Job description

Job responsibilities

• Communicate appropriately with a wide range of people including staff, patients and visitors
• Answer the telephone, take messages and refer to the Midwife for instructions
• To reinforce professional advice given to women and their families
• Provide reassurance to new mothers and birthing partners when necessary
• Provide high quality, safe care to pregnant people, postnatal people and their babies
• Recognising and responding to situations within the work area and report to the midwife in charge
• Assisting with the undertaking and implementation of risk assessments
• Organise own workload and prioritise care
• Carry out routine observations and blood tests as directed, documenting results in the notes
• Assist with chaperoning the doctors as required
• Carry out acquired nursing skills as directed, documenting care in the notes
• Be aware of the womans emotional, social and physical needs, reporting to the midwife as necessary
• Work autonomously within Trust guidelines and sphere of professional practice
• Only uses equipment following appropriate training, ensuring equipment register is updated appropriately
• Applies knowledge and skills of the Trusts Health and Safety Policy to clinical practice
• Adheres to the Trust Violence and Aggression Policies to ensure personal and maternity staffs safety
• Uphold the safety of the woman within a clinical governance framework
• Adhere to trust data protection and Information Governance policies
• To undertake observations of mothers and babies and report to the midwife

Job responsibilities

• Communicate appropriately with a wide range of people including staff, patients and visitors
• Answer the telephone, take messages and refer to the Midwife for instructions
• To reinforce professional advice given to women and their families
• Provide reassurance to new mothers and birthing partners when necessary
• Provide high quality, safe care to pregnant people, postnatal people and their babies
• Recognising and responding to situations within the work area and report to the midwife in charge
• Assisting with the undertaking and implementation of risk assessments
• Organise own workload and prioritise care
• Carry out routine observations and blood tests as directed, documenting results in the notes
• Assist with chaperoning the doctors as required
• Carry out acquired nursing skills as directed, documenting care in the notes
• Be aware of the womans emotional, social and physical needs, reporting to the midwife as necessary
• Work autonomously within Trust guidelines and sphere of professional practice
• Only uses equipment following appropriate training, ensuring equipment register is updated appropriately
• Applies knowledge and skills of the Trusts Health and Safety Policy to clinical practice
• Adheres to the Trust Violence and Aggression Policies to ensure personal and maternity staffs safety
• Uphold the safety of the woman within a clinical governance framework
• Adhere to trust data protection and Information Governance policies
• To undertake observations of mothers and babies and report to the midwife

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

• Adult vital signs
• Venepuncture
• Good Communication
• NVQ 3/ Apprenticeship or equivalent qualification
• Recent experience working clinically within a healthcare setting

Desirable

• Training in neonatal life support
• Care Certificate
• Cannulation
• ECG

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Trained to undertake phlebotomy, or working towards
• Willing to undertake additional training for clinical skills
• Safeguarding Children level 2 training
• Experience in a customer focused environment
• Keen and willing to learn new skills to enhance patient care
• Understand the importance of Health and Safety
• Experience working as part of a team

Desirable

• Experience working on a maternity unit
• Knowledge of infant feeding

Specific skills

Essential

• Ability to work within a team, undertake instructions from other professionals and appropriately report back to the midwife in charge.
• Able to demonstrate an excellent level of literacy, numeracy, verbal and written skills.

Desirable

• Ability to perform observations on newborn babies

Qualifications and training

Essential

• Adult vital signs
• Venepuncture
• Good Communication
• NVQ 3/ Apprenticeship or equivalent qualification
• Recent experience working clinically within a healthcare setting

Desirable

• Training in neonatal life support
• Care Certificate
• Cannulation
• ECG

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Trained to undertake phlebotomy, or working towards
• Willing to undertake additional training for clinical skills
• Safeguarding Children level 2 training
• Experience in a customer focused environment
• Keen and willing to learn new skills to enhance patient care
• Understand the importance of Health and Safety
• Experience working as part of a team

Desirable

• Experience working on a maternity unit
• Knowledge of infant feeding

Specific skills

Essential

• Ability to work within a team, undertake instructions from other professionals and appropriately report back to the midwife in charge.
• Able to demonstrate an excellent level of literacy, numeracy, verbal and written skills.

Desirable

• Ability to perform observations on newborn babies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Women's Health Unit, Torbay Hospital

Lowes Bridge

Torquay

TQ2 7AA

Employer's website

https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)