Job overview

This is a unique opportunity to work alongside the community midwifery team at Birmingham Women’s Hospital, covering South Birmingham. The role of the Midwifery Support Worker (MSW) is to support the delivery of high quality safe care to women, birthing people and babies (this document refers to birthing people under the term "women", understanding that not all birthing people will be classified as women).

The MSW will be a competent individual, working as a member of the midwifery team.  The MSW will work within/in direct supervision of a registered midwife but still be guided by the midwife's expertise.  The MSW will work with individual women, families and in group settings throughout the pregnancy and postnatal period.  The MSW will undertake a range of duties including: personal care of women and babies, providing information and advice on self-care, infant care and initiating breastfeeding, health promotion, clerical, educational and housekeeping duties to ensure the smooth running of the midwifery team. 

Main duties of the job

• To provide high standard and quality of care to women, birthing people and their families in accordance with trust values, clinical policies, procedures and guidelines. 
• To undertake phlebotomy in antenatal clinics/scan clinics (including booking bloods and antenatal screening). 
• To transport specimens from community to hospital as required
• To undertake routine maternal observations, urine testing, height, weight and BMI calculations in all clinical areas. 
• To assist the midwives in the smooth running of community antenatal clinics
• To assist in clerical duties including inputting and retrieving computer data
• To assist the midwives in ensuring the woman receives information regarding healthy eating, smoking cessation and infant feeding
• To provide breastfeeding support in community
• To take emergency action as necessary to safeguard women and babies, and notify the midwife of the situation as soon as possible
• To carry out any other reasonable duties as may be required , which are commensurate with the grade and nature of the post, to meet the needs of the service
• To weigh babies and perform Newborn Blood Spot Screening.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.