Helen Sturgess
Reading,berkshire
Summary
I have worked in the maternity service for the past 18 years. I have worked on the postnatal ward and then moving out to community which is where i currently work and now work for a specialized team, which involves caring for women and babies who require extra support during their pregnancy and postnatal period, this also involves identifying individual needs, managing a case load and working with multi disciplinary teams to ensure families get the correct care and support required.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Poppy Maternity Support Worker
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Reading , Berkshire
02.2022 - Current
- Visiting women and babies as part of the poppy team, supporting with parenting, feeding and caring out checks on babies, appearance, colour, weighing baby performing the new born blood spot test.
- safe guarding and any concerns and raising them with other professionals and senior midwives.
- Reviewing the referrals that come in for the poppy team and discussing them at the team meeting.
- Creating flags and communication diarys for the referrals that are accepted.
- Young parents class
- Promoted benefits of breastfeeding and offered education on proper positioning, latching and breast care.
- Completed necessary reports and documentation on time and to specifications.
Community Maternity Support Worker
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Reading, Berkshire
10.2015 - 02.2022
- Visited parents at home
- Make assessments of babies and carry out checks and document appropriately
- Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic.
- Wrote notes, completed documentation for referrals and maintained case files.
- Prepared treatment plans based on assessment findings and incorporated feedback from senior staff to optimize approaches.
- Counseled clients on life skills and coping mechanisms.
- Educated patients and families about counseling and treatment options.
- Assisted in a number successful births and provided post-partum counseling for struggling families to increase happiness and health of newborns and mothers.
- Promoted benefits of breastfeeding and offered education on proper positioning, latching and breast care.
- Directed parents and newborns to physicians without causing parent alarm based on problematic test results and health conditions of babies and mothers.
Maternity Support Worker postnatal ward
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Reading, Berkshire
07.2004 - 10.2015
- Watched observation signs, checked for comfort levels and monitored emotional states of mothers before and after labor
- Promoted benefits of breastfeeding and offered education on proper positioning, latching and breast care.
- Supported in bottle feeding and how to make feeds up correctly
- Participated and supported in successful births.
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Worked within applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
- Venapuncture
Education
Bachelor of Science - Midwifery
Thames Valley University
Slough 09.2002 - 05.2004
NVQ - Health and social care
Reading Collage
Reading 09.1998 - 07.2002
Timeline
Poppy Maternity Support Worker
Royal Berkshire Hospital
02.2022 - Current
Community Maternity Support Worker
Royal Berkshire Hospital
10.2015 - 02.2022
Maternity Support Worker postnatal ward
Royal Berkshire Hospital
07.2004 - 10.2015
Bachelor of Science - Midwifery
Thames Valley University
09.2002 - 05.2004
NVQ - Health and social care
Reading Collage
09.1998 - 07.2002
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