Maternity Care Assistant

Band 2

• Women & Children Services L3
• Band 2
• Permanent
• • Full time
  • Part time
• 328-WAC-7083992

• The James Cook University Hospital
• Middlesbrough
• £24,465 per annum (pro rata)
• Yearly
• 18/11/2025 23:59

Job overview

The post holder’s primary role will be to uphold the standards of the clinical area they are working on, this includes but is not limited to: cleaning delivery rooms (including the beds, equipment and floors), general housekeeping, stock rotation and ordering; and undertake basic care tasks including supporting hydration and nutrition needs of women and their newborn infants.
 
The post holder will use general skills to enhance the service offered to women and their newborn infants and families across a range of aspects of maternity service delivery under the close supervision of a registrant ordinarily a midwife, a nurse, or a Level 4 AP (maternity).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), occasionally undertaking delegated, basic care tasks as part of routine care for women and their newborn infants, if they have been appropriately trained. Where they do so, they will follow planned care and support programmes while being closely supervised by a registered or Level 4 practitioner.
 
The post holder can recall, comprehend, and make use of basic facts, processes, and core ideas. They will have an underlying awareness of public health and health promotion initiatives, policy and legislation, and of ethical and legal issues relevant to the scope of their role.
 
The post holder will solve routine problems and make straightforward judgements within familiar areas of practice. They will solve limited problems using simple rules and tools, escalating concerns when necessary. They will perform basic care, technical, administrative, or clinical tasks in a narrow and defined area.

They will be required to record information in appropriate documentation, including where support has been sought from suitably qualified practitioners or where concerns have been escalated. They will hold responsibility for the care of equipment and resources used by the team in which they work. They can perform simple audits or surveys relevant to their work area.

Working for our organisation

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff.  This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
 
•    Your Leadership Impact
•    Service Improvement for Beginners

After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and active listening skills. Ability to adopt appropriate styles and methods of communication.
• Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records and other Trust systems to update basic patient information from personal care and associated activity.
• Timekeeping, planning and prioritisation skills
• Awareness of GDPR and the need for confidentiality

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Numeracy and Literacy Level or • Maths & English (English Language or English Literature) GCSE A-C/4-9 or • Maths & English O Level/GCE A-C or • Maths & English CSE Grade 1 Or NARIC/ENIC which compares the qualification to UK GCSE (https://www.enic-naric.net/)
• RQF level 2 qualification or equivalent academic preparation and training relevant to role of MCA Or • Equivalent level 2 demonstrable experience in personal care and related procedures.
• Care certificate or willingness to complete in the 6 month probationary period

Experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a care role.

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.

Application numbers

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

• Name
• Lindsey Ford
• Job title
• Recruitment and retention lead midwife
• Email address
• lindsey.ford3@nhs.net
• Telephone number
• 01642 850850
• Additional information

• ext 58401

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