Maternity Care Assistant

Job overview

Barts Health is the largest trust in the NHS and one of the leading healthcare providers in the country. The trust’s six hospitals deliver high quality compassionate care to the 2.5 million people of east London and beyond.

Barts Health NHS Trust has a world-wide reputation for innovation in the care of mothers to be, and each birth is very special to us and we strive to make every birth as normal as possible, no matter what the complications.

The Trust provides maternity care to over 16,500 women including a homebirth service on all 3 maternity sites. Our client group includes many women with complex clinical conditions. To support our care of both mum and baby we have a Level 3 Neonatal Unit situated at the Royal London Site, a level 2 Neonatal Unit situated at the Newham Site and we have excellent facilities in Fetal Medicine. We also  have 2 stand-alone midwifery-led Birth Centre’s one of which is situated in the Isle of Dogs and the other situated Barking. In addition, we have two co-located Birth Centre’s.

Barts health provides health and wellbeing opportunities for staff such as free dental care, eye tests, acupuncture, theatre tickets, free bits, mindfulness sessions, discount loyalty cards, organised holidays and on-site activities.

Main duties of the job

What we can offer you here at Newham is the opportunity to work in a busy east London hospital with support from a variety of specialist posts and senior maternity team. We are friendly and innovative  team, privileged to have extensive investment in our maternity workforce to support you. With a large team of senior midwives, consultant midwives, specialist midwives and new exciting posts, which is a fantastic opportunity for you.  We are absolutely committed to ensuring that women, and our staff, have a positive experience of our maternity service.

We have a state of the art simulation centre to support high fidelity multi-disciplinary obstetric emergency training, as well as a bespoke and comprehensive in-service education programme. At Barts health we are committed to equal opportunities.

The band 2 MCA post in Antenatal Clinic is suitable for those healthcare professionals who have a passion in assisting with care of women and their families during the antenatal period and those who want to consolidate their training and gain experience and skills in this clinical setting.

If you have good communication skills and ability to work within the multidisciplinary team, ten this job position is for you.

If you require more information on the job, please contact Dalila Ragusa, 02073639311, Practice Development Midwife.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.