Senior Maternity Care Assistant

The cleaning, tidying and re-stocking of all store rooms, clinical rooms and areas.

Responding promptly to service user needs, including answering questions and call buzzers, and escalating any concerns immediately to a registered midwife.

Adult and neonatal observations (e.g. using equipment to measure blood pressure, pulse and temperature).

Infant feeding support.

Providing assistance to members of the multi-disciplinary team during emergency situations.

Providing assistance to members of the multi-disciplinary team during vaginal and caesarean births, including in the maternity theatres.

Supporting housekeepers and catering with ordering and delivery of food and drinks and maintaining cleanliness of kitchen areas

This role covers a 24 hour service, where it is expected you will work a combination of day and night shifts, weekends and bank holidays. We are a workplace which supports flexible working to accommodate individual needs alongside the needs of the service.

Welcome and orientate patients, carers, relatives, and other visitors to the ward/department demonstrating care and compassion at all times.

Report any observed changes in the patients physical or psychological needs to the registered practitioner.

Provide support to the registered practitioner, and where appropriate, other members of the ward / department clinical team as required.

Initiate and participate with emergencies i.e., cardiac arrest, patient falls and patients with a rapidly deteriorating condition.

Communicate effectively and maintain good relationships with patients, relatives, and healthcare practitioners.

Organise the supply and maintenance of materials and ward or department equipment ensuring they are placed in the correct area and present no hazards to staff, patients or visitors.

Assist in the transfer of materials and equipment as requested.

Clean and return equipment utilised in procedures and treatments to the Decontamination Unit or dispose of as appropriate.

Recognise and consistently works within boundaries of the role.

Maintain responsibility for their own continuing professional development needs and take part in the annual appraisal process to help identify future development requirements.

please see job description/person specification for further details on the role.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

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Communication

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential: - Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Training & Qualifications

Desirable: - Speciality specific training and competencies achieved and ongoing development

Experience

Desirable: - Experience of working within a health care environment.

Planning and Organization

Essential: - Able to carry out routine and nonroutine tasks; - Able to meet the flexible needs of the role and duty roster

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential: - Able to work on own initiative, following direction by a Registered Healthcare Practitioner.

Skills