Maternity Support Worker

At Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, we have fantastic new opportunities for Maternity Support Workers to join our Multi-Professional Team, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, based on delivery suite, where you can contribute in its deliverance of high quality care to our women/birthing people and their families.

If you have the experience of working as a Maternity Care Assistant or are a current Maternity Support Worker, we would like your help in supporting women/birthing people and their families to receive the care they deserve.

Your role will involve being supportive of both women/birthing people and midwives. We have a wonderful team of staff who rely on each other for help and support., This role comprises working within a Multi - Professional Team delivering high quality care to women/birthing partners and their families. Applicants must have had prior experience working within a Maternity Department and will be expected to work independently, undertaking tasks, whilst remaining under the supervision of midwives. This will include providing care and support to postnatal women/birthing people, their partners and their babies, phlebotomy, breastfeeding support and advice, and maintenance of essential equipment.

Working as a Maternity Support Worker enables you to gain exposure to a wide range of skills and offers extensive scope for professional development under the supervision of midwives. The Trust provides an extensive range of in-house training and support in ongoing professional development. Your personal development will be identified at your annual appraisal reviews and supported by your team leads and senior midwifery managers., 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations