Maternity Health Care Assistant *Internal Applicants Only* inWhitehaven inWhitehaven PUBLISHED
WED 27 NOV 2024
The North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Maternity Health Care Assistant to join their maternity team, available only to current NCIC employees. This role, positioned at Band 3, involves providing high-quality care to women and babies within the delivery suite, antenatal, and postnatal wards. Ideal candidates should demonstrate a passion for maternal and infant care while working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support midwives in the care of mothers and babies, including feeding, bathing, and personal care tasks.
- Perform housekeeping duties and maintain cleanliness in the care environment.
- Assist in emergency situations and participate in relevant training drills.
- Handle equipment safely and adhere to infection control protocols.
- Ensure clear communication with mothers, reporting any concerns to midwives.
Work Schedule: The position requires shift work, covering both days and nights as the service operates 24/7.
Eligibility: Applicants must be current NCIC employees. Additional details regarding eligibility, training, and COVID-19 related policies are covered. There are also benefits available, such as relocation assistance, holiday schemes, and access to NHS discounts.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply promptly, as the posting may close earlier if sufficient applications are received.
INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY
Band 3 Maternity Health Care Assistant,
We are proud to have been rated as 'Good' by the CQC at our most recent inspection. We are now recruiting to our team to ensure we can continue to provide a safe and effective maternity care experience for the women and babies who use our Maternity Service. Maternity Care Assistants are highly valued members of our team who contribute to providing the level of care we aspire to. If you are passionate about providing a high standard of care for women and babies on our delivery suite, antenatal and postnatal ward then we would welcome your application.
We offer a 24/7 service, therefore the hours of work are shifts, including both day and night shifts.
Provide care to woman and babies in support of the midwife and undertake personal care duties for woman and babies in hospital, working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Clinical
- Assist and support mothers in feeding their babies.
- Assist mothers in caring for babies e.g. nappy changing, bathing.
- Provide and receive information using communication skills and empathy.
- Clean beds, trolleys, rooms and undertake general housekeeping duties.
- Under the supervision of a midwife, assist the mother in bathing / shower following delivery.
- Transfer postnatal women from the delivery suite to the maternity ward as required.
- Bed bath women after a caesarean section as requested.
- Remove catheters and cannulae as requested.
- Deliver food to women, ensuring high standard of hygiene.
- Report any problems or concerns to midwives.
- Escort women to other departments as required.
- Undertake cleaning, tidying, assisting midwives with delivery trolleys, beds etc.
- Participate in emergency skill drills to familiarise in prompt action/ treatment in emergency situations.
- Ensure safe use and maintenance of designated equipment e.g. blood glucose machine, fridges and domestic appliances.
- Comply with infection prevention and control procedures at all times.
- Comply with responsibility to safeguard children, ensuring attendance at appropriate training.
- Take personal responsibility for putting the person receiving care first and challenge poor care/practise, doing so as soon as any shortcomings are seen.
About us
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
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Unlock Tel: , email or complete the online form on the Unlock website
Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be
Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
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