Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Want to make a difference to people's lives? Come join our fantastic team to work alongside the maternity workforce, supporting our midwives and delivering outstanding care to our birthing population and their families.
No maternity experience? No problem. Providing you have completed your care certificate we'll teach you everything you need to know for this physically demanding role and develop you with your band 3 core competencies. It is important that you are a team player, caring and a kind person with a genuine desire to help and support women, babies, and their families. If this sounds like you, then you already have the attributes that make a great MSW.
St Peters is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after, and values our people, creating a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce. The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognise staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development, and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance.
If you are a motivated and inspirational candidate looking for a new challenge, take a look at the brochure attached and come join our journey to be an outstanding maternity unit.
Main duties of the job
As a Maternity Support Worker, candidates applying for this post must possess and be able to demonstrate within the application form the following essential criteria:
* Recent and previous NHS experience as a health care support worker for a minimum of six months
* Having successfully achieved the Care Certificate - evidence will be requested to progress to the next stage of recruitment.
Only candidates that meet the above will be considered for this post.
Only applications for candidates already based in the UK will be considered, remote interviews will not be possible and we will not consider alternative dates for the interviews.
We need you to be proactive, compassionate, and willing to get stuck in. It's a hands-on environment where teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills are essential.
Maternity Services Support Worker roles represent a world of opportunities within the NHS. They are a great entry point into the NHS and can lead on to a lifelong career. If you're looking to become a healthcare professional and want to gain training and experience, it's a great place to start.
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond. Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
Job responsibilities
A Maternity Support Worker works under the direction of a registered midwife:
* Helping to care for mothers and babies
* Supporting the smooth running of the labour ward, inpatient wards, antenatal clinic and day assessment unit
* Performing basic clinical tasks - supporting hygiene, hydration, vital signs and dietary needs
* Preparing women for clinical examination and tests
* Updating records
* Cleaning and preparing the birthing environment & equipment
* Escalating concerns to a registered midwife or nurse
This list is not exhaustive, and we encourage you to refer to the attached Job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE or equivalent English and Maths
* Care Certificate
Experience
* Previous experience working as Healthcare Support Worker/Maternity Support Worker within the NHS of a minimum of 6 months
* Working as part of a team
Attitude, Behaviour and Values
* Puts patients first & customer service focus
* Willing and able to take personal responsibility
* Takes pride in their work and their team
* Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives
Skills and Personal Attributes
* Effective communication
* Required IT skills
* Caring and Compassionate
* Empathy and understanding
* Ability to prioritise appropriately
* Venepuncture
* Cannulation or willingness to undertake training
* ECG monitoring or willingness to undertake training
Other requirements
* Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
* Ability to travel between Trust sites
* Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the patients, the team, the service and the Trust
* Able to evidence level 3 requirements of MSW competency framework
Knowledge
* Understanding of the role of the Healthcare Support Worker in the hospital setting.
* Basic knowledge of how the NHS works
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£25,329 to £26,958 a yearpa inc. HCAS pro rata
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