners in the care of their babies, i.e. nappy changing, bathing and infant feeding, including supporting women/birthing people to breast feed their babies and give them the advice and assistance they require according to the national and trust guidelines.
You may also be required to escort patients to different clinical areas within the unit or work as a runner/ support in theatre if needed
You will assist in the provision of food and drink to women/birthing people if required.
Based on Mat 5, you may need to work in other areas if required by service needs, this may also incorporate some admin work including the documenting of care you have given.
Working as a Maternity Care Assistant enables exposure to a varied range of skills and offers wide scope for professional development. The Trust provides an extensive range of in-house training, as well as an apprenticeship programme, which is identified at annual appraisal reviews.
As a team we are respectful of our colleagues’ views and work as a team to encourage innovation in all that we do.
Please read the job and personal specifications carefully. You need to provide evidence in your application of all the essential criteria. All shortlisted candidates are invited to testing and those that are successful at testing will be invited back for an interview on a separate date.
Please note this is a 24 hr service so working nights will be a requirement.
A salary sacrifice scheme which includes lease car hire is also available.
The Maternity Care Assistant will be part of the multidisciplinary team in the clinical setting. The post
holder is working under the direct / indirect supervision of a midwife in providing a high quality service
that meets the needs of women/birthing people and their babies. They will contribute to ensuring a
safe and clean working environment.
