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Maternity Support Worker
The closing date is 17 July 2025
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.
About us
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.
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Experience & Knowledge Requirements
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Foundation Degree Maternity Pathway
Further Training
* Commit to undertake in-house training
Skills & Abilities
* 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
Personal Qualities
* Adaptable and flexible approach to work
* Positive attitude to training and development
* Ability to work 24-hour shift pattern, including weekends and bank holidays
* Ability to travel
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.
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£24,625 to £25,674 a yearper annum pro rata
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