Maternity Care Assistant - Huntingdon Huntingdon, England
Job description
Currently approx. 7000 babies are born within the maternity service provided by NWAFT. We are very privileged to offer our women at both Hinchingbrooke and Peterborough maternity units, co-located birth centres which include beautiful pool rooms to which to birth within. Our enthusiastic, friendly workforce, believe in the promotion of normality and are keen to drive this service forward.
As a larger organisation we have increased opportunities to enhance services ensuring we provide the best patient experience and clinical outcomes which will give you the opportunity and support, to experience a wide and varied career within one Trust.
We offer a real commitment to your career in an environment where your ideas and skills are valued, where you are supported in developing your full potential and where your individual contribution is respected, recognised and rewarded.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the closing date indicated, should we feel we have received sufficient applications.
- Our strategic goal is “Working together to be the best at providing outstanding care for local communities”and so look to appoint people who are as passionate about patient care as we are
- Those appointed will be working closely with Midwives, Maternity Support Workers and the Multidisciplinary team supporting women during pregnancy and the postnatal period.
- The role varies from completing essential observations, supporting with infant feeding and supporting women in the ward environment, helping us to maintain high quality and efficient services.
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.
Benefits to you
- 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
- NHS Pension Scheme:
- Flexible working opportunities;
- Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
- Career development and training;
- Wellbeing support and activities;
- In-house physiotherapy Service;
- On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
- Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
- Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Support patients as they change from one place of care to another.
- Enable patients to become familiar with different care situation.
- Enable patients to transfer around the hospital.
- Escort patients to and from relevant departments including operating departments.
- Prepare the patient and environment for moving and lifting.
- Assist the patient to move from one position to another.
- Assist the patient to prevent and minimise adverse effects of pressure
- Collect and deliver specimens, results and other materials relating to the patient.
