Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 275-2406MCA-B2
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gillingham
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
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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
Maternity Care Assistant
Division: Women, Children and Young People
Care Group: Women & Children's services
Band: 2
Salary: £22,383 per annum
We are recruiting for a Maternity Care Assistant 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
To work as a member of the maternity services under the supervision of registered midwives and nurses, delivering excellence in Caring, Housekeeping and Clerical duties to all women and their families who access the service.
Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of service users, always working in a manner that promotes dignity, equality and diversity, through the adoption of persons centred care principles.
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
The Maternity Care Assistant role is a diverse role incorporating elements of personal care, clerical and housekeeping duties. Working collaboratively with the nurses and midwives, multi professional teams, service users and their families to provide excellent care.
The Maternity Care Assistant will be accountable to the midwife or nurse they are working with, whilst maintaining dignity of women/service users and their families, respecting their individual needs and wishes. Whilst always maintaining a professional and presentable image.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a general education e.g. GCSE’s A* - E, or Level 1 functional skills.
- Care Certificate or a Level 2 Helathcare related qualification.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understand the role of a Maternity Care Assistant
- Ability to work effectively on a individual basis and as part of a disciplinary team
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a customer focused environment.
- Previous experience in a care related environment desirable.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively on an individual basis and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Values Based Question
Essential criteria
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Burton
- Job title
- MSW Lead Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634833732
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