Maternity Care Assistant

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our Maternity Team. You will become part of a dedicated maternity service, striving to deliver excellent care to women, their babies and families.

Under the direction of a Registered Midwife, you will work with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to contribute to the provision of the highest standards of patient care.

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You will participate in the admission procedure with regards to welcoming, showing to a room, recording basic personal details, observations and urinalysis, when directed by midwife and all care must be recorded in midwifery records

You will participate in the discharge procedure under the direction of the midwife, including making up discharge packs to ensure timely, safe and efficient discharge to community care.

You may be required to record any care given on care plans and in midwifery record.

You will be expected to assist with patient hygiene, including general hygiene, management of continence and perineal care.

You will undertake catheter care, change catheter bags and record urinary output reporting to registered midwife any abnormalities.

You will be required to record hourly urine measurements on fluid balance charts, must report on each occasion to the registered midwife.

Take CSU from urinary catheter port following Trust training and under the direction of the registered midwife.

Remove urinary catheters following training under the direction of a registered midwife.

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 variety of services. 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. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

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

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