Senior Maternity Support Worker

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

Employer:Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Position:Senior Maternity Support Worker

Salary:£25,760 – £27,476 a year

Job Types:Part-time & Full-time

Location:Bristol

Are you looking for the exciting opportunity to join our innovative, friendly and supportive team here at BFT? Are you able to demonstrate compassion, enthusiasm and confidence? Can you provide the highest standard of care, prioritising work under pressure? Do you have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written?

If yes, this may be the job for you.

This is your opportunity to join us on our journey and become a part of our talented and passionate team. This is an exciting opportunity to be a Senior Maternity Support Worker (MSW) in Maternity services.

Within our services, we have opportunities to work in the Inpatient antenatal and postnatal ward, Central Delivery Suite, Antenatal Clinic (outpatient) Community and the Maternity Triage Unit. These roles will involve supporting the multidisciplinary team to care for women and birthing people as well as families and their newborn babies. Each area within Maternity has something different to offer for example, working on Central Delivery Suite, you will work closely with the theatre team to support elective and emergency procedures. Whereas in Antenatal Clinic or the Community, you may be running your own clinic.

We want all our Maternity Support Workers to become successful, competent and confident carers so we are committed to ensuring the ongoing education and development for individuals on a wide range of skills and knowledge with opportunities to develop.

A Senior Maternity Support Worker (MSW) is a core member of the team delivering direct care to patients and supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality, compassionate health care to people in accordance with assessed needs and a care plan.

You will carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare, or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner, in accordance with the Trust values.

There will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills, specific to your needs. Training will be provided to ensure you have the required core skills and skills set specific to your area of work. You will also be supported to obtain your care certificate if you do not have this qualification.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of 2.6 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom.

Chaired by Ingrid Barker and led by Maria Kane as Chief Executive, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust aims to transform the way healthcare is delivered locally with a clear focus on making a difference for what we call our Four Ps:

Better outcomes for our Patients

More opportunities for our People

Fairer more consistent care for our Population

Best Value for Public Purse

Our vision for five years from now:

Patients will wait less time to be diagnosed and treated, and they will have the same high-quality experience and outcomes, regardless of who they are or where they live.

We will meet rising demand by maximising the use of our available resources.

More care will be delivered nearer to patients, in their homes or the community.

Digital technologies will have transformed the way we work and the way we deliver care.

Our people will feel engaged, energised and empowered by their work.

We will be known as a place where people enjoy working , training and building a career.

Our volume of globally renowned research and innovation will have grown significantly.

We will contribute to system financial balance

For more information about the job role and main responsibilities, please see the document attached to this advert.

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