Band 3 Maternity Support Worker

The closing date is 27th Mar 2023

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for Band 3 Maternity Support workers to join the community teams who cover Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals.

Our community team care for a diverse group of women and families providing high quality midwifery care. The community midwife teams work in a named midwife model in GP practices, Children's centre and at home. The service is led by the Community Matron and the team compromises of the Team Leader, Community Midwives, Maternity Support Workers and Community Administrators. Appointed applicants will be well supported and offered a personalised orientation on appointment.

The role of the Maternity Support Worker (MSW) is to support the delivery of high quality safe care to women and babies. The appointed applicant will be a competent individual, working as a member of the Community Midwifery team. You will work within in/direct supervision of a registered Midwife but still be guided by the midwife's expertise. You will work with individual women, families and in group settings throughout the pregnancy and the postnatal period. The MSW will undertake a range of duties including: personal care of women and babies, providing information and advice on self-care, infant care and initiating breastfeeding, health promotion, clerical, educational and housekeeping duties to ensure the smooth running of the Community Midwifery team.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Please read the attached job description and person specification for detialed information about the role. 

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Maths GCSE Grade C or above

English GCSE Grade C or above

NVQ Level 3 in Health

Experience

Essential

Experience as a Band 2 or above in a Health care setting

Evidence of working in a complex environment

Evidence of team working

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.

For help with your application, contact: 

Verena Carr 

Verena.Carr@uhb.nhs.uk 

07739248111 

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change 

Band

Band 3 

Salary

£21730.00  to £23177.00 Yearly 

Contract

Permanent 

Working pattern

Part-Time, Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-47257PM 

Job locations

Solihull Hospital 
Lode Ln 
Solihull 
West Midlands 
B91 2JL 

Attachments

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