Community Maternity Support Worker - Torquay, United Kingdom - Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

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Torquay, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will work in the specific service area delivering planned care for all women/birthing people and their babies under indirect supervision.

The Maternity Support Worker works as part of the Community Midwifery Team.

The team delivers antenatal and postnatal midwifery care to a defined population within Torbay and South Devon.

As part of the community midwifery team the post holder collaborates with a wider multi-disciplinary team in offering maternity services to the community.

The work takes place in a variety of settings, including home visits, clinic settings, and other community venues.

The Maternity Support Worker will be responsible to carry out duties delegated by the named midwife.

No budgetary control but responsible for the effective and appropriate use of resources.

To undertake a range of clinical activities relevant to your specific service area

Work within clearly defined accountability frameworks

To value differences and individuality

To work in partnership with women/birthing people, families, parents and carers to identify health needs

To offer support and advice to women/birthing people and carers

To be aware of diversity and where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties of comprehension, adjustments and adaptations will be used to communicate.

To provide holistic, woman/birthing people centred care.

To respect women's/birthing people's choice.

Ensure informed consent is obtained

The post holder will work closely with the named midwife

The post holder will work collaboratively with the safeguarding lead midwife & public health midwife

Undertake and deliver antenatal and postnatal care under the direction of the named midwife.

The post holder will remain professional

Women/birthing people led interventions

Attend training

Participate in audits

Why work with us

The post holder will have the opportunity as part of a team to deliver antenatal and postnatal care, making a difference to women/birthing people and babies health outcomes in Torbay and South Devon.

You will have the opportunity to work with women/birthing people, babies and their families, to allow them to feel empowered in making healthier lifestyle choices.

Communicate professionally at all times. Demonstrate active listening and the ability to ask appropriate, sensitive and relevant questions. Demonstrate excellent verbal and non-verbal communication appropriate to the situation.

To develop working relationships with women/birthing people and their families; carers; health professionals; voluntary sector organisations; housing and supporting people teams; children's services and other local authorities and health trusts in individual and group settings.

Communicate effectively with people who may themselves have communication difficulties, including willingness to seek out and use resources to help those whose first language is not English or those with sensory or learning difficulties.

On occasion, to accompany members of the midwifery team on home visits, where lone-working is not appropriate.

The ability to develop working relationships with colleagues such as the safeguarding lead midwife and public health midwife.

Planning and organisation

Organises and supports planned intervention in health and community settings e.g.

antenatal classes, child health clinics, open access/drop in sessions:
health demonstrations and presentations, parenting groups and other support groups e.g. breast-feeding support groups.

To undertake additional duties as required, commensurate with the level of the job.

The ability to plan and organise own diary with regards to the wider team.

Responsibility for patient and client care

Able to recognise situations where women/birthing people require advice and help from the Midwifery team, for example, a health need which requires further assessment by a midwife or doctor.

Knowledge of infant feeding and nutrition and the ability to provide guidance and support.

Provide appropriate advice and support to women/birthing people where required, under the supervision of the named midwife, reporting back as appropriate.

Undertake and assist in the delivery of antenatal and postnatal care under the direction of the named midwife.

Able to recognise when situations need to be referred to the named midwife e.g. child protection or a health need which requires assessment.

As part of the wider midwifery team participate in providing lifestyles advice, promoting health and wellbeing and supporting and signposting women/birthing people to other services for help e.g., Smoking cessation, drug and alcohol service, depression and anxiety service and routine enquiry (domestic violence).

Policy and service responsibility

Infection control, hygiene and safety, including a general knowledge of appropriate cleaning materials and solutions to use on specific items of equipment, applicable to home visits, c