Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maternity Care Assistant to join our friendly antenatal clinic team. This interesting role involves working closely with our Midwifery and Obstetric teams, supporting them to provide high quality antenatal care to Women and their families, through complex pregnancies.
The primary role of the Maternity Care Assistant (MCA) is to assist, support and work in collaboration with the family, the midwife and the wider multidisciplinary team; in order to provide a safe and holistic approach to women centred care. MCA’s are key members of the Maternity team.
The Maternity Care Assistant will be responsible for providing a range of care to support women and their families under the direction of the Midwife or obstetrician.
Duties will include Chaperoning, Venepuncture, taking patient observations, performing urinalysis, supporting privacy and dignity, maximising comfort, promoting emotional and psychological well-being whilst working in accordance within the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trusts policies, procedures, standards and Guidelines.
We are looking for a self-motivated enthusiastic individual to work within our team to help to deliver a high quality service to the local population. The successful candidate should be willing to be flexible and may be required on some occasions to work within the wider maternity service in addition to antenatal clinic.
Closing date of applications: 25 June 2023
Interview date: 07 July 2023
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.