Job Description

" Please note:

A valid driving licence and access to a car is essential for this post. This is due to the nature of the community role, which includes transporting essential medical stock from Queen's Hospital to various community hubs across Havering and undertaking home visits to patients unable to attend appointments."



BHRUT maternity department is looking to recruit an enthusiastic band 3 maternity support workers with previous experience in the care industry to join our community team. You will be supporting Midwives, nurses, nursery nurses and Doctors to provide care to the women and babies in the department.



You 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.



Your 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.



Please note - a valid UK license and access to a car is essential for this post.



To work alongside, but under the guidance of practitioners at all levels from across the maternity multidisciplinary team, assisting in caring for the needs of women and their babies, within required competencies. To be aware of emotional and physical needs of women and their babies, providing appropriate support in conjunction with the midwife. To serve as a point of contact for women and their families and provide clinical, physical, psychological and emotional care and support. To be able to provide appropriate information and signpost to other health sector organisations. To maintain accurate and legible records. To report all accidents and incidents to team leader in charge. To be aware of the importance of infection control and take steps to prevent cross infection.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures ; we've 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 Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the 35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.



Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's 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 . We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.



We're 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 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 Tosin Aragbaiye, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5934. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.