Community Midwife

NHS; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire is seeking midwives to join community teams delivering midwifery care across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. You will manage caseloads in home, hub and hospital settings, providing continuity of care and supporting student learning.

Role includes induction, annual mandatory training weeks, and on‑call duties to support home births. Collaboration with the MDT is essential to deliver high‑quality, women‑centred care.

Qualifications

• Educated to Registered Midwife level.
• NMC registered.
• Experience in community midwifery.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work autonomously within a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide midwifery care to birthing people during the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods in home, maternity hubs, and hospital settings.
• Deliver continuity of care to local families and support home births.
• Promote collaborative working with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Maintain professional standards and revalidation; attend mandatory training.
• Observe the NMC Code of Conduct and ensure accurate recordkeeping.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Initiative

IT skills

Home visits

Physical resilience

Emotional resilience

Team coordination

Driving licence

Change management

Education

Registered Midwife

NMC registered

Teaching and mentoring Course

Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE)

Professional Midwifery Advocate

Job description

Site University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Town Northampton Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum / Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 24/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, and compassionate midwives to join our community midwifery teams and midwifery continuity of carer MCoC teams. You will be joining a team of friendly and supportive midwives who are passionate about the community care we provide. Our traditional community teams are based across our four Midwifery Hubs, covering Northampton and surrounding villages. We also have a specialist safeguarding community team caring for vulnerable families in the antenatal and postnatal period.

We provide evidence-based care in the antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum period, supporting women’s choice of birthplace, including homebirths. We work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team and support our colleagues in the hospital setting.

You will be responsible for a caseload of birthing people, running clinics within a hub setting and providing care within the home. You will have sound clinical skills, good communication and interpersonal skills. You will be supporting students on their learning journey. We offer CPD opportunities to help you achieve your career aspirations.

Successful candidates will be booked on to a thorough induction package, with yearly maternity training weeks to keep your mandatory and role specific training up to date.

This post will be subject to internal rotation as required and participating in an on‑call provision to support homebirths to support future service needs.

Main duties of the job

Provide midwifery care to birthing people during the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods in all areas including their home, maternity hubs, and hospital settings.

As a community midwife you will be bringing continuity of care to our local families, supporting the vision of Better Births and Saving babies Lives. Working autonomously and within a team of passionate community midwives within a geographical area, supporting home births and community to have a rewarding work experience.

Promote collaborative working partnerships and effective communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.

To be responsible for the maintenance and development of their own clinical skills and maintain revalidation requirements. Including attendance of a yearly protected Trust mandatory training week.

Ensure professional and clinical standards are maintained and developed in response to new evidence.

Act as a professional role model for midwifery.

To observe the NMC Code of Conduct. Maintain standards of recordkeeping within the practice setting, utilising accepted standards where appropriate.Undertake relevant clinical practices in accordance with the Scope of Professional.

Working for our organisation

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) was formed through the grouping of Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As one group, we are on a journey to improve services for our communities by working collaboratively, modernising the way we deliver care and continually striving for excellence.

Working together allows us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities. There may be a requirement to work across our hospital sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage.

UHN welcomes applications from people from all protected groups and is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and have achieved the Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. Our active staff networks support colleagues from all backgrounds and help ensure everyone feels valued here at UHN

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Possess knowledge of the audit process and methods of critically appraising Research
• Demonstrate clinical competence and fitness for practice.
• Involvement in clinical audit and evaluation of practice within the clinical area
• Promote and disseminate research and audit findings.
• Contribute ideas and undertake monitoring with regards to quality of women centred care

Personal skills

• Maintain personal professional profile and Revalidation.
• Identify and negotiate training needs, actively address these through the Trust appraisal system.
• Maintain an awareness of issues relating to midwifery on the national agenda.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Co‑ordinate the responsibilities, capabilities, and workload of team members

Other information

• The postholder may be required to carry out other relevant duties as required within the maternity unit.
• The postholder will adhere to the duties specified under the Staff Responsibilities of the NHS
• Constitution in their day‑to‑day work and behaviours.
• The postholder will be expected to aspire to the Values of the Trust in their day‑to‑day work and behaviours to support the Trust in achieving its Vision.
• The postholder will adhere to, always, any Professional, NHS Code of Conducts and legislation relevant for their area of work.
• The postholder will make themselves familiar with, and adhere to, always, the policies and procedures of the Trust, and their area of work.
• The postholder will be expected to work to any Corporate/Division/Directorate/Department objectives and standards to provide an acceptable level of service.
• The postholder will be expected to undertake training, including mandatory and role.
• Specific training, relevant to their role and ensure it is renewed as required.

This job description reflects the present requirements of the post, and it does not form part of the contract of employment. As the duties of the post change and develop the job description will be updated.

Person specification

Education, Training and Qualifications

• Educated to Registered Midwife level
• NMC registered
• Teaching and mentoring Course
• Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE)
• Professional Midwifery Advocate

Knowledge and Experience

• Midwifery experience within a variety of maternity clinical areas
• An understanding of integrating theory and practice
• Understanding current midwifery issues
• Experience of working in a community midwifery setting
• Experience of teaching in clinical areas
• Knowledge and understanding of risk management
• Awareness of safeguarding

Skills

• Effective verbal and written communication
• Ability to exercise initiative
• Basic IT skills
• Ability to attend to clients at home with equipment
• Physical effort (e.g. manual handling)
• Emotional effort (e.g. distressing or traumatic circumstances)
• Working conditions (e.g. VDU usage)
• Working conditions – working on Labour Ward and other maternity areas as required
• Current driving license and access to vehicle
• Understanding of the change process and steps needed to implement them

At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper‑acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.

We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).

We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That’s why we talk about Team NGH. It’s all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Our Excellence Values:

• Compassion
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courageous
• Accountable

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE VACANCIES PRIOR TO THE ADVERTISED CLOSING DATE WHEN WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications.