Maternity Care Assistant

We currently have exciting opportunities available within our Inpatient Services. There are various hours which are open to Band 4 Maternity Care Assistants. This post will be rotational, however will initially be based in the Maternity ward. You must hold a relevant qualification to be considered. You should possess excellent team working skills. Effective communication and time management skills are also required.

NHS Fife maternity is a modern, thriving and progressive unit with approximately 3000 births per year. The services include outpatient and community services, a complex care Consultant Unit and an alongside Midwife Led Unit.

Our community teams provide continuity of carer for women and families during the antenatal and postnatal period. Teams are based throughout 3 sites within Fife covering West, Central and East Fife. We have a dedicated Birth at Home team who have doubled the number of Home Births in Fife in the last 2 years and operates a Continuity of Carer model.

We have a Scottish Health Award Winner in the ‘Midwife of the Year’ category 2020 with our Vulnerable in Pregnancy Service. This eight strong team consists of specialist midwives, maternity care assistants and nurses who provide an exemplary service for women and families. The team provide specialist care for families with child protection concerns, perinatal mental health, experiencing bereavement, social challenges linked to deprivation and gender based violence and substance dependency.

We have also facilitated through redesign and training, over 300 transitional care babies to remain with their mum within the postnatal ward. Our dedication to Best Start has continued throughout the global pandemic.

We have a thriving fast paced Maternity assessment unit that provides care to women with worries or concerns with their pregnancy out with their routine scheduled visits of care.

Last year our maternity Assessment unit provided over 17,000 triage phone assessments and in excess of 7000 face to face consultations. Our service runs between the hours of 0730 and 0100hrs 7 days per week offering varying shift patterns.
Being revolutionary for its time, it has continued to be progressive and has been recognised nationally for the work in VBAC water birth. We aim to remain at the forefront of midwife led care and have more recently been a key contributor in the development of the MUSA Tool (Midwifery Unit Standards Assessment Tool) in conjunction with the University of London. Where the aim, is to have European Midwife Led Unit standards for all.

We have a dedicated ELLUSCS team as well as a dedicated Induction of labour Suite. The work and dedication our midwives apply to ensuring the best possible journey for woman and families was recognised and celebrated. The team were nominated finalists in the RCM awards in 2020. Our IOL Suite offers both inpatient and outpatient inductions.

The successful candidate will be primarily based within our 13 bedded Maternity ward that provides both ante and postnatal care, as well as caring for babies requiring stage 1 level transitional care to enable mother and baby to remain together.

An organisations culture and values cascades from its leadership. Our Head of Midwifery was a Royal College of Midwives national awards nominated finalist in 2021 for her work and dedication to staff well being during a Global Pandemic. This, if nothing else, should let you know how much NHS Fife values its staff.

Women and families are at the centre of all we do. We are progressive, dynamic and willing; all that is missing from our service is YOU.

For informal enquiries, please contact Lynn David Senior Charge Midwife Maternity ward Tel: 01592 643355 – Ext 29924

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.

Please note the salary for this post is pro rata to part time hours.

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.