Maternity Support Worker (MSW)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maternity Support Worker to support the Community and Continuity of Care Midwifery Teams predominantly in the community setting . You will be experienced in supporting maternity care, enthusiastic and caring, and must be able to work autonomously, demonstrating excellent clinical skills to provide women centred care. The role will involve working in the home setting as well as community hubs and the Seacombe birth centre to support midwifery services., The successful candidates will be working within the midwifery team supporting midwives to ensure all women receive optimum care, implementation of care and a range of designated patient duties to include the recording of patient details/records.

The community midwifery teams at WUTH provides care to approximately 3100 women and their families in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.

About the Role

The successful applicant/s will work between the continuity and community teams to support the delivery of maternity care and will involve weekend working.

There is a potential for the successful applicants to be required to cover the hospital area's for designated clinics and the ward areas . It will be in a shift pattern to include weekdays and weekends within core hours.

The successful applicant will be passionate about midwifery care, be committed to providing care and support to women, babies and their families. You will need to demonstrate your commitment to ongoing professional development within your role, with a commitment to working as part of a team and willing to demonstrate a high standard of evidence based care in line with local and national initiatives. You should be able to work in a team as well as have the ability to work without direct supervision. Applicants must be car drivers and be willing to use their car for the role.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.