Maternity Support Worker - (Blood Spot Clinic) | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Maternity Support Worker to join the maternity team. You will work across inpatient and outpatient areas alongside midwives and doctors to deliver women‑centred, holistic care and support the Blood Spot Clinic at Birth Centres.

The role includes clinical tasks such as maternal and neonatal observations, infection control, equipment and room hygiene, and assisting with infant feeding.

Qualifications

• Role aligns with the national maternity support worker competency framework.
• Willingness to develop a career pathway within maternity support.
• Ability to communicate effectively and learn infection control and health and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Blood Spot Clinic for Birth Centres.
• Support maternity teams with clinical tasks and observations.
• Maintain area cleanliness and stock, with focus on infection control.
• Assist with infant feeding support and related training.

Job description

Maternity Support Worker - (Blood Spot Clinic) | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our maternity team; we are looking for enthusiastic motivated and caring individuals who want to enhance the experience of the families who use our services. Working across inpatient and outpatient services alongside Midwives and Doctors to deliver women centred, holistic and personalised care.

This role will be predominently to oversee the Blood Spot Clinic for babies attending the Birth Centres.

Main duties will be to oversee the Blood Spot Clinic for the Birth Centres.

The scope of the role and the job description for the post is aligned with the national maternity support worker competency, education and career framework and enables opportunities to develop on an exciting career pathway.

Whilst the post attracts remuneration at band 3, a band 2 salary scale will be applied until successful completion of the band 3 competencies has been achieved. It is anticipated this would be completed in the first 12 months in post.

The successful applicant will support the maternity teams, undertaking a range of clinical skills such as maternal and neonatal observations and providing care to women and babies. Be responsible for the stocking and cleanliness of the area with particular reference to infection control, health and safety and audit. This includes bed spaces or consultation rooms and also attending to the nutritional needs of the woman and her baby. This will also include offering infant feeding support for which mandatory training will be given.

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

Part of your working day may also include working within, IT and Electronic Patient Record systems, and will involve covering some clerical duties, tracking case notes, filing, answering calls, inputting data and notes scanning. The candidate must display excellent communication skills at all times and must be keen to learn and display the correct attributes.

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026

£25,272 - £27,476 Band 2 progressing to Band 3