Job summary

These are exciting times and with the recent expansion and remodelling of the Lewisham & Greenwich Trust Maternity Services, an opportunity has arisen for 2 Maternity Support Workers to join our Multi - Professional Team, in its deliverance of high quality care to our women and their families.

Our whole maternity service is exciting and innovative and due to this, we have received awards for our service and midwives and have maintained a CQC rating of good since 2017 with our latest report by the CQC last year awarding us outstanding for Leadership and commending us on being a dynamic, culturally astute and inclusive place to work.

At Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, we have fantastic new opportunities for Maternity Support Workers to join our Multi-Professional Team, atUniversity Hospital Lewisham, based on the Labour ward, where you can contribute to its deliverance of high quality care to our women/birthing people and their families.

If you have the experience of working as a Maternity Care Assistant or are a current Maternity Support Worker, we would like your help in supporting women/birthing people and their families to receive the care they deserve.

Your role will involve being supportive of both women/birthing people and midwives. We have a wonderful team of staff who rely on each other for help and support.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship or a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) for this post.

Main duties of the job

You will be based on Labour Ward but may need to participate in the provision of cover for the unit, including flexibility to move within team areas as the service requires.

You will maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene within your clinical area i.e. cleaning of rooms, equipment, making beds and keeping a good stock supply.

You will assist the midwives in the care of women/birthing people and participate in maintaining the general personal hygiene needs of women/birthing people if required.

You will be aware of the general condition and wellbeing of women/birthing people on the ward and report any deviation from the norm immediately to a qualified member of the multi-professional team.

You will maintain accurate records of all care provision in the clinical records.

You may need to escort clients to different clinical areas within the unit and act as a chaperone if required.

You will undertake phlebotomy and urinalysis and, if necessary, cannulation as directed by the RM.

As a team we are respectful of our colleagues' views and work as a team to encourage innovation in all that we do.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream