Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 34 hours per week (7.5 hour days; days, weekends, bank holidays.)
- Job ref
- 177-ELEC-7286766
- Employer
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gorleston
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 3 Maternity Support Worker - Rotational
NHS AfC: Band 3
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
Job overview
The primary role of the Maternity Support Worker (MSW) is to assist, support and work in collaboration with the midwife and the wider multidisciplinary team; in order to provide a safe and holistic approach to women centred care. This post will initially be within our Maternity Assessment Unit and Antenatal Clinic, but flexibility of work place may be required according to the needs of the service.
The midwife is ultimately responsible for the care of the mother and her unborn(s), and it is under the direct or indirect supervision of the midwife that the MSW assists with and provides clinical care following completion of any relevant or appropriate training. The post is rotational and the employee will be provided with appropriate training for the clinical setting in which they are working. These settings include antenatal inpatient or outpatient care, intrapartum inpatient care and postnatal inpatient and outpatient care.
Main duties of the job
Do you have the required skills or qualifications to work at a Band 3 Level?
We are currently looking to recruit a Maternity Support Worker at Band 3. This is an exciting opportunity to stretch you; undertaking phlebotomy, cannulation, vital signs, ECG's to mention but a few.
There is also a substantial amount of work being undertaken in transformation to progress the maternity support worker role nationally and therefore there could not be a better time to consider joining our team.
Working for our organisation
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
We are friendly unit who recognises and values their staff achievements, come and have a look.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Demonstrate understanding of the importance of working in partnership with women and their families.
- Develops and maintains positive relationships, supports informed decision makers and respects the woman’s and her families’ wishes, with particular attention to when the family unit is separated, or mom/baby is critically ill.
- Understand the MSW’s scope of practice and the importance of the role within national framework to enable working within limits of own competence and authority, escalating to the MDT to inform care planning in line with national and local guidance to avoid harm.
- Clinical skills including vital signs, venepuncture and cannulation, ECG, etc.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 4 GCSEs (grades A-C) including English Language and Maths or equivalent
- NVQ Level 3 Care or equivalent relevant qualification
Desirable criteria
- Current clean driving licence
- A level qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Must have experience working in an NHS Environment
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience within a maternity setting
- Good IT skills
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Excellent communicator
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work using own initiative
- Ability to adapt to different situations
- Ability to use persuasion, reassurance, tact, empathy and sensitivity in order to minimise parental anxiety
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with wider team of professionals
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kirsty Blowers
- Job title
- Antenatal Clinic Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01493452369
- Additional information
Tracey Hannant
Midwifery Matron
01493 452369
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