Band 6 Community Midwife

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Community Midwife at a leading NHS Trust in Birmingham. Join a compassionate team dedicated to providing high-quality midwifery care in diverse settings, including home and community environments. The role includes assessing and supporting women during labor and mentoring junior staff. Applicants must hold a current UK NMC pin and driving license. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in the lives of mothers and babies.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife on the NMC register required.
• Experience in various settings using all midwifery skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate midwifery care.
• Support and supervise junior staff and students.
• Participate in on-call rota for home births.

Skills

Communication

Supervision

Assessment

Prioritization

Education

Diploma/BSc in Midwifery Studies

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Community Midwife

The closing date is 10 June 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Midwife to join our team. Come and Join us....

Are you a compassionate, caring and considerate person? Are you looking for a sense of achievement in your job? Are you motivated by helping others? If so, then our community teams at Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital want to hear from you and others like you.

Our community team care for a diverse group of women and families providing high quality midwifery care. The community midwife teams work in a named midwife model in GP practices, Children's centres and at home. The service is led by the Community Matron and each team compromises of the Team Leader, Community Midwives, Maternity Support Workers and Community Administrators. Appointed applicants will be well supported and offered a personalised orientation on appointment.

Our midwives work a varied range of shift patterns which includes weekends, bank holidays and an on call rota system to support women who choose to labour at home and the Birth Centre.

Our team are united in bringing quality care to the people and communities within Birmingham and Solihull. To do this; we need like-minded people who want to work with us to deliver the very best care to our mothers and babies. The rest we can support you with.

**This is for Midwives with current UK NMC pin and UK driving licence**

Main duties of the job

To be able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate midwifery care, using a holistic and innovative approach to practice and to develop a plan of care, which is women centred and evidence based.

Support, supervise and teach less junior staff, students, supports workers on the relevant clinical and non-clinical procedures and practices. Act as a practice assessor and mentor to students as required.

Perform and maintain required clinical procedures competently.

Competently use clinical equipment, undertaking relevant training as required.

Communicate and work effectively with the wider team.

Ability to prioritise workload.

To participate on call rota system to support women who choose to labour at home and the Birth Centre.

Lead professional in providing total care and support for women who request a homebirth.

Utilise highly developed physical skills where appropriate i.e. suturing within the clients' home and hospital setting. Carry out all relevant forms of care including emergency interventions within the community and hospital environment.

Participate in Clinical Governance by reporting serious incidents and taking a proactive role in service development.

Participate in programmes of parent education and within the hospital/community setting.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• *Registered Midwife on the NMC register
• *Diploma/BSc in Midwifery Studies
• *Examination of the Newborn (NIPE)
• *Mentor/assessor training or willing to work towards
• *Newborn Life Support Training

Experience

• *Has worked in a variety of settings
• using all midwifery skills
• *Understands the application of
• the child protection processes
• and the mental health act
• *Can demonstrate a knowledge of
• current and emerging health care
• issues
• *Experience of caring for at
• risk/socially excluded service users
• *Experience in attending Home Births

Additional Criteria

• *Full UK/ EU driving licence

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust