Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Education Support - For Maternity Support Workers

The closing date is 04 August 2025

Job summary

Are you a Maternity Support Worker who is passionate about improving maternity care?

You will support the maternity practice education team to lead change and achieve the highest standard of safe care for women and families, through effective delivery of a programme of recruitment, retention, education and support.

As part of this team you will be contributing to the future development of the maternity service with a particular focus on the maternity support worker and healthcare assistant roles.

*****PLEASE NOTE*****

To meet the essential criteria for this vacancy, you must have:

  • GCSE Maths & English grade 4-9 or grade C or above OR level 2 functional skills in maths and level 2 functional skills in English
  • BNCS or NVQ 2 / Internal Level 2 training programme in Health and Social Care (must include work-based assessments). We are unable to accept qualification that are achieved through online learning only.

All overseas qualifications must be proved comparable to UK standards through ENIC

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Main duties of the job

Providing accessible / bespoke pastoral support to the HSA / MSW workforce and developing support networks and clinical support as and when required.

Supporting the concept of continual professional development through supporting the delivery of relevant programmes of education across the support worker workforce. This will include essential job role training, point of care training, induction programme and other relevant developmental programmes.

Support the workforce in career progression via education and mentoring.

Support the maternity education team in maintaining the training matrix, monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of education, and other relevant administrative tasks.

About us

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Details

Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year Per annum, pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

438-PB3239-A

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Support the practice education team with the delivery of mandatory, statutory, induction and essential to role training for the maternity service clinical support workforce in line with local and national standards.

Assist with assessing clinical skills in practice in line with the scope of practice for the support worker workforce.

Assist with training for medical devices and logging competencies in line with scope of practice.

Provide administrative support to the team including booking and preparing meeting/teaching space, collating and monitoring education and training records in line with national standards.

Actively facilitate colleagues development and pastoral support by working alongside colleagues in the clinical areas.

Actively participate in interviews, meetings, events and networks as required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Support the practice education team with the delivery of mandatory, statutory, induction and essential to role training for the maternity service clinical support workforce in line with local and national standards.

Assist with assessing clinical skills in practice in line with the scope of practice for the support worker workforce.

Assist with training for medical devices and logging competencies in line with scope of practice.

Provide administrative support to the team including booking and preparing meeting/teaching space, collating and monitoring education and training records in line with national standards.

Actively facilitate colleagues development and pastoral support by working alongside colleagues in the clinical areas.

Actively participate in interviews, meetings, events and networks as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

  • Care Certificate
  • 5 GCSE's Grade C/5 including English and Maths or equivalent qualification
  • BNCS or NVQ 2 / Internal Level 2 training programme in Health and Social Care (must include work-based assessments not online).
  • Evidence of completion of MSW Band 3 competencies

Desirable

  • NVQ 3

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • At least 12 months experience in Band 3 Maternity Support Worker role.
  • Previous experience of educating Maternity Support Workers

Desirable

  • Has experience of working in various areas of the service
Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

  • Care Certificate
  • 5 GCSE's Grade C/5 including English and Maths or equivalent qualification
  • BNCS or NVQ 2 / Internal Level 2 training programme in Health and Social Care (must include work-based assessments not online).
  • Evidence of completion of MSW Band 3 competencies

Desirable

  • NVQ 3

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • At least 12 months experience in Band 3 Maternity Support Worker role.
  • Previous experience of educating Maternity Support Workers

Desirable

  • Has experience of working in various areas of the service

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT


Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT


Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Maternity matron for safety and quality

Neesha Ridley

neesha.ridley@lthtr.nhs.uk

01772524307

Details

Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year Per annum, pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

438-PB3239-A

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT


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