Maternity Support Worker Project Lead

The post-holder should become well-versed with the refreshed framework and have an in-depth understanding of the requirements of the project. The post-holder will be required to build relationships with the relevant people in the Trusts that will be supportive and productive to maximise the impact of the project. There should be an understanding that each Trust may be in a different point in the journey and therefore support should be tailored to allow each Trust to get the full benefit of the project. Reporting systems should be built into the project to feedback to the LMNS on the progress of work at the Trusts and be part of any required governance structures. This post will be an opportunity to identify how we can support and develop our support worker workforce and recognise the valuable work that they do. There will need to be action plans put in place for continuing this work beyond the limits of this project.

North Central London (NCL) Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) has an exciting six-month secondment opportunity for a midwife to support NCL Trusts to implement the refreshed Maternity Support Worker Competency, Education and Career Development Framework (2024). UCLH will be hosting this role. The post is two days a week, hosted by UCLH and will require the post-holder to work within the LMNS NCL team and also work collaboratively with all NCL maternity Trusts to benchmark themselves against the refreshed framework and identify work already achieved and areas where there is still work to be done, working with the Trusts to create an achievable action plan which will support them to get the best out of their support worker workforce. This post is only open to applicants who currently work in an NCL Trust, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.