Maternity Care Assistant - Carlisle, United Kingdom - North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Carlisle, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Maternity Health Care Assistant, Band 3, up to 24 hours per week available

We offer a 24/7 service, therefore the hours of work are shifts, including both day and night shifts.

Provide care to woman and babies in support of the midwife and undertake personal care duties for woman and babies in hospital, working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Clinical

Assist and support mothers in feeding their babies.
Assist mothers in caring for babies e.g. nappy changing, bathing.
Provide and receive information using communication skills and empathy.
Clean beds, trolleys, rooms and undertake general housekeeping duties.
Under the supervision of a midwife, assist the mother in bathing / shower following delivery.
Transfer postnatal women from the delivery suite to the maternity ward as required.
Bed bath women after a caesarean section as requested.
Remove catheters and cannulae as requested.
Deliver food to women, ensuring high standard of hygiene.
Report any problems or concerns to midwives.
Escort women to other departments as required.
Undertake cleaning, tidying, assisting midwives with delivery trolleys, beds etc.
Participate in emergency skill drills to familiarise in prompt action/ treatment in emergency situations.
Ensure safe use and maintenance of designated equipment e.g. blood glucose machine, fridges and domestic appliances.
Comply with infection prevention and control procedures at all times.
Comply with responsibility to safeguard children, ensuring attendance at appropriate training.
Take personal responsibility for putting the person receiving care first and challenge poor care/practise, doing so as soon as any shortcomings are seen.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people.

Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond.

We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030.

There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicyfor eligible vacancies?

The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this.

For further information, please see the additional information link which can be viewed under the "read this before applying" section.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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