Maternity Support Worker

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 2 Maternity Support Worker to join our Unit on a Full-Time and permanent basis. Part time and flexible working hours are also considered.

These posts will be based on our Chelsea site.

Main duties of the job

The support worker in Maternity will provide environmental, physical and social support to midwives, women/birthing people and their families within Queen Mary Maternity Unit, West Middlesex University Hospital.

The post holder will work under the direction of the midwifery staff to support all clinical staff in providing a comfortable, clean and safe environment for service users.

If you wish to progress to become a Band 3 Maternity Support Worker completion of a Level 3 Maternity Support Worker Apprenticeship will be required. This is a formal qualification and is part of a National Standard which takes 15 to 24 months to complete. We will support you to complete this.

On successful completion of this Apprenticeship you will become a Band 3 Maternity Support Worker in the Trust and your job description will be updated accordingly.

About us

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.