Job summary
- Main area
- Health Care Support worker
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Working hours will be worked mainly Monday - Friday, with some weekends and Bank holidays on a rota basis. The department opening hours are 8am - 8pm, and you will be rostered to work 8 hour shifts within the operational hours of the department.)
- Job ref
- 412-W&C-7457953
- Employer
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maternity Outpatients Department, Leighton Hospital,
- Town
- Crewe
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Maternity Support Worker
Band 3
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dynamic Maternity Support Worker to join our friendly & dedicated team.
You will be working within the Maternity Outpatients Department (ANC) and the Antenatal Day Assessment Unit. You will undertake a range of duties in the Maternity Outpatients setting under the supervision of a Registered Midwife. Your working week is essentially Monday- Friday, with some weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis. Successful applicants will receive a comprehensive orientation programme and are assured that they will receive appropriate support and training to meet expected competencies.
Main duties of the job
Maternity support workers (MSWs) are an integral part of the maternity workforce and play an important role in supporting midwives and the wider maternity teams, mothers and their babies through pregnancy, labour and during the postnatal period.
Your area of work will be in the Maternity Outpatients Department.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K).
The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care, child health, maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.
A wide range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.
With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022, the Trust became a strategic partner in Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership, caring for a population of over 2.7million.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been included in the Government’s 'New Hospital Programme' to replace the current estate and enable the transformation of healthcare for our community.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If not already trained, you will be expected to complete Trust Venepuncture training and lead Glucose Tolerance Test clinics under indirect Supervision.
You will act as a chaperone during consultation and perform patient observations, and document.
You will lead low risk consultations under the indirect supervision of Midwives, and it is essential to be computer literate to use Trust systems for documentation.
Following training, you will lead on pre-op assessment for elective caesarean.
You will receive appropriate training to deliver Pregnancy related Public Health advice.
You will delegated tasks by the Midwife in charge to include running errands, admin support, and transporting samples.
General cleaning of clinical areas will also form part of your role, as clinics are in progress. You will also be expected to escalate concerns to the Midwife in charge.
Person specification
communication
Essential criteria
- computer literacy
Desirable criteria
- Familar with trust systems, ICE, PCS
Skills
Essential criteria
- excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- venepuncture
communication
Essential criteria
- Completion of care certificate
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Madeleine Shackleton
- Job title
- Manager Maternity Outpatients Department
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01270612171
- Additional information
Jo Owen - Deputy Manager Maternity Outpatients
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
- Telephone
- [email protected]
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