Maternity Care Assistant

Transformation Unit; Chesterfield; Remote; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Maternity Care Assistant (NHS AfC: Band 2) to join the maternity team on a fixed-term basis for 9 months to cover maternity leave. The post is rotational and involves supporting midwives to deliver high quality maternity care.

Applicants should have GCSEs, an NHS background is preferred, and must be able to work across day and night shifts, including weekends and bank holidays, with a comprehensive induction and training.

Qualifications

• Qualifications and Training: GCSE Maths/English and NVQ Level 2 in Health care or equivalent, plus Care Certificate.
• Experience: Recent NHS experience and willingness to undertake in-house training.
• Skills and Knowledge: Knowledge of maternity care/services and Baby Friendly Initiative; strong communication.

Responsibilities

• To support and assist hospital-based midwives in delivering high quality maternity care across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
• Under supervision of the midwife, provide direct care to women and babies and support infant feeding choices.
• Collaborate within the multi-professional team and cover a 24-hour shift pattern including weekends and bank holidays.

Skills

Organisation & prioritisation

IT literate

Knowledge of maternity care

Knowledge of Baby Friendly Initiative

Excellent communication skills

Working with multi-professional team

Safeguarding understanding

Education

GCSE Maths and English Grades A-C, Levels 4-9, Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent

NVQ Level 2 in Health care or equivalent experience

Care Certificate

Job description

Main area maternity Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract 9 months (Fixed Term for 9-months Maternity Cover) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week Job ref 166-FC-8316623

Employer Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Chesterfield Royal Hospital Town Chesterfield Salary £25,272 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2026 23:59

Maternity Care Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 2

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual to join the Maternity team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital as a Maternity Care Assistant.

This post is for a fixed |term of 9 months to cover maternity leave

The role provides support to Midwives ensuring that women receive high standards of maternity care throughout our service.

This is a rotational post within the maternity unit at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital is a baby friendly accredited maternity unit, applicants must be committed to supporting mothers with infant feeding providing education to both breast and formula feeding mothers.

Candidates will be supported with their learning and development needs with a comprehensive induction and training programme.

Applicants must also demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to work under their own initiative as part of the multi-professional team.

Applicants must also have recent NHS experience.

The post holder will be required to work a shift pattern that covers the twenty four hour period including weekends and Bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

To support and assist hospital-based midwives in the provision of high quality, evidence-based care to women and their families, during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. Under the supervision of the midwife, the post-holder will be competent to provide direct care to women and their babies, support women with their chosen method of infant feeding and teach specific parenting skills.

Working for our organisation

Our vision: Exceptional patient care provided by exceptional people.

Our mission: To bring our people communities and partners together, providing patient care we are proud of. We all play a part in achieving this, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other. As members of staff we will always be guided by our Proud to CARE values:

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC .

We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this post.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• GCSE Maths and English Grades A-C, Levels 4-9, Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent
• NVQ Level 2 in Health care or equivalent experience
• Commit to undertake in-house training / professional development
• Care Certificate

Experience

• Evidence of being able to work alone / under in-direct supervision
• Recent NHS experience
• Understanding of safeguarding issues

Skills and Knowledge

• Able to organise and prioritise own workload
• IT literate
• Knowledge of maternity care/services
• Knowledge of role of the Maternity Care Assistant
• Knowledge of Baby Friendly Initiative.
• Understanding of the role and own professional boundaries

Demonstrates our Proud to CARE Values

• Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement

Personal Attributes

• Professional appearance and behaviour
• Awareness of confidentiality
• Effective verbal and written communication skills

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

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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.