# Maternity Care Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maternity-care-assistant/dfbac761-fd24-4813-9c21-6e0cc22ee6c4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maternity-care-assistant/dfbac761-fd24-4813-9c21-6e0cc22ee6c4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Doncaster - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 Pro Rata Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-10T10:51:31.630Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Doncaster/Doncaster_Bassetlaw_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8093468 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8093468?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dbth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for caring, motivated and enthusiastic Maternity Care Assistants to join our maternity teams across Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Bassetlaw hospital sites. This is a rewarding opportunity to support women, birthing people and their families across a range of inpatient maternity areas, delivering compassionate, high-quality care as part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team. You will assist with patients' physical and personal care needs, ensuring dignity, privacy and individual cultural needs are respected at all times. Working under the supervision of a registered midwife or nurse, you will contribute to the safe and effective delivery of maternity services while following agreed policies and procedures. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills within a supportive and fast-paced maternity environment. Our maternity services operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends and bank holidays, so flexibility to work a variety of shifts is essential. You will need to be able to work independently when carrying out delegated tasks, while communicating effectively with colleagues and maintaining excellent standards of patient care. If you have strong interpersonal and organisational skills, a compassionate approach and a passion for supporting families during an important stage of their lives, we would love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job - Providing high-quality personal care and supporting women with their individual needs. - Assisting with infant feeding, including breastfeeding and formula feeding support. - Observing the wellbeing of women and newborn babies, escalating any concerns appropriately. - Supporting women and families with compassionate care during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. - Maintaining a clean, safe and welcoming clinical environment. - Assisting with patient admissions, transfers and discharge processes. - Accurately documenting care and maintaining patient confidentiality. - Working collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective, person-centred care. - Following infection prevention, safeguarding and health and safety procedures. - Participating in ongoing training, development and quality improvement activities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully.  Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential. Certificate of sponsorship For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility. Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK Please note that from 9th April 2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with people using customer care skills - Basic computer skills **Desirable** - Knowledge and understanding of maternity service delivery - Experience of working in a healthcare setting and/or providing personal care ### Qualification & Training **Essential** - Knowledge of personal care and related procedures - Basic maths and literacy - Agree to undertake the Care Certificate education and training package **Desirable** - Vocational qualifications at level 2 or equivalent relevant experience - GCSE Grade c/level 4 in Maths and English or equivalent i.e. functional skills level 2 ### Personal Attributes & Skills **Essential** - Be able to demonstrate good communication skills, work within the multi-disciplinary team - Well motivated, genuine desire to care for people - Must be able to work within a team and independently under direction - Support and assist in the safe and effective delivery of personal care **Desirable** - Demonstrate enthusiasm, motivation, accept and support changes within the role/service - Ability to record and report relevant information regarding patient needs ## Documents - [the dbth way (pdf, 409.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2213) - [join team dbth (pdf, 654.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1738) - [272-85093468 jd and ps (pdf, 989.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10386949) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 752.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1737) - [health & wellbeing - staff benefits (pdf, 214.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2222) - [acceptable usage of ai - recruitment dbth (pdf, 456.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2381) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.