Diabetes Maternity Support Worker
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our maternity service for an enthusiastic diabetes maternity support worker to support the wider multi-disciplinary team with ensuring standards for the care of pregnant women with diabetes. We are looking for a clinically sound, motivated and innovative support worker who wishes to support the band 7 Diabetes midwife in providing a quality service that is responsive to the changing needs of women and their families.If you enjoy the challenge of a busy, fast paced, ever changing environment, then please apply to join our team to help ensure safe and effective care for women with diabetes in pregnancy.
In this role you will be expected to independently run glucose tolerance test clinics and teach women blood sugar monitoring under the supervision of the midwife.
We are a friendly and welcoming unit that strives to create a positive experience for our women, families and the staff who care for them.
You must have the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team, have excellent interpersonal and IT skills.
Main duties of the job
With births of around 6000 per year, Bolton is the ‘Supercentre’ for the North West, providing high quality compassionate care to the women of Bolton, Bury, Salford and beyond.
Recent improvements have led to a stronger focus on providing safe and compassionate care and this has increased opportunities to learn, develop and expand your career.- The Maternity Support Worker is a key member of our multidisciplinary team. With her/his specialist knowledge she/he will support midwives in providing an insightful woman centred service based on current evidence and research.
- The post holder will provide teaching of blood sugar monitoring and healthy eating using current knowledge gained from training, and will ensure that women their babies, and families are cared for in a safe environment and that privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.
- The post holder will provide direct care and provide verbal and written documentation/record keeping.
- To actively seek the views of women and their families on the understanding of their care needs and develop a relationship to ensure the woman's experience is positive.
- Independently managing the day to day activity within our Oral Glucose Tolerance test clinics.
Working for our organisation
The right care, by the right person, in the right place”
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the North West side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The Family Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children’s services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women’s and Children’s services and has a credible and enviable reputation.We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1500 gynaecological procedures each year, making us a specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in the North West Sector of Manchester and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities please find the attached job description and person specification for the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Maths & English grade C or above
- Care certificate or willing to work towards
- IT Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working at a band 2
- Understanding of role of band 3 support worker
- Experience of working within a maternity setting
Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Understanding of gestational diabetes
- Ability to perform venepuncture/maternal observations
We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.
Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.