Maternity Support Worker inRotherham inRotherham PUBLISHED
WED 13 NOV 2024
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust rS5xmd1i
The MSW's responsibilities include delivering evidence-based care, planning patient interventions, managing a varied workload, and providing administrative support as needed. The role emphasises collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality, cost-effective service, particularly for patients with complex needs. The employee will receive appropriate training to develop their competencies and must adhere to NHS values and best practices while working flexibly within the established guidelines.
Full-time and part-time hours available
The overarching responsibility of the Band 3 Maternity Support Worker (MSW) is to assist the multidisciplinary team with caring for women, babies and their families throughout their maternity journey, working under supervision and within agreed guidelines and protocols when providing care to women and their families.
The midwife is ultimately responsible for the care of the mother and her new-born(s), and it is under the direct or indirect supervision of the midwife that the MSW assists with and provides care following completion of any relevant or appropriate training. The employee will be provided with appropriate training for the clinical setting in which they are working. These settings include antenatal inpatient or outpatient care, intrapartum inpatient care, including theatres, postnatal inpatient and outpatient care and community.
The post holder will have Level 2 Qualifications within the Regulated Qualifications Framework, have 5 GCSEs or equivalent or previous clinical experience within health and social care settings relevant to role and evidences values associated with NHS constitution and commitment to Level 3 role development including completion of Care Certificate.
Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, providing direct care to women, birthing people, and babies accessing maternity services. Provide effective evidence based care to patients referred to the service under the supervision of qualified practitioners. To use personal effectiveness and knowledge to contribute to the development and delivery of a high quality, cost effective service. To work closely with the Multidisciplinary Team. Following the successful completion of the Band 3 core competency framework you will ensure you act within your sphere of competence at all times and be confident and accountable for your actions. Plan and progress patient interventions with basic assessing and planning on a daily basis with supervision of a qualified practitioner.
Be able to organise own daily workload and have the skills to prioritise and plan a changing workload on a daily basis to meet the needs of the service.
To provide administration support where needed relevant to the role.
Provide additional support for women and families with complex clinical or social needs.
To work flexibly following procedures, guidelines and best working practices.
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