Community Midwife - Lancaster

NHS; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated community midwife to provide high-quality maternity care within the community. The successful candidate will work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring safe and effective care for women throughout the pregnancy continuum. This full-time permanent position offers a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, reflecting experience and qualifications.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Support for professional training

Qualifications

• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Evidence of clinical competence in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality women-centred maternity care.
• Ensure appropriate referrals for mothers or children as required.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills

Commitment to ongoing learning

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Registered Midwife

1st level degree in relevant field

Job description

Overview

Job Summary. Do you consider caring with compassion to be fundamental to your role? Looking for a new career path in one of the most picturesque parts of the country? The Lake District, England's largest National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site would be on your doorstep. This beautiful part of the country would enable you to discover spectacular landscapes, picturesque villages, along with a warm welcome and rich cultural heritage.

We are recruiting enthusiastic, highly motivated community midwives/birth centre midwives to join our dynamic, dedicated, forward thinking professional team which serves a wide geographical area with rural and urban communities.

• You will need to be reliable, flexible, motivated, have excellent clinical skills, a commitment to ongoing learning and development, a commitment to delivering high quality care, and be willing and open to embracing positive change and transformation in order to meet the demands of the community we serve. You will require the necessary skills and a passion to provide home birth and births within a birth centre.

Development Opportunities: Here at Morecambe Bay we are committed to supporting our employees in mandatory training requirements and their professional development.

We would encourage and welcome you to come and have a look beforehand.

Main duties of the job

The role involves working within the community as an autonomous practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team. It also involves maintaining a good relationship with other members of the team ensuring the women receive safe care. You will be able to provide high quality women-centred maternity care, effective leadership, optimise teaching opportunities and give support to all grades of staff; planning and directing activities to provide the optimal standard of care. The role involves giving appropriate education to women and their families and giving necessary care, advice and supervision throughout the pregnancy continuum. You will be required to ensure appropriate referral for mother or child, as required to other agencies and specialist midwifery team and to give necessary care advice and supervision to women and their families, wherever possible/appropriate.

About Us

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre. We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises. FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. We are working towards becoming a truly inclusive organisation by celebrating inclusion and diversity, and are committed to eliminating discrimination, reducing health inequalities, promoting equal opportunities and respect for all of our colleagues and patients. We are working hard to enhance the health and wellbeing of our workforce, improving the quality of their working life and valuing their contribution to high quality patient care. Our Flourish at Work is a big part of that.

Details

Date posted: 08 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: 6

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

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 331-7155167-A

Job location: Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Ashton Road, Lancaster, LA1 4RP

Job Description & Person Specification

Job responsibilities: To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay by visiting the website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Essential Education and qualifications:

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable:

• Current driving licence
• 1st level degree in relevant field

Experience

Essential:

• Evidence of clinical competence/to work autonomously within multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to make appropriate clinical decisions and prioritise care needs

Desirable:

• Ability to make appropriate clinical decisions and prioritise care needs

Skills, ability and knowledge

Essential:

• Committed to CPD of self and others
• Knowledge of research methodology

Desirable:

• Understanding the role of Research and Development

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 DBS.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Ashton Road, Lancaster, LA1 4RP, https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk