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We would like to appoint Maternity Support Workers (MSW) to assist qualified midwives in the care of women and babies in our low and high risk birth units.

The post holders will carry out area specific tasks within the haven birthing suite and central delivery suite, these tasks will include; infant feeding support, clinical observations, phlebotomy including Newborn Blood Spot Test and maternal screening tests and supporting the women and midwives throughout labour, birth and the initial post natal period.

The post holders will act as members of the team and will work under the supervision and guidance of registered midwives and other professional staff.

The post holders will report to the band 7 team leader., providing a 24 hours, 365 day service that includes days, nights and weekends.

To succeed in this role, you will possess:

• Excellent communication and customer care skills
• A good standard of literacy and numeracy
• Please see the Person Specification for full criteria requirements

The Maternity Service is currently based across two sites, delivers over 4000 women per annum and is the centre for high risk care across East Dorset. Based on the Poole site is the Central Delivery Suite which has 8 birthing rooms, 2 obstetric theatres, a 2 bedded Maternity High Dependency Unit and 3 bedded recovery area. We have a 16 bed postnatal ward, 8 bed Transitional Care ward as well as an outpatient facility for antenatal clinic and antenatal day assessment. Our Outpatient and Community services are based across both Poole and Bournemouth sites.

For a band 3 role, we would expect that the post holder will have experience in healthcare. We would however consider applicants without maternity experience as full training and support will be given.

We are committed to education and development and invest in an education team which supports learning and practice development across the department. Learning and development opportunities currently in place are as follows:

• In service training in obstetric and neonatal skills
• Live Team Skills Drills
• Access to self-directed E-learning programmes

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview

All posts are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS, occupational health and reference screening, contracts offered include a probationary period.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a high volume of suitable applications are received.

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth or Poole Hospital

Please be aware that maternity services are moving to Bournemouth in 2025.

Provisional interview date: TBC

Please view our Recruitment video on YouTube, 'Maternity Recruitment March 2021'. We look forward to meeting you!

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.