Job overview

Maternity Education Support Worker - 37.5 hours

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Maternity Support Worker to join the Training and Development Team within the maternity department in this senior support worker role.

As Maternity Education Support Worker you will work within the Maternity Education and Retention teams to implement education, training, practice development and pastoral support strategies for the maternity workforce, in particular Maternity Support Workers (MSW).

Working closely with the Practice Development Midwife you will co-ordinate the professional development of existing MSWs and those who are new to the Trust and to the care environment, through the delivery of relevant programmes of clinical education or training and practice-based learning opportunities linked to the requirements of the MSW role.

You will support the MSW workforce in career progression via education/mentoring and will provide accessible and bespoke pastoral care to support wellbeing and retention.

The Maternity Education Support Worker, will work closely with the Practice Development Midwife & Retention Midwife to ensure national and local agendas are embedded within the practice of our MSWs and will offer support to ensure evidence-based skills and training is maintained to a high standard.

Main duties of the job

Support the Nursing & Midwifery Workforce Development Team in implementing education, training and practice development strategies for the healthcare support worker workforce in particular Maternity Support Workers (MSWs).
Provide accessible/ bespoke pastoral support to the healthcare support worker workforce.
Support the concept of continuing professional development through supporting the delivery of relevant programmes of education and training across the maternity support worker workforce. This will include supporting essential to job role training, at point of care 
training, induction programme and other relevant developmental.
Support the maternity support worker workforce in career progression via education and mentoring. Support the Nursing & Midwifery Workforce Team in the monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of education, training and development across the healthcare support worker workforce.
Work clinically alongside the healthcare support worker workforce and assist in their development by promoting and delivering education practice and the implementation of policies to ensure a workforce ‘fit for purpose’ and ‘fit for practice’.

Working for our organisation

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners. 

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate: 

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. 

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people. 

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.