Job summary
We are looking for caring, motivated, and compassionate individuals to join our maternity team at Musgrove Park Hospital as a Bank Maternity Support Worker (MSW).
As part of our multidisciplinary maternity team, you will play an essential role in supporting women, their partners, and babies during their hospital stay. Working under the direction of registered midwives, you will contribute to providing safe, individualised, and high-quality care in a busy, supportive environment.
This role is ideal for someone with a passion for family-centred care, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively as part of a team. You will also be a role model for junior maternity support workers and student midwives, helping to uphold our Trust values of kindness, respect, and teamwork.
Main duties of the job
Assist midwives in delivering care to women, their babies, and families in line with agreed care plans.
Support women with infant feeding, including breastfeeding and bottle-feeding, and promote parenting skills such as bathing, nappy changing, and newborn care.
Carry out observations including temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and urinalysis, reporting any concerns promptly.
Undertake newborn care including weighing babies, blood spot tests, and neonatal observations.
Provide practical support such as preparing clinical areas, maintaining stock, and escorting women and babies as required.
Promote health education in areas such as breastfeeding, smoking cessation, obesity reduction, and newborn safety.
Support the admission and discharge process under the supervision of a registered midwife.
Maintain accurate records to ensure safe, consistent, and effective care.
Please be advised - this vacancy may close early if we reach a sufficient amount of applications.
About us
At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life.
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, and not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
We work hard to make sure that inclusion is part of everything we do. We know that true inclusion means we're able to provide the best care for our patients and provide a fulfilling career for all our colleagues.
We have six active and impactful colleague networks. These networks provide a safe space for colleagues to share their experiences and learn from one another, but also influence change across our trust:
Multicultural Network
Women's Network
Armed Forces' Network
LGBTQ+ Network
Lived Experience Network, for colleagues living with disabilities
Autistic Colleague Network
We offer a form of weekly pay via Wagestream. Bank Pay is an easy way to automatically get paid a percentage of the money you've already earned from any bank shifts completed the previous week. It means you don't have to wait until the end of the month for your bank shift pay, giving you more flexibility.
Don't worry - the remaining portion of your pay is set aside to make sure your tax contributions are paid in full and if your tax contributions amount to less than the money set aside you'll receive it all back at the end of each month.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Work as a valued member of the bank maternity team, supporting midwives and colleagues in the safe delivery of care
- Provide holistic support to women and families, demonstrating compassion, empathy, and respect at all times
- Deliver both direct care (e.g., assisting with feeding, wound dressings, observations) and indirect care (e.g., clerical support, data entry, stock management) to ensure smooth running of the service
- Contribute to health promotion activities, supporting women to make informed choices about their care and their baby's health
- Participate in mentoring and supporting junior colleagues and student midwives as appropriate
- Engage in training and personal development opportunities, ensuring your practice is safe, effective, and aligned with Trust policies and professional standards.
- Be adaptable and flexible, able to work across the ward rotation and cover a full range of shifts to meet the needs of the service
- Uphold the Trust's commitment to safeguarding, infection control, confidentiality, and equality of care
This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive and dynamic maternity and bank nursing workforce team, making a real difference to women and their families at one of the most important times of their lives.
Please see the attached job description and the bank candidate leaflet for more information on the role and joining the bank workforce.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Work as a valued member of the bank maternity team, supporting midwives and colleagues in the safe delivery of care
- Provide holistic support to women and families, demonstrating compassion, empathy, and respect at all times
- Deliver both direct care (e.g., assisting with feeding, wound dressings, observations) and indirect care (e.g., clerical support, data entry, stock management) to ensure smooth running of the service
- Contribute to health promotion activities, supporting women to make informed choices about their care and their baby's health
- Participate in mentoring and supporting junior colleagues and student midwives as appropriate
- Engage in training and personal development opportunities, ensuring your practice is safe, effective, and aligned with Trust policies and professional standards.
- Be adaptable and flexible, able to work across the ward rotation and cover a full range of shifts to meet the needs of the service
- Uphold the Trust's commitment to safeguarding, infection control, confidentiality, and equality of care
This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive and dynamic maternity and bank nursing workforce team, making a real difference to women and their families at one of the most important times of their lives.
Please see the attached job description and the bank candidate leaflet for more information on the role and joining the bank workforce.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE Maths and English or Functional Skills Maths and English
Desirable
- NVQ3 in Healthcare, OR, prepared to undertake a level 3 NVQ in Healthcare and complete within 1 year (to achieve KSF Foundation Gateway)
- Basic life support training
- Training in breastfeeding support
Experience
Desirable
- Previous experience in Maternity care environment
- Previous experience in a healthcare environment
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Access to a Means of travel to work the bank shifts as required
- Evidence of a good standard of Literacy/English language skills
- Able to transport and move essential equipment / people with appropriate adaptations if required.
- Must be able to work unsocial hours, including night duty and have a flexible approach to working hours.
- Clinically competent and evidence of completed training in phlebotomy, Manual BP's, urinalysis
- Able to prioritise and organise work.
- Able to work under instruction and as part of a team.
- Able to work under pressure.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE Maths and English or Functional Skills Maths and English
Desirable
- NVQ3 in Healthcare, OR, prepared to undertake a level 3 NVQ in Healthcare and complete within 1 year (to achieve KSF Foundation Gateway)
- Basic life support training
- Training in breastfeeding support
Experience
Desirable
- Previous experience in Maternity care environment
- Previous experience in a healthcare environment
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Access to a Means of travel to work the bank shifts as required
- Evidence of a good standard of Literacy/English language skills
- Able to transport and move essential equipment / people with appropriate adaptations if required.
- Must be able to work unsocial hours, including night duty and have a flexible approach to working hours.
- Clinically competent and evidence of completed training in phlebotomy, Manual BP's, urinalysis
- Able to prioritise and organise work.
- Able to work under instruction and as part of a team.
- Able to work under pressure.
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.
