Job overview

If you are an overseas national who would require a Certificate of Sponsorship from the Trust to ensure your Right to Work in the UK, the Band 3 Healthcare worker role is unable to offer this if you are new to the NHS (or have less than 2 years’ service as  Band 3 in the NHS) and therefore your starting salary would be £24,071.  

This is due to a change in the increased salary threshold advised by the UK Home Office on 12^th March 2025, stating that Employer sponsorship will only be available for starting salaries above £25,000.  If you apply for the role and this restriction applies to you, your application would be automatically rejected prior to shortlisting stage.

Help us deliver the best in local maternity services.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Women’s Health Division of Warrington and Halton Hospital NHS Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and flexible support worker to join in our team.

Main duties of the job

As a Maternity Support Worker at WHH you will work as part of one of our continuity teams in providing care to families both in the hospital and the community, supporting families across the pregnancy pathway but particularly in the post-natal period.

You will be required to possess an NVQ Level 3 in care and demonstrate excellent communication and caring skills to ensure our women and babies receive the highest quality of care. In return for you bringing your skills and commitment to the hospitals, we offer benefits including flexible working practices, good pay and conditions, membership of the NHS Pension Scheme and a fantastic range of training and development opportunities.

For more information about these opportunities please contact: Leanne Lawrenson Maternity Matron: [email protected]  or Ellie Welding Team Leader:  [email protected] 

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff.  We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system.  Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.