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Senior Maternity Support Worker
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Fixed term: 10 months (Maternity leave cover until the end of August 2026)
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days over the Monday - Friday)
Job ref
387-WC4864-HN
Employer
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Michael's Hospital
Town
Bristol
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/11/2025 23:59

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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Senior Maternity Support Worker

Band 3

As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

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Job overview

St Michael's Hospital has an exciting opportunity to recruit a part-time Senior Maternity Support Worker (MSW) to join one of our Community teams. This role will include a lot of lone working in the community setting and also running clinics. It is essential that the post holder has access to a car and holds a full UK driving licence.

Are you looking for the exciting opportunity to join our innovative, friendly and supportive team here at UHBW? Are you able to demonstrate compassion, enthusiasm and confidence? Can you provide the highest standard of care, prioritising work under pressure? Do you have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written?

If yes, this may be the job for you.

This is your opportunity to join us on our journey and become a part of our talented and passionate team.

We want all our Maternity Support Workers to become successful, competent and confident carers so we are committed to ensuring the ongoing education and development for individuals on a wide range of skills and knowledge with opportunities to develop.

Main duties of the job

A Senior Maternity Support Worker (MSW) is a core member of the team delivering direct care to patients and supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality, compassionate health care to people in accordance with assessed needs and a care plan.

You will carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare, or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner, in accordance with the Trust values.

There will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills, specific to your needs. Training will be provided to ensure you have the required core skills and skills set specific to your area of work. You will also be supported to obtain your care certificate if you do not have this qualification.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about the job role and main responsibilities, please see the document attached to this advert.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of providing care in a healthcare or social setting
  • Be able to work as a member of a team
  • Experience of time management and prioritising work
  • Committed to a compassionate and caring approach to colleagues, patients & relatives
  • Able to adapt quickly to changing situations
  • Able to demonstrate an awareness of health care work, policies, and procedures
  • Work under the guidance for a lone worker in the community in line with local policy if applicable
  • Work in accordance with equal opportunity policies/procedures and promote the equality and diversity agenda of the Trust.
  • Access to a car and holds a full Uk driving licence

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Completion of Care Certificate
  • 5 GCSE’s or equivalent including English and Maths
  • Level 3 senior healthcare support worker apprenticeship with bridging programme which includes training packages with appropriate maternity focus or equivalent level 3 qualification or Recognition of prior experiential learning as per trust guidance

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Effective and appropriate communication skills both written and verbal
  • Able to complete appropriate documentation accurately
  • Committed to providing high quality patient care
  • Ability to work with minimum supervision to a high standard Maternal Observations, Neonatal Observations, venepuncture, Neonatal blood via heel prick, ECG
  • IT skills, basic word, Email, keyboard skills
  • Ability and willingness to undertake appropriate training within given time frames
  • Flexible and adaptable to change, able to work a range of shifts and moving across wards/unit dependant on clinical need
  • Able to demonstrate calm, caring patient manner / attitude
  • Enthusiasm and commitment to working within the healthcare setting
  • Able to meet the physical and developmental demands of the role

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDDisability Confident - two yearsVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Pastoral CareStep into healthMenopause Workplace PledgeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldPride In Veterans

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jackie Tang
Job title
Retention and Recruitment Midwife
Email address
[email protected]
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