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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical 

• If required, perform basic adult or neonatal life support competently until further assistance is available or assist midwives in an emergency situation e.g. telephone for urgent help/fetch equipment
• Provide postnatal advice to women in relation to bladder care, including removal of urinary catheters, following ASQUAM Bladder care guidelines
• Provide routine, basic postnatal discharge information as delegated by midwife
• Follow plan of care as devised by midwife in relation to the care of premature babies
• Report any concerns regarding safeguarding to the midwife on duty or other appropriate registered professional or Named Midwife for safeguarding
• Observe and advise mother on care of cord including recognition of abnormalities and reporting these to a midwife
• Recognise and report to a midwife potential signs of neonatal jaundice, undertaking Minolta readings and reporting findings to allow for a plan of care to be developed

Communication

• Act in an approachable and professional manner to all mothers and their families and extended professionals involved in providing holistic care
• Provide one to one information, advice and support to vulnerable or high risk mothers in respect of public health, breast and artificial feeding, parenting skills and family adjustment
• Promote healthy living through the provision of information and advice as required and directed on: nutritional health, postnatal diet and smoking cessation, public health, travel safety and sudden infant death syndrome
• Inform parents of benefits of breast feeding
• Immediately refer patients anxieties, potential problems or complaints to the midwife or signpost to the appropriate service/agency in line with Trust Policy
• Provide appropriate advice, within their level of knowledge, to parents in aspects of parenting in relation to the baby’s wellbeing and safety
• Awareness of other agencies that offer social and health support, liaising with multi-agency team as necessary
• Participate in multi-agency/ disciplinary meetings when appropriate
• Follow written and verbal instructions by the midwife in relation to the care of the mother and baby
• Clearly document care given to mother and baby in the electronic and paper records in line with Trust Policy
• Ensure patient confidentiality and privacy is maintained at all times
• Take messages either by telephone and personally and ensure they are accurately relayed to the appropriate person
• Ensure that communication with other departments required for the efficient management of patient care takes place in a timely fashion, liaising appropriately with the member of staff co-ordinating the care of patients
• Take part in the appraisal process as per Trust Policy annually with first appraisal conducted 6 months from appointment

Administrative

• • Ensure data quality is maintained through electronic and written admissions/discharges
  • Identify and report faulty equipment
  • Input and retrieve data into and from computer systems, e.g. Medway, K2, iPortal
  • Maintain and update data collection tools
  • Participate in collating data and audit
  • Governance
  • Ensure that all advice and care given is within their sphere of duties and is clearly documented in the medical notes
  • Complies with all Trust and Departmental policies and guidelines
  • Organises workload in order to give timely and appropriate care and support
  • Is aware of own limitations and boundaries of role
  • Attends core group and child in need meetings if required