Band 6 Maternity Unit Rotational Midwife

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in Romford is seeking an experienced Band 6 Maternity Unit Rotational Midwife to join our team. This role requires an NMC-registered midwife with a current PIN and the ability to work across community settings in a rotational pattern.

The post is a 12-month fixed-term contract with hours part-time, and the contract is designed to align with recruitment and pre-employment checks.

Qualifications

• NMC PIN and registered midwife status required.
• Band 6 experience and ability to work in rotating maternity settings.
• Experience across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care.

Responsibilities

• Provide education, psychological support and social care advice to women and families.
• Assess, develop, implement and evaluate care across maternity periods.
• Act as a preceptor for newly qualified midwives and staff.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines.

Skills

NMC registered midwife

Education

NMC Registered Midwife

Job description

Band 6 Maternity Unit Rotational Midwife

CAPTION:

• Company: Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Salary: £45,953 - £54,254 Per Annum HCA inclusive
• Hours: Part-time
• Location: Romford, RM7 0AG
• Job type: Contract
• Posting date: 21 Oct 2026
• Closing date: 20 Nov 2026

Summary

A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

We are looking to recruit experienced band 6 midwives to join our team of experienced Midwives. If you are an experienced & NMC registered midwife who, has an NMC PIN Number and would like to make a difference to women and their families, then we would like to hear from you. This is a rotational role, and you will also be expected to work within community settings, including rotating across community midwifery areas.

By joining our team you will have the opportunity to bring your wealth of knowledge and experience to our maternity service.

Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.

Role Responsibilities

To provide a full range of health education, psychological support, and social care advice to women, including preconception care where required and across various settings. To be responsible and accountable for assessing, developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods for women and their babies. The role also involves acting as a preceptor for newly qualified midwives and other staff, while working autonomously within professional guidelines and scope of practice.

Organization Overview

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

Services and Facilities

• Women's Health Hub in Ilford
• Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch
• Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Additional Information

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

This advert closes on Sunday 1 Nov 2026