Maternity Support Worker

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

This job is now closed

Job summary

15.5 hours per week

We are looking to recruit a part-time Maternity Support Worker to work within Community Midwifery alongside the Blossom Team.

The Blossom Team supports diverse groups including; young parents, women with learning disabilities and neurodiversity, mental health issues and women with complex safeguarding issues.

The ideal candidate should be motivated and committed to join a supportive, forward thinking team and should have experience with Maternity, Neonatal or Paediatric Services. You will support the registered midwives providing direct care for women and babies in the antenatal and postnatal period. You will be involved in promoting health during pregnancy and early infancy, supporting parents in the transition to parenthood and life with a new baby.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, providing direct care to women, birthing people, and babies accessing maternity services.
To be actively involved in health promotion, including smoking cessation, healthy pregnancy, infant feeding, safe sleep and ICON.
Be able to organise own daily workload and have the skills to prioritise and plan a changing workload on a daily basis to meet the needs of the service.
To provide administration support where needed relevant to the role.
Provide additional support for women and families with complex clinical or social needs.
To deliver and assist in the education of birthing people and their partners in groups or individuals.
To work flexibly following procedures, guidelines and best working practices

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But dont just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our 5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

Date posted

05 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year Pro rata/per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9165-24-08-086

Job locations

The Rotherham Nhs Foundation Trust

Moorgate Road

Rotherham

South Yorkshire

S60 2UD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous experience in a maternity setting and aware of the principles of woman and family centred care.

Skills

Essential

Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with service users and their families, with varying levels of understanding
Flexibility and team participation
Basic IT skills- ability to use keyboard or willingness to develop
Demonstrates effective application of problem solving and planning skills and a broad skill base related to their practice

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 or equivalent
5 GSCE or equivalent including maths and English
Care certificate

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous experience in a maternity setting and aware of the principles of woman and family centred care.

Skills

Essential

Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with service users and their families, with varying levels of understanding
Flexibility and team participation
Basic IT skills- ability to use keyboard or willingness to develop
Demonstrates effective application of problem solving and planning skills and a broad skill base related to their practice

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 or equivalent
5 GSCE or equivalent including maths and English
Care certificate

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.