Maternity Support Worker, Maternity Ward- Band 3

Job summary

Maternity Support Worker, Maternity Ward- Band 3 (22.5 hours a week)

A rare opportunity has arisen to join the Maternity Support Worker team (South Stroud hub) who works closely with the midwifery team and newborn screening to deliver clinical and therapeutic care to women and babies within set protocols and remit.

Please note - this vacancy may close before the deadline if we receive enough suitable applications.

Additional working pattern details: includes weekend rotation.

Main duties of the job

The maternity support workers delivers a day 5 postnatal care to the women and babies, as well as other postnatal support within the midwifery team such as day 3/9 postnatal visits. These appointments take place in hospital/children clinics or as home visits. As part of the day 5 responsibilities, the MSW will carry out the newborn hearing screening and bloodspot for the babies, provide safe feeding advice and support, check baby's weight and jaundice assessment. There are other clinical responsibilities, please see job description for all the details.

About us

We work as a close team where communication is important to ensure all eligible babies are offered the newborn screening on baby's day 5.

There are 3 hubs, South, West & East to ensure all the babies across Gloucestershire are offered the newborn screening. This post is for the South hub which means at large, the post holder will be covering the surrounding area of Stroud and Cirencester. However, all the MSWs do cross cover across the county wherever staffing is required (sometimes at short notice).

It is important that babies are appropriately offered, seen and referred timely, so interventions and support can be in place during the baby's early stages of life.

Details

Date posted

29 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year (pa pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

318-26-T0063

Job locations

Stroud Maternity Hospital

Field Road

Stroud

GL5 2JB

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