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Job summary

Main area
Community Midwifery
Grade
Band 6
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term or secondment)
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Additional hours may be considered)
Job ref
164-7197338
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Community midwifery- various sites
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Community Midwife

Band 6

Job overview

Want a career with growth, progression, and empowerment? Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the UK’s largest acute teaching Trusts in England. Our Maternity Services offer a wide range of choice and support for all women and families, from homebirth to specialised neonatal care.

We are looking for experienced midwives to join our community midwifery service, on an initial secondment basis for 12 months.. You will provide person-centred care across the antenatal and postnatal periods, working closely with a multidisciplinary team and local partners.When you join, you’ll receive excellent guidance and support from us as an organisation, but also from some of the most experienced and dedicated members of our Maternity Services team.

We’re looking for compassionate, ambitious, and progressive people to join our team. With so many opportunities for self-development and progression, we need people who want to learn and inspire others. People who have a voice and want to use it to drive positive change. People who love a challenge and want to be part of transformation.

Your skills and talents as a midwife will help ensure women, babies, and families receive the unparalleled quality care they deserve. And in return, you’ll find a rewarding career full of opportunity and open doors. When you work at NUH, you are not just helping families – you are part of one too.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

 

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents which can be downloaded as PDFs at the end of this page for further information

A midwife who will provide high standards of clinical care throughout the pregnancy continuum.  You will have recent Intrapartum experience in either a labour suite, an AMU or home birth environment.  You will fulfil the role of an active member of the midwifery team and provide evidence of continuing professional development and clinical experience.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification documents which can be downloaded as PDFs at the end of this page for further information.

We’ve also listed the key responsibilities for preceptorship Midwives below to give you a more detailed insight into the role.

Communication and collaboration

  • Be a powerful voice – promoting excellent and effective patient care, participating in decision-making relating to women-centred care, driving transformation and change when you see an opportunity to do so, and acting as an advocate for women and those accessing our services
  • Be a great listener – engaging with any feedback we receive from those accessing our services, ensuring confidentiality in everything you do, learning from every new experience and adapting to new styles of working

Clinical Care

  • Be an advocate – for women and those accessing our services, for colleagues who deliver excellent care and who deserve recognition, and for the Trust – working within our guidelines, policies, procedures, and ethical and legal frameworks.
  • Be effective – in how you manage and prioritise your time, by ensuring resources are being used in the most efficient way across the team, by continuously assessing and evaluating how we deliver care, and by developing your skills in areas that you feel need the most focus

Personal and Professional Conduct

  • Be an inspiration – both on the ward and within the wider multi-disciplinary team. Be a role model for junior staff and students. Be responsible for your personal development and identify your short and long term goals. Encourage the development of others so that no one gets left behind, and we continue to work collaboratively at every level.
  • Be professional – by always adhering to Health and Safety legislation, administration and storage of drugs, clinical incident reporting, infection control, child protection and safeguarding, and safekeeping of patient property.

Research and Education

  • Be curious – by taking part in clinical audits and trials to improve patient care. By using, developing, and sharing evidence based practice to carry out care competently and efficiently. And by participating in the evaluation of our education programmes.
  • Be an educator – mentoring both qualitied and unqualified staff, including student midwives. Help people develop their leadership and supervision skills and complete any documentation required when taking on the role of mentor. Assist in the orientation of new staff or Return to Practice midwives where you will act as a preceptor

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy

 

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name
Clare Rahilly
Job title
Community Midwifery Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01158838926
Additional contact information

Clare Rahilly

Sherwood Rise H/C

0115 8838926

Person specification

Other

Essential criteria
  • Current UK driving licence and sole use of a car

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered and practising midwife
Desirable criteria
  • Completed the Practice supervisors / assessors course

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in dealing with safeguarding issues Evidence of Team Working Experience of working with vulnerable families.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of working in a community setting Confident in lone working

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and experience of different IT systems Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of Audit and research Has experience of using Badgernet and Medway

Planning and Organisaion skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to respond, prioritise and analyse complex problems or situation. Can respond to planned and unplanned situations and take the lead in dealing with emergencies Must be flexible to move geographic bases across the service as required. Able to prioritise and has effective time management skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Rainbow badgeadded for NUH

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Clare Rahilly
Job title
Community Midwifery Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0115 8838951