About the Role
There is an exciting opportunity for Maternity Support Workers to join the Acute Maternity Team. We are looking for Maternity Support Workers with previous NHS healthcare experience and who have completed a Level 3 care certificate, supporting work programme, or relevant experience.
You will be joining a team that cares for patients who are pregnant, in labour or have given birth. You will support the maternity and obstetric team, and will occasionally care independently for low‑risk parents and their newborns.
Once in post you will receive training to upskill, including newborn observations, capillary blood sampling and newborn blood screening, as well as maternity obstetric emergency training and professional updates annually.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Key Responsibilities
* Assist, support and work in collaboration with the midwife and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide a safe and holistic approach to birth person‑centred care.
* Provide clinical care under the direct or indirect supervision of a midwife following completion of any relevant training.
* Work within a rotational schedule, with appropriate training for antenatal inpatient or outpatient care, intrapartum inpatient care, postnatal inpatient and outpatient care.
* Support the development of skills and progression pathways in line with the Maternity Support Worker Competency, Education and Career Development framework set out by Health Education England.
* Provide care for the birth person, obstetric and neonatal emergencies, health promotion and screening, infant feeding, and care of the newborn.
Organisational Context
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, and our state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and at community health centres.
We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.
High‑quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
We expect the post holder to demonstrate they have the essential person specification in line with the Job Description and to undertake a set of defined competencies. Support will be given to further develop skills and explore pathways for progression where appropriate.
Closing Date
This advert closes on Sunday 25 Jan 2026.
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