Community Midwifery Support Worker - Ipswich, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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Ipswich, United Kingdom

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Midwifery Support Worker to assist our Midwifery staff in the delivery of safe care to mothers and their babies.


This role will be based in the community so a full driving licence and access to a car is essential.

You will carry out a range of duties involving direct care as advised by the Midwifery staff.

This is a fixed term role until the end of March 2024


Midwifery Support Workers play a vital part in the provision of this care by supporting the midwives and providing direct care once training is complete.

This will include Maternal and Baby Observations, Phlebotomy, Breastfeeding support and advice, and being part of the team planning the ongoing care.


This role is essential to support women and their partners in providing all round care for their babies on the post natal ward and in the community setting.

All applicants for this role must have a NVQ level three qualification.


One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area.

We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.


Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.

Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone.

Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.


To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this.


If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.


For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

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