Maternity Support Worker (UHL Birth Centre)

Job summary

At Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, we have fantastic new opportunities for Maternity Support Workers to join our Multi-Professional Team, within the University Hospital Lewisham Birth Centre, in its deliverance of high quality care to our women/birthing people and their families.

If you have the experience below, we would like your help in supporting women/birthing people and their families in a home-from-home environment.

Working in our beautiful spacious birthing rooms your role will involve being supportive of both women/birthing people and midwives. We have a small team of staff who rely on each other for help and support.

You MUST:

Have previous maternity/ paediatric experience of at least 1 year (NOT work experience) to be considered for this role.

Be able to work independently providing care for low-risk women/birthing people

Be able to perform neonatal observations and recognise deviations from normal.

Be competent in providing breast feeding support

Be keen to be part of a family-focussed maternity team

This role comprises working within a Multi - Professional Team delivering high quality care to women/birthing people and their families. This will include providing care and support to postnatal women/birthing people and their babies, phlebotomy, breast feeding support and advice, and maintenance of essential equipment.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship or a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) for this post.

Main duties of the job

You will:

be required to maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene within all clinical areas i.e. cleaning delivery rooms, theatre, equipment, making beds and keeping a good stock supply.

assist the midwives in the care of women/birthing people antenatally, during labour and postnatally to ensure that planned programmes of care are provided.

You will participate in the provision of 24-hour cover for the unit, including flexibility to move within team areas as the service requires.

participate in maintaining the general personal hygiene needs of clients where required.

assist in the provision food and drink if required.

be aware of the general condition and wellbeing of women/birthing people and babies by close observation and report any deviation from the norm immediately to a qualified member of the multi-professional team.

provide appropriate advice, within your level of knowledge, to parents on aspects of parenting in relation to the baby's wellbeing and safety.

be pro-active in supporting clients in feeding their babies and give them the advice and assistance they require according to the national and trust guidelines.

maintain accurate records of all care provision in the clinical records.

escort patients to different clinical areas within the unit if required.

bbe asked to complete neonatal observations, as required.

You may need to act as a chaperone.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Please note if you apply and do not have the above, you will not be shortlisted.