(**) Maternity Support Worker

VerseOne Group; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Maternity Support Worker (MSW) to join the maternity team in Chelmsford. You will support qualified staff and help deliver safe, patient-centred care for babies and their families, with emphasis on infection control and teamwork.

This role involves shift/weekend work and offers opportunities to develop skills with access to training and management support within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Previous Experience in Maternity services.
• Previous experience in healthcare.
• Working towards a band 3.

Responsibilities

• Performs clinical baseline observations
• Records and documents episodes of care in accordance with Guidelines
• Liaises with other departments and members of the multidisciplinary team
• Complete further training to add additional skills to your repertoire inc infant feeding support, phlebotomy, etc

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Healthcare experience

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest trusts in the country, following the merger of Mid Essex, Basildon and Southend hospitals in April 2020.

Main area Maternity Care Assistant Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (job share considered.) Job ref 390-NR-WAC-BR-6882

Site Broomfield Town Chelmsford Salary £25,272 Per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

Are you caring, compassionate and hard-working? Would you like to help deliver high-quality care to babies and their families across mid and south Essex?

Then we invite you to apply to join our team as a Maternity Support Worker (MSW).

As a MSW, you will assist the qualified staff in delivering a caring and effective, patient focused service in keeping with the aims, objectives, and standards of the Trust.

You will ensure that there is a safe care environment by preparing and clearing rooms and equipment with particular reference to infection control and safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff.

You'll be a key part of the maternity team and will ensure you communicate with teammates in an open, and effective way to promote the health, safety and wellbeing of people who use health and care services and their carers.

In return you will have the opportunity to develop skills and your career including access to great training courses and the full support of our management team.

Please note - this role involves shift/weekend work.

Main duties of the job

• Performs clinical baseline observations
• Records and documents episodes of care in accordance with Guidelines
• Liaises with other departments and members of the multidisciplinary team
• Complete further training to add additional skills to your repertoire inc infant feeding support, phlebotomy, etc

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires. – for some roles – i.e. roles for band 2 to 4, inclusive.

Person specification

• written and verbal communication skills
• Previous Experience in Maternity services
• Previous experience in healthcare
• working towards a band 3

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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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.