Job summary
- Main area
- Women and Children
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (until 31st March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 328-WAC-7035000
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The James Cook University Hospital
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Assistant Practitioner (Maternity)
Band 4
Job overview
Main duties of the job
- Providing vulnerable families, with a focus on teenage parents and those seeking asylum, tailored support to enhance their care and improve outcomes
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Working within the specialist community midwifery team (Indigo Team) to develop personalised care plans
- Working as part of the multi-agency team around the family including through safeguarding procedures
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Signposting to community and specialist services and working within the wider multidisciplinary agencies, initiating links within the Family Hub services, community and VSCE organisations
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Managing and prioritising your caseload and working flexibly in the community setting
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Advocating for women both within maternity services and the wider community including by identifying and addressing barriers to engagement and supporting them to increase their ‘health literacy’
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Promoting physical wellbeing, such as providing aqua natal classes and walking groups
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Co-delivering Antenatal Programmes relevant to each local authority health visiting team
- Delivering essential baby items and equipment sourced via local baby banks
- Supporting the learning needs of student midwives
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Data collection and evaluation of the role throughout its implementation
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Utilising the National Academy of Social Prescribing (NASP) Portfolio of Evidence as a tool to evidence and reflect on personal practice and identify training needs and opportunities
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Driving and access to own car is essential for this role
Working for our organisation
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions.
· Your Leadership Impact
· Leading Your Team to Success
· Service Improvement for Beginners
· Developing your Service Improvement Skills
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust values and behaviours
- Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
- Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of participating in the planning, developing, implementing and evaluation of personalised care plans and decision making in communication with the multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an NHS care role.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Functional Skills Maths/English Level 2 or GCSE Maths/English pass grade 9 to 4 (A* to C)
- Care certificate
- RQF Level 5 qualification or equivalent academic preparation and training relevant to the role of Assistant Practitioner (Maternity) e.g. Level 5 foundation degree in Health and Social Care OR working towards level 5 foundation degree in Health and Social Care (Maternity) (completed year 1 and currently undertaking year 2)
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Fairbairn
- Job title
- Lead Midwife for Vulnerable Women
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 850850
- Additional information
- ext 3480307788 335130
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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The Recruitment Team
The Murray Building
The James Cook University Hospital
TS4 3BW
- Telephone
- 01642 850850, ext. 57396
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