Job summary

Are you a compassionate and dedicated individual with a passion for supporting women and families through pregnancy, birth and the post natal period.

This is a fantastic opportunity for current Maternity Care Assistants (Band 2) to progress and enhance their skills, knowledge and role.

As a Maternity support worker, you will work alongside midwives and other healthcare professionals to deliver high quality, safe and family centred care in a variety of settings throughout our Maternity service. Your role will involve providing practical, and emotional support to women and their families during the antenatal, intrapartum and post natal period. This role may require you to rotate to different areas throughout our Maternity service.

Main duties of the job

The Maternity Support Worker will utilise skills to offer women, their new-born infants and their families a range of maternity care delivered under indirect and direct supervision of practitioners across the maternity multidisciplinary team.

Act as a role model providing coaching and guidance to Trainee and Band 2 MSW as required.

Helping to ensure the efficient and effective running of the ward/department at all times.

Manage their own workload and activities whilst ensuring that their practice is guided by standard operating procedures and established protocols. Their practice will reflect the principles of woman and family centred care.

Prioritise own workload and be responsible for planned care and tasks delegated from a registered practitioner.

Provide appropriate information and signpost to other health sector organisations.

About us

The right care, by the right person, in the right place"Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the North West side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services inBolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambitionaround improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have recently been given a CQC rating of Good.Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfillingcareer in healthcare.The Family Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and communitychildren's services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women's and Children's services and has a credible and enviable reputation. Wedeliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1500 gynaecological procedures each year, making us a specialist provider of health services forwomen, babies and their families in the North West Sector of Manchester and beyond.With births of around 6000 per year, Bolton is the 'Supercentre' for the northwest, providing high quality compassionate care to the women ofBolton, Bury, Salford and beyond.

Details

Date posted

20 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

241-673FD-26

Job locations

Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road

Bolton

BL4 0JR

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description and personal specification.

If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Job description Job responsibilities For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description and personal specification. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• GCSE English & Maths or equivalent
• NVQ Health & Social Care
• Care Certificate

Desirable

• Basic It Skills
• Knowledge of Trust IT systems

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working in a healthcare setting.
• Experience of working within a Maternity Service

Desirable

• Any experience of working within a Healthcare setting

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Clinical skills, experience of Maternal & Infant Observations
• Knowledgeable and experience of providing Infant Feeding support
• Trained and uptakes venepuncture

Desirable

• Can communicate in different languages.

Person Specification Education Essential GCSE English & Maths or equivalent NVQ Health & Social Care Care Certificate Desirable Basic It Skills Knowledge of Trust IT systems Experience Essential Significant experience of working in a healthcare setting. Experience of working within a Maternity Service Desirable Any experience of working within a Healthcare setting Skills and Abilities Essential Clinical skills, experience of Maternal & Infant Observations Knowledgeable and experience of providing Infant Feeding support Trained and uptakes venepuncture Desirable Can communicate in different languages.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road

Bolton

BL4 0JR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road

Bolton

BL4 0JR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)