Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent: pro rata per annum
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 343-7907232-RB-AT
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £30,630 - £32,346 pro rata per annum pa incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/05/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Maternity Support Worker - St Helier
Band 3
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
The maternity support worker is expected to undertake an agreed range of extended skills to support the midwifery service including weekends and nights. The midwife will be responsible for all care and supervision; whilst the maternity support worker will not always work under direct and immediate supervision, the task being done must be within the framework of a care plan. The maternity support worker will be an effective member of the team and will provide support in a kind, considerate and professional manner to the woman and her family in providing holistic care. There may be occasions when the maternity support worker is required to work in other areas within the maternity department; whilst at all times working under the direction of the midwife present within the department
The Trust supports personal development and career progression.
We would like you to join us if you are hardworking, dependable and good team player.
Main duties of the job
Duties of the Post
- Work as part of the inpatient Maternity team across both the Maternity ward and the Delivery suite
- Undertake Newborn blood spot screening and SBR tests for any eligible babies
- Assess jaundice in newborn babies, including performing TCB tests and commencing phototherapy
- Perform basic observations, urinalysis and phlebotomy if required
- Perform basic observations on babies and escalate any deviations from the norm when appropriate
- Assist with Maternity theatre cases
- Give competent SBAR handovers to members of the team within your remit
- Perform basic IT functions, documenting on our Badgernet system contemporaneously, the care given to women and babies
- Assist the midwife in any basic tasks that need undertaking
- Keeping areas and equipment clean and tidy
- Stocking up store rooms, rooms and trolleys with appropriate resources and equipment
- Support the wider team however required, eg running simple errands and telephones
- Work alongside the midwife to recognise those women who may need urgent attention and help escalate accordingly
- Assist with infant feeding, using the BFI initiatives and participating in upholding our Gold accreditation, supporting new mothers with their feeding choice
- Supporting women and babies in the immediate post- natal period, ensuring alongside the midwives, maternal and fetal wellbeing
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Thank you for your interest in this role. Please see attached Job description for further details of the maternity support worker role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good all round education to GSCE or equivalent
- Care certificate
Desirable criteria
- Further relevant training
Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical NHS Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Maternity
- Extended skills eg phlebotomy, ECG
- Experience of working in triage/transitional care
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Effective team worker
- Able to use own initiative
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Familiar with the use of IT systems eg Badgernet, iClip
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Suzanne Powroznyk
- Job title
- Inpatient Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 296 2895
- Additional information
If you have any further queries about the job please reach out to the PDM team on [email protected].
Please note that we cannot accept any applications via email, they all have to be submitted via Trac.
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