Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Maternity Department
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 14.4
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves supporting midwives within the Maternity department, caring for childbearing women and their babies. There is also an opportunity to work within the wider reproductive health service, including the sexual health clinic. The successful candidate will work part-time, 14.4 hours per week, across day and night shifts, as well as weekends. It requires someone with experience in a caring environment and effective communication skills.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £29,103 – £31,409 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
259653
Salary:
Band 3 (£29,103 - £31,409)
Job closing date:
04/10/2026
Job Type:
Nursing and Midwifery
Location:
Gilbert Bain Hospital
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
14.40
Job posted date:
14/09/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Shetland
Department:
Maternity
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Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Maternity Department (Ref: 259653)
Substantive
Part time 14.4 hours per week
Band 3 - Salary Range £29,103 - £31,409 per annum (pro rata)
Distant Island Allowance of £2,578 per annum (pro rata)
Are you someone who has an interest in health care particularly that of child bearing women and their babies? As a Senior Healthcare Support Worker you would work as a valued member of our small team providing support to and working under the direction of midwives within the Maternity department. There is also an opportunity to work within the wider reproductive health service which includes the sexual health clinic. You will be expected to work both day and night shifts as well as weekends.
You will have experience working within a caring environment, have effective communication skills and the ability to use your own initiative to work without direct supervision.
You will be expected to comply with the Induction Standards
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