# Maternity Support Worker - Post-Operative

> 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:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent: On call duties
- **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 18.75 hours per week (From 09:30 to 22:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays and 09:30 to 17:30 on Wednesdays and Fridays.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04T15:22:06.243Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Obstetrics/Obstetrics-v8251266
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8251266?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated maternity community support worker to join our community midwifery team.

This role is based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

To support and assist the registered midwife or nurse in the delivery of care to patients within maternity, primarily post-operative birth care, ensuring the highest possible standards of care are received by patients and their carers.

### Main duties of the job

- To assist the registered nurse or midwife in the delivery of high quality and person-centered post-operative care.
- To provide fundamental nursing and midwifery care, e.g., assistance with personal hygiene, eating and drinking, mobility needs, washing under direct or indirect supervision.
- To carry out limited clinical observations and undertake a range of activities under direct or indirect supervision by a registered nurse or midwife, having been assessed as deemed competent in the activities required.
- 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.

### 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 of working with people, ideally in a front-line customer service role.

**Desirable**

- Experience of providing person centred care.

### Skills, Abilities & Knowlege

**Essential**

- An understanding of the importance of patient confidentially and privacy.
- Recognise how patients and colleagues need to be treated with dignity and respect and can demonstrate these behaviours in their daily work.
- Good verbal and written English communication skills.
- The ability to respond with kindness and humanity to patients.
- A flexible and adaptable approach with the aptitude to work in a busy hospital healthcare setting.
- Basic knowledge of health and safety with an awareness of the importance of following Trust policies and procedures.

### EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

**Desirable**

- Level 2 or Level 3 (NVQ) in health and Social Care or equivalent relevant experience
- Willing to work towards Level 2 functional skills (Math & English)
- Care Certificate/working towards

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10583813)
- [person specification (pdf, 288.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10563632)
- [functional requirements form (pdf, 192.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10563633)

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