Band 6 Community Midwife

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; South Derbyshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Community Midwife to join our community teams. You will provide antenatal and postnatal care across a caseload, with a mix of weekdays and weekends and on-call duties.

A full UK driving license and access to a vehicle are required. You must be registered with the NMC in the UK with a valid PIN to practise. Closing date 15 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration.
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent (e.g. PS/PA).
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Experience across maternity care and with vulnerable families.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality women-centred care across hubs and community settings.
• Promote safe and effective practice.
• Enhance women and families experience.
• Support operational efficiency and meet service objectives.
• Deliver total midwifery care for high and low risk mothers.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate maternity care.
• Be accountable for own actions.
• Promote MDT communication and teamwork.
• Home base at The Hub with cross-site work when needed.
• Participate in hospital on-calls (min 6 per year).

Skills

Cannulation

Perineal suturing

Emergency procedures

Mentoring

Education

Registered Midwife

Mentorship qualification

CPD evidence

Job description

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Community Midwife

The closing date is 15 November 2026

We are looking for experienced and passionate band 6 midwives to join our community teams.

You will work a mixture of weekdays and weekends, each week, providing continuity to the women in your caseload for antenatal and postnatal care.

Happy to talk flexible working. You must be able to work 6x on call per year for the acute site which are picked and planned by yourself.

A full UK drivers license and access to a vehicle is necessary for the role.

Please note that at present we are unable to accept candidates who are not registered with the NMC within the UK and have a PIN enabling them to practice autonomously.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality women centred care within allocated resources at Hubs and community settings.


• Promote safe and effective practice


• Enhance women and families experience


• Contribute to the delivery of the operational efficiency of the service and deliver against organisational objectives


• The post holder will provide total midwifery care for both high and low risk mothers within all midwifery environments


• Able to provide the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of maternity care


• Be accountable for own actions


• Promote excellent multidisciplinary communication and teamwork


• The post holder will generally have a home base at The Hub but at times of escalation may be required to undertake cross-site working to meet the needs of the women across the service.


• To participate in hospital on-calls (currently minimum 6 per year)

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs over 8,600 staff and has a turnover of over £450 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for more information.

For any further questions please contact Harriet Turner 07949403993

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• Registered Midwife


• Mentorship qualification or similar (i.e PS/PA)


• Evidence of CPD

Experience & Knowledge

• Awareness of professional responsibilities.


• Experience of all areas of maternity care


• Experience of working with vulnerable families


• BFI accredited training

Skills & Ability

• Able to demonstrate the mentoring of students and induction of new staff.


• Competent in a variety of clinical skills including cannulation and perineal suturing


• Demonstrate knowledge of emergency procedures within the community


• Has participated in research and audit


• Line management responsibilities of non-midwifery staffing (e.g. MSW's)

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.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum pro rata