Maternity Support Worker - St Helier | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in London is recruiting a Maternity Support Worker to join the in-patient maternity team at St Helier. The role supports midwives by carrying out extended skills across the maternity ward, delivery suite, and postnatal care on weekends and nights.

You will assist with newborn screening, observations, feeding support, SBAR handovers, and ensure safe, compassionate care within a care plan framework, while developing your practice within the

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the inpatient Maternity team across both the Maternity ward and the Delivery suite
• Undertake Newborn blood spot screening and SBR tests for any eligible babies
• Assess jaundice in newborn babies, including performing TCB tests and commencing phototherapy
• Perform basic observations, urinalysis and phlebotomy if required
• Perform basic observations on babies and eliminate any deviations from the norm when appropriate
• Assist with Maternity theatre cases
• Give competent SBAR handovers to members of the team within your remit
• Perform basic IT functions, documenting on our Badgernet system contemporaneously, the care given to women and babies
• Assist the midwife in any basic tasks that need undertaking
• Keeping areas and equipment clean and tidy
• Stocking up store rooms, rooms and trolleys with appropriate resources and equipment
• Support the wider team however required, eg running simple errands and telephones
• Work alongside the midwife to recognise those women who may need urgent attention and help escalating accordingly
• Assist with infant feeding, using the BFI initiatives and participating in upholding our Gold accreditation, supporting new mothers with their feeding choice
• Supporting women and babies in the immediate post- natal period, ensuring alongside the midwives, maternal and fetal wellbeing

Job description

Maternity Support Worker - St Helier | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Company:

Company: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

The maternity support worker is expected to undertake an agreed range of extended skills to support the midwifery service including weekends and nights. The midwife will be responsible for all care and supervision; whilst the maternity support worker will not always work under direct and immediate supervision, the task being done must be within the framework of a care plan. The maternity support worker will be an effective member of the team and will provide support in a kind, considerate and professional manner to the woman and her family in providing holistic care. There may be occasions when the maternity support worker is required to work in other areas within the maternity department; whilst at all times working under the direction of the midwife present within the department

The Trust supports personal development and career progression.

We would like you to join us if you are hardworking, dependable and good team player.

Duties of the Post

• Work as part of the inpatient Maternity team across both the Maternity ward and the Delivery suite
• Undertake Newborn blood spot screening and SBR tests for any eligible babies
• Assess jaundice in newborn babies, including performing TCB tests and commencing phototherapy
• Perform basic observations, urinalysis and phlebotomy if required
• Perform basic observations on babies and eliminate any deviations from the norm when appropriate
• Assist with Maternity theatre cases
• Give competent SBAR handovers to members of the team within your remit
• Perform basic IT functions, documenting on our Badgernet system contemporaneously, the care given to women and babies
• Assist the midwife in any basic tasks that need undertaking
• Keeping areas and equipment clean and tidy
• Stocking up store rooms, rooms and trolleys with appropriate resources and equipment
• Support the wider team however required, eg running simple errands and telephones
• Work alongside the midwife to recognise those women who may need urgent attention and help escalating accordingly
• Assist with infant feeding, using the BFI initiatives and participating in upholding our Gold accreditation, supporting new mothers with their feeding choice
• Supporting women and babies in the immediate post- natal period, ensuring alongside the midwives, maternal and fetal wellbeing

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Thank you for your interest in this role. Please see attached Job description for further details of the maternity support worker role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Oct 2026

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

£30,630 - £32,346 p.a incl of HCAS Outer

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust