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Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Established in 1998 from the merger of Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals, the Trust has been on a long journey of development and improvement to its current position as the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents. It became a Foundation Trust in December 2010.
Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking and parts of Elmbridge, Hounslow, Surrey Heath and beyond. The Trust employs around 4,400 individual members of staff. Our turnover was £425 million in 2021/22.
The Trust provides a whole range of services across its hospital sites. The majority of planned care, like day case and orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation services, is provided at Ashford Hospital, with more complex medical and surgical care and emergency services at St. Peter’s Hospital.
A history of both hospitals can be found by clicking here.
Senior Maternity Support Worker
Accepting applications until: 07-Nov-2024 17:00
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 07-Nov-2024 17:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Peters Hospital
- Address
- Guildford Road
- Town
- Chertsey
- Postcode
- KT16 0PZ
- Major / Minor Region
- Surrey
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £25,329 - £26,958 pa inc. HCAS pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Maternity
- Interview date
- 15/11/2024
Job overview
Want to make a difference to people’s lives?
Come join our fantastic team to work alongside the maternity workforce, supporting our midwives and delivering outstanding care to our birthing population and their families.
No maternity experience? No problem. Providing you have completed your care certificate we’ll teach you everything you need to know for this physically demanding role and develop you with your band 3 core competencies. It is important that you are a team player, caring and a kind person with a genuine desire to help and support women, babies, and their families. If this sounds like you, then you already have the attributes that make a great MSW.
St Peters is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after, and values our people, creating a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce. The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognise staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development, and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance.
If you are a motivated and inspirational candidate looking for a new challenge, take a look at the brochure attached and come join our journey to be an outstanding maternity unit. Let our future be yours!
Advert
As a Maternity Support Worker Candidates applying for this post must possess and be able to demonstrate within the application form the following essential criteria:
- Recent and previous NHS experience as a health care support worker for a minimum of six months
- Having successfully achieved the Care Certificate - evidence will be requested to progress to next stage of recruitment.
Only candidates that meet the above will be considered for this post.
Only applications for candidates already based in the UK will be considered, remote interviews will not be possible and we will not consider alternative dates for the interviews.
We need you to be proactive, compassionate, and willing to get stuck in. It’s a hands-on environment where teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills are essential.
Maternity Services Support Worker roles represent a world of opportunities within the NHS. They are a great entry point into the NHS and can lead on to a lifelong career. If you’re looking to become a healthcare professional and want to gain training and experience, it’s a great place to start.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- On-site Nurseries
- On-site staff cafes
- On-site parking
- Support in career development
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A Maternity Support Worker works under the direction of a registered midwife;
- helping to care for mothers and babies
- supporting the smooth running of the labour ward, inpatient wards, antenatal clinic and day assessment unit.
- Performing basic clinical tasks - supporting hygiene, hydration, vital signs and dietary needs
- Preparing women for clinical examination and tests
- Updating records
- Cleaning and preparing the birthing environment & equipment
- Escalating concerns to a registered midwife or nurse
This list is not exhaustive, and we encourage you to refer to the attached Job description.
Examples of the settings you may work in;
- antenatal/postnatal wards
- day assessment unit/triage
- maternity theatres
- delivery suites
- midwifery led units
With a tailored training programme we will upskill you with the additional skills required for the role.
St Peter’s can offer you:
- 27 days’ leave plus bank holidays (29 days after five years and 33 after 10 years’ service)
- Enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Learning and development opportunities
- Structured development & career progression
- Generous NHS pension
- Great maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Onsite Nursery – at an additional cost
- Wide range of LGBT+ initiatives and staff networks
- Health service discounts & online benefits
- Health & wellbeing opportunities –free onsite gym
- Cycle to Work Scheme and discounts on public transport
Please refer to the full Job description attached.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent English and Maths
- Care Certificate
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working as Healthcare Support Worker/Maternity Support Worker within the NHS of a minimum of 6 months
- Working as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Healthcare Support Worker Buddy
- Link Healthcare Support Worker
Attitude, Behaviour and Values
Essential criteria
- Puts patients first & customer service focus
- Willing and able to take personal responsibility
- Takes pride in their work and their team
- Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives
Skills and Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Effective communication
- Required IT skills
- Caring and Compassionate
- Empathy and understanding
- Excellent time management
- Team worker
- Ability to prioritise appropriately
- Venepuncture
- Cannulation or willingness to undertake training
- ECG monitoring or willingness to undertake training
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
- Ability to travel between Trust sites
- Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the patients, the team, the service and the Trust
- Able to evidence level 3 requirements of MSW competency framework
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the role of the Healthcare Support Worker in the hospital setting.
Desirable criteria
- Basic knowledge of how the NHS works
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Durkan
- Job title
- Workforce & Development Lead Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
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