# Maternity Care Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Maternity support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 22.5 hours per week (Cross site working)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04T16:43:22.967Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Maternity/Maternity-v8275306
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8275306?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post holder may be required to work anywhere within the Trust. To assist the registered midwife in the delivery of high quality and person – centred care.

- To support the midwives in the Day Assessment Unit with Monofer infusions, chaperone for the cervical balloon catheter inductions

* To carry out maternal observations and undertake a range of activities under direct or indirect supervision by a registered midwife, having been assessed as competent in the activities required, to include venepuncture,

* To maintain high clinical standards

- To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment.
- To contributes towards the department and organisation in the provision of a safe and caring environment.
- The post holder may be required to work anywhere within the Trust.

### Main duties of the job

Refer to job description and person specification

To provide support to the midwives in the Day Assessment Unit delivering clinical care to high risk pregnant women

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience with working with people, ideally in a customer service role.
- Experience with providing person centred care

**Desirable**

- Experience in a healthcare setting

### Behaviours and Values

**Essential**

- Flexible in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service
- Work effectively within the team
- Act with honesty and integrity
- Display BHT values

### Skills, ability and Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understanding of confidentiality and privacy
- Demonstrates care, compassion and empathy to patients and colleagues
- Maintain professional behaviour
- Understand patients need to be treated with dignity and respect
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Flexible and adaptable attitude to work in a hospital setting
- Basic understand of Health and Safety, policies and procedures
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Appreciation of equality, diversity and inclusion

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591127)
- [person specification (pdf, 288.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591128)
- [functional requirements form (pdf, 192.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591129)

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