Role Summary
The Maternity Support Worker will work as a member of the maternity team. They will work under the supervision of the midwives and support workers.
Their responsibility will be to maintain a clean ward environment equipment with the ward housekeeping services and support women with general hygiene and observations.
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
We are currently looking to recruit Band 2 Maternity Healthcare support workers into our Service. Although our service covers both hospital and community settings this role will be based in the Hospital at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. in a shifted pattern including days, nights, weekends and Bank holidays. We are looking for support workers who are enthusiastic and can demonstrate the ability to work well as part of a team.
The Royal Devon University NHS Foundation Trust maternity services are in a privileged position to be able to offer women within our care, the choice to birth in a variety of locations. These include our acute labour ward and our alongside birth unit.
We currently have a number of vacancies within our service including substantive full time and part-time posts.
The role of maternity healthcare support worker is to support the Midwives and Maternity support workers in providing quality, safe care for mothers and their babies by undertaking the cleaning and stocking up of the clinical environment, providing refreshments and helping women with their personal hygiene as required. In addition, the Maternity healthcare support worker will receive additional training to enable them to work in the Obstetric theatres at night as the circulating nurse to support the theatre team.
Working Pattern: 07:30-15:30; 07:30-20:30 and 20:00-08:00.
Interview Date: 12th Sept, 2022
For further information please contact Tricia Bartlett Lead Midwife for Education on tricia.bartlett@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
