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Maternity Support Worker - Band 2
Band 2
- Surgical
- Band 2
- Permanent
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Working day and night shifts. Monday to Sunday including bank holidays)
- 229-SUR-7454410
- Hereford County Hospital, WYE VALLEY NHS TRUST
- Hereford
- £24,465 pa pro rata
- Yearly
- 02/10/2025 23:59
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Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a part time, 30 hours per week, Band 2 Maternity Support Worker to join our inpatient Maternity team. You will be part of a team of midwives and maternity support workers who support and provide care to mothers and families.
You will also work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team offering support where needed.
Are you passionate and committed to making a difference? Are you able to provide compassionate and targeted maternity support? This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge within maternity.
Main duties of the job
The shift pattern will be working day and night shifts, Monday to Sunday including bank holidays
Ideally the applicant has experience within the NHS and hold a BTEC Level 3 or equivalent or be willing to work towards this.
You will work under the direct/indirect supervision of a Registered Midwife; when undertaking delegated nursing and non-nursing duties for women, and their families.
The MSW role requires excellent communication skills, you will need to be a team player with a positive attitude and approach.
Additional duties will be to admit/transfer & discharge patients on the electronic computer system and complete any other administrative tasks required.
You will follow a structured programme of teaching and competence-based training and assessment.
This is an excellent opportunity to improve care, develop and supplement the workforce in a Significant way and provide development for healthcare support workers so they have the opportunity to progress their careers.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working with people
- Proven experience in acute ward environment
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing
- Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibly within clinical setting
Education & Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- A minimum Maths and English GCSE grades 3 – 9 or grades A,B,C,D or equivalent
- Diploma level 2/3 in Health & Social Care
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Flexible and adaptable / Team player / Ability to work well under pressure
- Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information and situation
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Annette Arnold
- Job title
- Matron Maternity Inpatients
- Email address
- annette.arnold@wvt.nhs.uk
- Telephone number
- 01432 355444
- Additional information
Ext 1733
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