This is an exciting opportunity to join the Midwifery team . Successful candidates will be based within the acute hospital, learning how to support our team and the wider MDT to provide care to women and their families in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.

This is an annex 20 development post, whereby the learner begins on AFC Band 2 and on completion of the program and learning within a healthcare environment, the successful candidates will transition into an MSW Band 3 position. They will work under the supervision of the Midwife by providing holistic care to the women and babies of Northumbria and will work towards the on-programme requirements of the MSW Apprenticeship Standard.

Some of the tasks are:

To help maintain a clean and safe working environment. Carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare or therapeutic tasks, supervision of registered Midwives.

Provide high quality, compassionate healthcare, following standards, policies or protocols and always acting within the limits of your competence and needs of the department.

To maintain high clinical standards in line with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers.

This post falls within the provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 20 - Development of Professional Roles, whereby upon completion of an agreed set of competencies you may move onto the next pay band without the need for an application for a post at a higher level.

For further information on Annex 20, please see:

http://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/annex-16-to-20/annex-20-development-of-professional-roles

Main duties of the job

Provide high quality, compassionate healthcare, following standards, policies or protocols and always acting within the limits of your competence and needs of the department.

Carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of registered healthcare practitioners.

Duties will be delegated to you in line with care plans.

The role is undertaken following a period of experience in healthcare so you are able to demonstrate best practice and act as a role model.

You will treat people with dignity, respecting people's diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences.

You will show respect and empathy for those you work with, have the courage to challenge areas of concern and work to best practice.

You will be adaptable, reliable and consistent, show discretion, show resilience and self-awareness and show supervisory leadership within the limits of your competence.

To attend and participate in structured teaching/theory sessions to gain the identified on-programme educational requirements for a Level 3 apprenticeship.

You are accountable for your work and for reviewing the effectiveness of your actions.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Help registered Midwives deliver healthcare services to people.Carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of registered Midwives. Provide high quality, compassionate healthcare, following standards, policies or protocols and always acting within the limits of your competence and needs of the department. After a period of learning within a healthcare environment you will work toward the on-programme requirements of the MSW Apprenticeship Standard.To maintain high clinical standards in line with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers. To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum of GCSE grade A-C (9-3) English and Maths, or level 2 functional skills.

Desirable

• A level education
• Care Certificate

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

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