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Maternity Support Worker
at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Birmingham in Birmingham (Published at 31-01-2025)
This exciting Maternity Support Worker role is to work with our Vulnerable Womens team - The Phoenix Team.
The Phoenix team comprises of Specilaist Midwives providing care and support for Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Domestic Abuse, FGM and Young Parents.
The role of the MSW in this team will be to support the specialist midwives in the care of our vulnerable women and will involve some clerical duties aswell as clinical support
Applicants will be expected to work independently whilst remaining under the supervision of midwives. This will include :
Provision of health promotion information
Provision of parent education including breastfeeding
Phlebotomy
Observations
Clerical/Admin duties to include booking appointments , managing referrals
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opened in 2024 and provides care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. . The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.
The Phoenix team comprises of Specilaist Midwives providing care and support for Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Domestic Abuse, FGM and Young Parents.
The role of the MSW in this team will be to support the specialist midwives in the care of our vulnerable women and will involve some clerical duties aswell as clinical support
Applicants will be expected to work independently whilst remaining under the supervision of midwives. This will include :
Provision of health promotion information
Provision of parent education including breastfeeding
Phlebotomy
Observations
Clerical/Admin duties to include booking appointments , managing referrals
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opened in 2024 and provides care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. . The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.
