Maternity support worker
Code 3222.1
Maternity support workers work together in a team with midwives and health professionals within the occupational fields of nursing and midwifery. They assist midwives and women in childbirth by providing the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, assist births and assist in providing care for the new-born.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- human anatomy
- health education
- pregnancy
- hygiene in a health care setting
Skills and competences
- Aconsejar en lactancia materna y cuidados postparto
- Asesorar en planificación familiar y métodos anticonceptivos
- Fomentar la participación activa del paciente
- assist on pregnancy abnormality
- communicate with nursing staff
- contribute to continuity of health care
- care for the new-born infant
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- empathise with the healthcare user
- examine the new-born infant
- identify abnormalities
- empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy
- listen actively
- provide basic support to patients
- provide postnatal care
- provide pre-natal care
- interact with healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- work under supervision in care
- work with nursing staff
- monitor basic patients signs
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- advise on family planning
- advise on pregnancy
- advise on pregnancies at risk
- support nurses
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- childbirth
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
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Sources
This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences