Acute Maternity Support Worker / Trainee Maternity Support Worker

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated maternity support worker to assist with operative birth procedures and provide care across the maternity unit. The role involves triage, labour ward, antenatal, and postnatal duties, working closely with midwives to monitor patients and babies.

Applicants should have GCSE English/Maths, a health care qualification, and recent acute clinical experience.

Qualifications

• GCSE English/Maths grade C or equivalent
• Health care qualification at level 2/3
• Recent experience in an acute clinical setting

Responsibilities

• Assist with the preparation and care of women requiring operative birth procedures.
• Support the medical and midwifery team in general delivery rooms at birth and the immediate postnatal period.
• Work on the inpatient ward assisting with care.
• Work in antenatal areas across the maternity unit.
• Basic maternal and neonatal observation.
• Venepuncture and neonatal blood sampling.
• Catheterisation.
• Contemporaneous documentation.
• Assist with general hygiene, nutrition and infant feeding support.
• Undertake general housekeeping duties to maintain cleanliness and safe stock levels.
• Communicate with families and the multi-disciplinary team.
• Escalate concerns to appropriate multi-professional team members.

Job description

• 1. Assist with the preparation and care of women who require operative birth procedures.
• 2. Support the medical and midwifery team in general delivery rooms at birth and immediate postnatal period.
• 3. Working on the inpatient ward assisting with care.
• 4. Working in antenatal areas across the maternity unit.
• 5. Basic maternal and neonatal observations.
• 6. Venepuncture and neonatal blood samples.
• 7. Catheterisation.
• 8. Contemporaneous documentation.
• 9. Assist with general hygiene, nutrition and infant feeding support.
• 10. Undertake general housekeeping duties to maintain cleanliness and safe stock levels.
• 11. Communicate with families and the multi-disciplinary team.
• 12. Escalate concerns to appropriate multi-professional team members.

Closing date of applications: 16 November 2026 Interview date: 1 December 2026

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• The successful candidate must be able to work flexibly in a variety of maternity settings, including triage, labour ward and the antenatal/postnatal ward and involves working alongside midwives to support clinical care of women and their babies, involving undertaking routine observations as well as undertaking administrative tasks. They must also be willing to work day shifts and night shifts over a 7-day week, including bank holidays.
• Applicants must have grade C or equivalent in English/Maths at GCSE level or functional skills at level 2, level 2 or 3 Health care qualification and recent experience of working within an acute clinical setting.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.