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Job summary

Main area
Maternity
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref
275-2406NC-MSW
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Gilllingham
Salary
£22,383 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/07/2024 23:59

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Medway NHS Foundation Trust logo

Non-Clinical Maternity Care Assistant

Band 2

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Non-Clinical Maternity Support Worker

Division: Women, Children and Young People

Care Group: Women's & Children's Service

Band: 2

Salary: £22,383 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: Week Commencing 22nd July 2024

We are recruiting for a Non-Clinical Maternity Support Worker who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will facilitate the smooth running of this maternity service and successful applicant will be involved in service improvement.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Equipment cupboard must be accessible to staff, tidy and floors clean and litter free

Ensure daily checks of all relevant items, blood trackers, urinalysis monitors, Blood monitoring equipment with evidence

To prioritise stock availability, report to manager for ordering to comply with patient safety and clinical governance requirements

Ensure there is an effective, robust communication system between the non –clinical role and Clinical Support Worker team members. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ 2 or Equivalent

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Computer systems (Basic)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience desirable, preferable within a health care setting

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Has the ability to adapt to challenging and changing situations / demands and able to support colleagues
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across maternity while liaising with different levels of personnel

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lynn Deller
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 976687
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