Maternity Care Assistant

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS pension

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting for a part-time maternity support role based across sites in Aylesbury. You will assist registered midwives in the Day Assessment Unit, undertake venepuncture and related tasks under supervision, and help maintain high clinical standards and a safe ward environment.

The role offers flexible working options and is part of a team in a busy, patient-centred maternity service within the Trust. Applications close on the stated deadline.

Qualifications

• Experience with working with people, ideally in a customer service role.
• Experience with providing person centred care.
• Experience in a healthcare setting.
• Understanding of confidentiality and privacy.
• Demonstrates care, compassion and empathy to patients and colleagues.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible and adaptable attitude to work in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• To support the midwives in the Day Assessment Unit delivering clinical care to high risk pregnant women.
• To assist with Monofer infusions and inductions, under supervision as competent.
• To carry out maternal observations and maintain high clinical standards.
• To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment.
• To contribute towards a safe and caring department and organisation.

Skills

Experience with people

Customer service

Care and compassion

Confidentiality

Teamwork

Flexible working

Excellent communication

Job description

Main area Maternity Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

22.5 hours per week (Cross site working) Job ref 434-SCS8220454

Site Stoke Mandeville Town Aylesbury Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/09/2026 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

The post holder may be required to work anywhere within the Trust. To assist the registered midwife in the delivery of high quality and person – centred care.

• To support the midwives in the Day Assessment Unit with Monofer infusions, chaperone for the cervical balloon catheter inductions
• To carry out maternal observations and undertake a range of activities under direct or indirect supervision by a registered midwife, having been assessed as competent in the activities required, to include venepuncture,
• To maintain high clinical standards
• To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment.
• To contributes towards the department and organisation in the provision of a safe and caring environment.
• The post holder may be required to work anywhere within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Refer to job description and person specification

To provide support to the midwives in the Day Assessment Unit delivering clinical care to high risk pregnant women

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience with working with people, ideally in a customer service role.
• Experience with providing person centred care
• Experience in a healthcare setting

Skills, ability and Knowledge

• Understanding of confidentiality and privacy
• Demonstrates care, compassion and empathy to patients and colleagues
• Maintain professional behaviour
• Understand patients need to be treated with dignity and respect
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Flexible and adaptable attitude to work in a hospital setting
• Basic understand of Health and Safety, policies and procedures
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Appreciation of equality, diversity and inclusion

Behaviours and Values

• Flexible in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service
• Work effectively within the team
• Act with honesty and integrity
• Display BHT values

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.