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Job summary

Main area
Maternity
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Full and part time hours considered)
Job ref
214-W&C-7174367
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King's Mill Hospital
Town
Sutton in Ashfield
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/06/2025 23:59

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Support Worker (Maternity)

NHS AfC: Band 3

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job overview

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking committed Maternity Support Workers to join our team on a full or part time basis!

The maternity unit at King’s Mill Hospital includes the pregnancy day care unit, antenatal clinic, triage assessment unit, maternity ward (antenatal and postnatal), the Sherwood Birthing Unit and the neonatal unit.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist in providing care to patients, under the supervision of Registered Midwives/Nurses.
  • Ensure patient dignity is maintained and care is delivered with kindness and compassion.
  • Maintain hygiene, orderliness, and safety of the ward.
  • Support a seamless maternity service for the women of North Nottinghamshire.
  • Perform direct and indirect patient care tasks as assigned.
  • Carry out phlebotomy procedures in outpatient settings (following training and competency assessment).
  • Provide a courteous and helpful approach to patients, relatives, and visitors.
  • Keep clinical areas clean and contribute to infection control.
  • Monitor and restock supplies efficiently.
  • Perform clerical tasks to support service operations.
  • Report incidents or concerns to the Department Leader or Registered Nurse.

Join us at King’s Mill Hospital and help make a difference in the lives of women in North Nottinghamshire.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. 

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. 

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. 

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate good communication skills and understanding of basic requirements for individualised patient care
  • Awareness of Health and Safety issues
  • Knowledge and understanding of data protection confidentially
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working with members of the public
  • Formal maternity care experience in a hospital/birth centre
  • Experience of using hospital patient record system
  • Experience of working in an acute hospital setting
  • Experience of providing high quality care
  • Understanding of Safeguarding issues

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE Maths & English Grades A-C, Levels 4-9, Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent
  • NVQ Level 3 in Health care or equivalent experience
  • Care certificate
Desirable criteria
  • Foundation Degree Maternity Pathway

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Commit to undertake in-house training
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience working in a busy hospital

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Approachable manner with good interpersonal skills
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Ability to work without direct supervision
  • Able to identify when to escalate issues/concerns
  • Ability to work as part of team
  • Demonstrate attention to detail
  • IT / computer skills

Contractual Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Adaptable and flexible approach to work
  • Positive attitude to training and development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodCarer Friendly Employer 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare4NottsTime to changeFair Train Silver StandardStep into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

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
Lisa Foster
Job title
Matron for Outpatient Servcies
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01623 622515
Additional information

ext 6095

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