Maternity Support Worker

Are you caring, conscientious, and motivated with a passion to work as a Maternity Support Worker at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals? You will work as an effective member of the team to provide quality, compassionate care for women, babies, and their families under the supervision of multi-disciplinary colleagues.

We are looking for individuals who are motivated, enthusiastic, and have a distinct passion for caring for women, babies, and their families; supporting compassionate holistic care across the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods. The postholder will undertake clinical tasks such as venepuncture of adults, neonatal capillary blood sampling via heel prick, and Newborn Blood Screening tests, as well as recording maternal and neonatal observations and escalating concerns to Midwife, Nurse, or Doctor.

You will be able to provide public health information to parents and families about immunisations, screening, healthy pregnancy advice, and safe sleeping. As a Maternity Support Worker, you will support women in their chosen method of infant feeding in line with UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiatives and the practical skills required to care for a baby, including skin-to-skin contact, positioning and attachment, hand expression, the use of a breast pump, and preparing artificial feeds and equipment.

This role offers the privilege to support family bonding during a special time. We are a flexible, working-friendly organization and will consider flexible working arrangements to accommodate your needs, where possible.

Our organization oversees over 6,500 patient contacts daily across various sites, including Freeman Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary, and others, delivering high standards of healthcare with cutting-edge services and innovation.

Requirements include assisting, supporting, and working collaboratively with the midwife and multidisciplinary team to provide safe, holistic, birth person-centered care. The employee will receive appropriate training for the clinical settings, which may include antenatal inpatient/outpatient care, intrapartum inpatient care, and postnatal inpatient and community care.

All references from current and previous employers covering a minimum of 3 years employment will be sought. Successful candidates requiring a DBS will have the cost deducted from their first month\’s salary. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by email; please check your spam folder. If you do not hear within 4 weeks of the closing date, assume your application was unsuccessful.

We are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and sustainability, aiming to be Net Zero by 2030 for our direct carbon footprint and by 2040 for our overall footprint. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, especially from under-represented groups.

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