Community Midwife

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A recognized NHS Foundation Trust in the UK is seeking an experienced Community Midwife to support high-quality care for women throughout their pregnancy journey. This role involves working flexibly within the community, engaging with multidisciplinary teams, and providing evidence-based care. The ideal candidate will have a Registered Midwife qualification and experience in both high and low risk maternity care. Competitive salary provided, with a range of £38,682 to £46,580 annually.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife qualification required.
• Experience in working with vulnerable families is essential.
• Evidence of professional development and training in relevant areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality midwifery care for women during pregnancy.
• Communicate effectively with other healthcare providers.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams as needed.

Skills

Effective communication

Lone working

Time management

Safeguarding policies

Cultural diversity understanding

Education

Registered Midwife

Diploma / Degree level or equivalent

Leadership course / equivalent

Job description

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Community Midwife

The closing date is 04 December 2025

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Band 6 Midwife to join our traditional community midwifery team working within teams in Mansfield, Sherwood, Ashfield or Newark. The role includes a mixture of working hour patterns and nights on call to support the needs of the women in our care.

Your role will support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and evidence-based woman‑centred care, which can be delivered in a variety of models.

You will help to provide total midwifery care for both high and low risk women within the community setting, providing the necessary supervision, care and advice to women during their pregnancy journey.

The successful candidate will provide effective communication and liaison with other acute providers of maternity care, engaging with other partners and members of the wider multidisciplinary team as appropriate.

Apply now to join our team!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award‑winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically‑led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as outstanding for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only outstanding NHS‑run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Further Training

• Mentor / Teaching Qualification / equivalent
• NLS/ALS course
• PROMPT Training

Qualifications-Academic/ Craft/ Professional

• Registered Midwife
• Diploma / Degree level or equivalent
• Further professional development
• NIPE trained
• Leadership course / equivalent

Knowledge Requirements

• Evidence of Professional development
• Able to demonstrate and understand clinical governance and risk assessment
• Experience of working in all clinical settings
• Understanding of cultural diversity
• Good understanding and experience with safeguarding policies and working with vulnerable families

Experience

• Lone working
• Time Management
• Champion role within midwifery practice

Contractual Requirements

• Adherence to Trust policy and guidelines
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
• Car Driver / Valid 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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata