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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustBHRUT maternity department is looking to recruit an enthusiastic band 3 maternity support workers with previous experience in the care industry. You will be supporting Midwives, nurses, nursery nurses and Doctors to provide care to the women and babies in the department. The successful candidate will be part of the maternity unit rotation working in all clinical areas. This includes the maternity antenatal clinics and maternity theatres as well as the in-patient ward areas and labour ward. You should have previous experience of working with the public. A good standard of numeracy and literacy and a flexible approach to work in any area of maternity. You main roles and responsibilities whilst working alongside the registered health care professionals would be to assist in the provision of care to women and their babies, during ante-natal, delivery and postnatal period.

The Maternity Support Worker will provide direct delivery of clinical care to all women and newborn infants accessing maternity services and may be based within specialist and integrated teams such as in theatre, fetal medicine units and community hubs. Serving as a point of contact for women and their families and provide clinical, physical, psychological and emotional care and support; they provide appropriate information and signpost to other health sector organisations. They report directly to registered practitioners where planned care and tasks delegated by a registered or level 4 practitioner has been provided. Undertake routine clerical duties to ensure the smooth running of the midwifery team. In addition, the Maternity Support Worker is proactive in monitoring and anticipating patients needs within the boundaries of the job description.

Were an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care were proud of and our patients are happy with. Were no longer in special measures ; weve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.

We operate from two main sites KGH in Goodmayes and Queens Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. Were campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the AandE at Queens and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Womens Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St Georges Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.

The majority of our 8,000 staff who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes . Were proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Were looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Salmana So, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 8902. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

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