Maternity Administration Assistant

Main area Maternity Administration Assistant Grade NHS AfC:
Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Wednesday-Friday) Job
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Employer North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Allerdale Community Midwives Town Workington Salary £25,272 Per Annum Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/07/2026 23:59

Maternity Administration Assistant Band 2

Provide administrative support to the community midwifery team, supporting care to woman and babies in support of the midwife, working as part of a multidisciplinary team and reporting back to midwifery staff.

Maternity Administration Assistant will provide and coordinate all clerical and administrative duties, supporting the provision of an efficient and effective service. Contribute to effective communication links between the acute and community midwifery services, GP Practices and any other organisation who requires information.

Maintain accurate written and electronic information systems, supporting accurate and timely data input onto IT systems. Participate in planning, implementation and delivery of the service. Assist with team meeting planning, admin support as and when required.

Carry out coordination and support the delivery of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care including making and sending out appointments, scanning, tracking and archiving of records, ordering and organising of stock, ensuring maintenance of equipment by arranging servicing/repair, supporting team leaders in busy periods as well as other general administrative duties. Support in Data quality reports process and action as required.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

• Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
• Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• * Subject to eligibility

• GCSE (Grade A-C) or equivalent in English and Maths
• NVQ Level 2 qualification or equivalent
• Previous experience of working in an office environment
• Experience of working in a team
• NVQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent

• Able to cope with exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances
• Ability to concentrate for long periods of time

• Ability to undertake light physical effort and occasional moderate effort
• Abi…