Maternity Support Worker

7 months ago


Chertsey, United Kingdom Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives?

We would like you to come and join our fantastic team to work alongside the whole maternity workforce by supporting our midwives to deliver outstanding care to our birthing population and their families.

No experience? No problem. We’ll teach you everything you need to know for this physically demanding role and develop you with our care certificate & core competencies to achieve a band 3. To us, it’s more important that you are a team player, caring and a kind person with a genuine desire to help and support women, babies and their families. If this sounds like you, then you already have the attributes that make a great Maternity Support Worker.

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As a Maternity Support Worker, you don’t need any previous healthcare experience, but you will need good literacy (English) and numeracy (maths) skills. We will provide you with all the training that is required to do the job.

It’s your personal skills and values that will be most vital to the role;
we need you to be proactive, compassionate, and willing to get stuck in. It’s a hands-on environment where teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills are essential.

Maternity Services Support Worker roles represent a world of opportunities within the NHS. They are a great entry point into the NHS and can lead on to a lifelong career. This is a developmental role and we will expect you to undertake the ‘care certificate.’ If you’re looking to become a healthcare professional and want to gain training and experience, it’s a great place to start.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

A Maternity Support Worker works under the direction of a registered midwife;
helping to care for mothers and babies

supporting the smooth running of the labour ward, inpatient wards, antenatal clinic and day assessment unit.

Performing basic clinical tasks - supporting hygiene, hydration, vital signs and dietary needs

Preparing women for clinical examination and tests

Updating records

Cleaning and preparing the birthing environment & equipment

Escalating concerns to a registered midwife or nurse

This list is not exhaustive, and we encourage you to refer to the attached Job description.

Examples of the settings you may work in;
- antenatal/postnatal wards
- day assessment unit/triage
- maternity theatres
- delivery suites
- midwifery led units

With a tailored training programme we will upskill you with the skills required for the role.

**St Peter’s can offer you**:
27 days’ leave plus bank holidays (29 days after five years and 33 after 10 years’ service) Enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours

Support to complete your Care Certificate

Learning and development opportunities

Structured development & career progression

Generous NHS pension

Great maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Onsite Nursery - at an additional cost

Wide range of LGBT+ initiatives and staff networks

Health service discounts & online benefits

Health & wellbeing opportunities -free onsite gym

Cycle to Work Scheme and discounts on public transport

So come and join us on our journey to become an outstanding maternity unit.



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