Community Midwife

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for enthusiastic midwives to join our expanding Community Midwifery Team. The role offers hybrid working within the unit and involves caring for women across five maternity hubs, from Bracknell to Farnham, delivering high‑quality, personalised care in all settings.

You’ll support students, work with a diverse population, and help develop the FHFT Maternity Hub model, with opportunities to influence care pathways and practice within a supportive

Qualifications

• Current on the NMC register.
• Diploma/BSc in Midwifery Studies.
• Registered Nurse (Desirable).
• Mentor / PSPA / SLIP (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Join a Community Midwifery Team delivering antenatal and postnatal care in Community Hub, hospital, or home settings.
• Support students and liaise with the wider team to provide excellent care to women from diverse backgrounds.
• Facilitate informed choice and develop personalised pathways for women.
• Promote homebirths and support the Continuity Homebirth team via on-call service.
• Experience in community settings and homebirth is advantageous.

Education

NMC registered

Diploma/BSc in Midwifery Studies

Registered nurse (Desirable)

Mentor / PSPA / SLIP (Desirable)

Job description

Job Overview

Frimley Park Hospital is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for passionate and dedicated midwives to join our expanding Community Midwifery Team. Hybrid working within the unit would be considered. Our service operates across five modern maternity hubs, stretching from Bracknell to Farnham, and we proudly support the care of around 6,000 women each year. We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated midwives who are eager to contribute to the ongoing development of our innovative Maternity Hub model and deliver high-quality, personalised care to our families. If you’re looking to make a meaningful impact within a supportive and forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you! Previous applicants from the last 6 months need not apply.

Main duties of the job

• The successful candidate will join a Community Midwifery Team working closely with colleagues in a supportive, caring and learning environment.
• They will support students and liaise closely with other members of the wider team providing excellent evidence-based care to women from a diverse multicultural background.
• They will provide antenatal and postnatal care for women in the Community Hub, hospital or home settings, facilitating informed choice and being involved in the development of a personalised pathway.
• We promote homebirths and have an on call service to support the Continuity Homebirth team.
• Experience of working in the Community with experience of homebirth is advantageous.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first-class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current on the NMC register
• Diploma/BSc in Midwifery Studies

Desirable criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Qualified mentor / PSPA / SLIP

Experience

Essential criteria

• Be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the 6 C’s
• Able to demonstrate awareness of research related to midwifery practice
• Has completed preceptorship

Desirable criteria

• Has participated in undertaking midwifery research and audit

Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload effectively

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of clinical governance processes/ risk management

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.