Maternity Care Assistant

NHS; North East; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution is seeking a Maternity Care Assistant to provide compassionate care for women and babies. The role involves working in various maternity settings under supervision, supporting personal care tasks, and ensuring a nurturing environment. Candidates should possess NVQ Level 2 or equivalent, with good communication and organizational skills. This position offers flexible working hours and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of food hygiene concepts.
• Understanding of confidentiality.
• Experience working in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Support the care for mothers and babies under supervision.
• Undertake basic care tasks following planned care programmes.
• Maintain cleanliness across the ward and assist with administration tasks.

Skills

Basic IT skills

Ability to communicate effectively

Good organisational skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 qualification

GCSE English and Maths

Care Certificate

Job description

Maternity Care Assistant

The closing date is 21 September 2025

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A SKILLED WORKER SPONSORSHIP

Are you caring, conscientious and motivated with a passion to work as a Maternity Care Assistant at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals. You will work as an effective member of the team to provide quality, compassionate care for woman, babies and their families under the supervision of multi-disciplinary colleagues.

Full and part time hours are available. Flexibility is offered within this post can include nights, weekends, and bank holidays. Successful candidates will be supported to work towards further development opportunities in line with Health Education England: Maternity Support Worker Competency, Education and Career Development Framework.

• Interview Date Monday 06 October 2025
• Full & Part Time Hours/Week Available
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The Maternity Care Assistant works as part of the wider multidisciplinary team carrying out a range of tasks that focus on housekeeping, cleanliness of the ward, administration and the personal care of mothers and babies. They will work in a range of maternity settings under the direct supervision of a midwife. Daily tasks will include stock rotations and ordering, cleanliness across the ward, supporting patients with nutrition and hydration and basic administration tasks.

They will support a friendly, nurturing and welcoming environment for service users, and their families. Within all areas they will contribute to the provision of woman centred, personalised care. This will include promoting continuity of care.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• Maternity Care Assistant (MCA) uses general skills to enhance the service offered to women and their families across a range of aspects of maternity service delivery under the close supervision of a registrant, ordinarily a midwife, nurse or practitioner. Working alongside registered practitioners and other members of the maternity care team who provide direct delivery of care to women and their families accessing hospital-based services, they may undertake basic care tasks, as part of routine care for women and their babies, and for which they have been appropriately trained. Where they do so, they will follow planned care programmes whilst being appropriately supervised.
• The Maternity Care Assistant works as part of the wider multidisciplinary team carrying out a range of tasks that focus on housekeeping, administration and the personal care of mothers and babies. They will work in a range of maternity settings under the direct supervision of a midwife. They will support a friendly, nurturing and welcoming environment for service users, and their families. Within all areas they will contribute to the provision of woman centred, personalised care. This will include promoting continuity of care.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• NVQ Level 2 qualification in appropriate subject or equivalent or equivalent experience
• GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) or willingness to undertake Level 2 functional skills within 12 months
• Care Certificate or commitment to complete care certificate within 12 months

Knowledge & Experience

• Understand basic food hygiene concepts
• Basic knowledge of Infection, Prevention and Control
• Understanding of confidentiality
• Experience of previously working in a health care setting
• Understanding of basic safeguarding
• Experience of working within a team

Skills & Abilities

• Basic IT skills
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with service users and their families, with varying levels of understanding Presents self as courteous, respectful and helpful
• Ability to work effectively under direct supervision, as part of the multi-disciplinary team
• Good organisational 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.

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust