Job description
Job Title -Maternity Health Care Assistant
Hours per week -37.50
Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent
Salary- £22383.00 Per annum Pro Rata
Closing Date-25th Aug 2023
Interview Date-TBC
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.
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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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We are looking for enthusiastic motivated individuals to join our team in Women’s and Children’s at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. As a Maternity Healthcare Assistant (MHCA) you will support the midwives whilst working on in all areas of maternity, to deliver high quality, safe and compassionate care.
Duties will include assisting in labour ward, antenatal clinics and the antenatal and postnatal wards. You will work as a member of the maternity team by supporting the midwifery staff and assisting the care needs of women and their babies.
Maternity health care assistants work alongside registered practitioners and other members of the maternity care team who provide direct delivery of care to women and their families accessing hospital based services.
Applicants must be able to work effectively within a team, demonstrating an ability to adapt to the change in accordance with the need of the organisation and professional innovation
(Please see attached Job Specification)
Here at George Eliot our vision to‘excel at patient care’takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, on-site discounted gym, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
- Support the smooth running of the maternity services including antenatal clinic, day assessment, triage, delivery suite and community
- General housekeeping
- Prepare (including cleaning) the clinical area.
- Management of blood spillage.
- Clean and make beds.
- Re-stock and reorder equipment including stock rotation.
- Sterilize feeding equipment.
- Prepare equipment such as ultrasound.
- Identify and report faulty equipment.
- Undertake hospital transfer, the discharge process and tasks such as data input.
- Input and retrieve data into and from computer systems, for example, test results, contact details and discharge information.
- Assist midwives and doctors with instrumental deliveries, such as laying