Maternity Care AssistantNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the maternity antenatal outpatient services of CDDFT south sites (BAGH and DMH) for an enthusiastic individual wishing to provide care to families requiring additional sonography and obstetric surveillance during their pregnancy. The role will be part time as a maternity care assistant and will support the wider maternity team to provide clinical care to our birthing population.

Key skills include to being a good team player, committed, kind, approachable, dependable and reliable.

A full driving license is preferable for this role due to cross-site working at times

Main duties of the job

Main roles undertaken by the candidate will involve clerical duties/record keeping on EPR and badgernet systems. Clinical care will include observations, venepuncture, blood glucose monitoring, glucose tolerance testing, pre-operative assessments and the provision of general health and wellbeing advice. An understanding of the key public health messages around smoking, health lifestyle in pregnancy and infant feeding knowledge would be desirable. All members of staff will have a clinical responsibility to be vigilant and report/support safeguarding concerns.

Job description

Main roles undertaken by the candidate will involve clerical duties/record keeping on EPR and badgernet systems. Clinical care will include observations, venepuncture, blood glucose monitoring, glucose tolerance testing, pre-operative assessments and the provision of general health and wellbeing advice. An understanding of the key public health messages around smoking, health lifestyle in pregnancy and infant feeding knowledge would be desirable. All members of staff will have a clinical responsibility to be vigilant and report/support safeguarding concerns.

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

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Please note that we may close any vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications have been received.