Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Maternity Support Worker

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Job summary

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.

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Details

Date posted

03 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

214-W&C-7296828

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Nottingham

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Experience & Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • 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

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • Foundation Degree Maternity Pathway

Further Training

Essential

  • Commit to undertake in-house training

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • 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
  • Demonstrate attention to detail
  • IT / computer skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Adaptable and flexible approach to work
  • Positive attitude to training and development
  • Ability to work 24-hour shift pattern, including weekends and bank holidays

Desirable

  • Ability to travel
Person Specification

Experience & Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • 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

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • Foundation Degree Maternity Pathway

Further Training

Essential

  • Commit to undertake in-house training

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • 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
  • Demonstrate attention to detail
  • IT / computer skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Adaptable and flexible approach to work
  • Positive attitude to training and development
  • Ability to work 24-hour shift pattern, including weekends and bank holidays

Desirable

  • 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 details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Nottingham

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Nottingham

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Leader

Tilly Paul

tilly.paul@mhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

03 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

214-W&C-7296828

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Nottingham

NG17 4JL


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