Maternity Support Worker

Do you have experience working within a healthcare setting and looking for a new challenge?

We are looking for motivated, interested people to work collaboratively and in partnership as an integral part of the midwifery team. You will assist and support the Midwife in the care of the mother and baby throughout pregnancy, postnatal and neonatal pathways.

This role does require evidence of achieving competencies against a national framework. Where a successful candidate does not have evidence of the necessary skills at the commencement of employment, a pay banding of Band 2 will be applied until the framework is completed. We offer training and support to complete this Maternity Support Worker Skills Framework and would expect this to be completed within 6 months of employment in this role. On completion you will then be transferred to a pay banding of Band 3.

The Maternity Support Worker will undertake high quality, caring and compassionate personal care and associated duties under the direction, but not direct supervision, of the registered professional and work as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

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., The Maternity Support Worker will undertake high quality, caring and compassionate personal care and associated duties under the direction, but not direct supervision, of the registered professional and work as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

To work collaboratively and in partnership as an integral part of the midwifery team. To assist and support the midwife in the care of the mother and baby throughout pregnancy, postnatal and neonatal pathways.

To carry out delegated tasks as part of the midwifery team both in hospital and community settings.

The Band 3 Maternity Support Worker will deliver high quality, caring and compassionate personal care and associated duties under the direction, but not direct supervision, of the registered midwife and will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

The post-holder will assist with the assessment, investigation, and care of patients with the support of a qualified medical or midwifery practitioner, undertaking aspects of care within the competencies they have attained through formal and informal education and training.

As a Band 3 Maternity Support Worker (MSW) you make a valuable and important contribution to the delivery of high-quality healthcare, supporting the registered professional in the delivery of safe, effective, compassionate patient care. This job description is to be read in conjunction with the person specification for this particular job.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.