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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our existing maternity support worker team on a permanent basis.
As a MSW, you will work closely with our midwifery team to deliver a high standard of safe, evidence based care. You will care for pregnant people, postnatal people and new-born babies.
Working with the multi-disciplinary team, you will be responsible for assisting the midwifery staff to improve and maintain high standards of safe care, health and well-being of women and their families using the maternity service.
- To undertake observations of mothers and babies and report to the midwife
- To support mothers to establish feeding for their newborn baby and to facilitate informed choice
- To carry out additional tasks as delegated by the Registered Midwife and once appropriate training has been given and be able to complete all documentation and inform the midwife of findings:
- Maintenance and preparation of Antenatal/postnatal ward and delivery suite environments.
- Cleaning of equipment.
- Undertake venepuncture and cannulation
- Process umbilical cord pH
- Blood glucose monitoring in women and neonates
Why Work With Us
Torbay hospital maternity unit has approximately 1800 births per year. We provide care to families from diverse backgrounds across Torbay and South Devon.
We have an 8 bedded delivery suite with a bereavement room, an 19 bedded ante/postnatal ward and we also have a 2 room midwife led birth centre in Newton Abbot Hospital.
Please note: This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the UK Home Office Skilled Worker visa route, due to the increased salary threshold introduce in early May 2025. Therefore, we are only able to consider applications from individuals who already have the right to work in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah White Job title: Ward Manager Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01803 654409
