About this role
Job summary
Band 3: £25,760 - £27,476 Pro rata per annum.
Full time and Part time hours available.
Permanent Contract.
This role is not able to offer sponsorship.
We are recruiting fora Maternity Support Worker who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "working together, improving together".
The primary role of the Maternity Support Worker (MSW) is to assist, support and work in collaboration with the midwife and the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provide a safe and holistic approach to women centred care. To provide a range of clinical and non-clinical activities and care to pregnant women, mothers and babies in a range of settings including antenatal/postnatal inpatient/ outpatient care and intrapartum inpatient/outpatient care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to undertake a set of defined competencies, including the 'Care Certificate' within the first 3 months of being in post. This job description is directly linked to The Maternity Support Worker Competency, Education and career Development Framework set out by Health Education England (HEE)https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/maternity/maternity-support-workers
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job description Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications and role specific knowledge Essential
NVQ Level 3 in Health care or equivalent experience Evidence of good IT skills
Desirable
Complete the Maternity Support Worker Competency, Education and Career Development Framework
Aptitudes Essential
Understanding of the role Evidence of continuing self-development Adaptable and flexible approach to work Positive attitude to training and development Commitment to undertake in-house training
Abilities Essential
Ability to work various shift patterns including night shifts Able to work on own initiative Ability to prioritise own workload Ability to work without direct supervision
Ability to work without direct supervision Essential
Effective written and verbal communication skills Evidence of working in a team Approachable manner with good interpersonal skills
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 Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address Maternity, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
St. Mary's Hospital
Newport
PO30 5TG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)