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Job summary

Main area
Maternity
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (full and part time hours available)
Job ref
214-W&C-7296828
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King's Mill Hospital
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2025 23:59

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Maternity Support Worker

NHS AfC: Band 3

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job overview

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking dedicated Maternity Support Workers (MSW) to assist, support, and collaborate with midwives and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide a safe and holistic approach to women-centred care. This role is essential in ensuring the well-being of mothers and their newborns across various clinical settings, including antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care.

Why Join Us?

  • Be part of a dedicated team committed to providing exceptional care.
  • Gain valuable experience in a supportive and dynamic environment.
  • Access to ongoing training and development opportunities.

Apply now to join our team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals and make a difference in the lives of mothers and their newborns!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. 

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. 

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. 

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Experience & Knowledge Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working with members of the public
  • Understanding of Safeguarding issues
  • Awareness of Health and Safety issues
  • Knowledge and understanding of data protection and confidentially
Desirable criteria
  • Formal maternity care experience in a hospital/birth centre
  • Experience of using hospital patient record system
  • Experience of working in an acute hospital setting
  • Experience of providing high quality care
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Qualifications & Professional Training

Essential criteria
  • GCSE Maths & English Grades A-C, Levels 4-9, Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent
  • NVQ Level 3 in Health care or equivalent experience
  • Care certificate
Desirable criteria
  • Foundation Degree Maternity Pathway

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Commit to undertake in-house training

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Approachable manner with good interpersonal skills
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Ability to work without direct supervision
  • Understanding of the role and own professional boundaries
  • Able to identify when to escalate issues/concerns
  • Ability to work as part of team and to liaise with colleagues in other disciplines
  • Demonstrate attention to detail
  • IT / computer skills

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Adaptable and flexible approach to work
  • Positive attitude to training and development
  • Ability to work 24-hour shift pattern, including weekends and bank holidays
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to travel

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tilly Paul
Job title
Ward Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01623 622515
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