Midwifery Support Worker

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable and experienced maternity support workers who can work flexibly within shift patterns to join our maternity team. We currently have positions available on our Postnatal Ward, Delivery Suite and Community settings. Why should you come and join us at Birmingham Women's Hospital?

• A flexible working approach - for example, we can offer part time hours, nights, longer or shorter days.
• Staff improvement huddles - as a maternity support worker you will have a key involvement in continuous service improvement initiatives and driving changes within the department.
• Multi-disciplinary team working.
• Special interest groups - we have team members supporting with infant feeding, infection control, quality improvement.
• The Trust provides an extensive range of in-house MDT training and support in ongoing professional development, with a Practice Development Midwife Focused on Maternity Support Workers., 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.
  
  Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old. Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.