Community Midwife - St Helier | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in London is seeking a Community Midwife to join their dedicated team. This role involves assessing, planning, and implementing care for women and families in both community and hospital settings. Ideal candidates will have experience in midwifery, a strong team ethic, and flexibility in their approach. Benefits include flexible working and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Robust in-service training package

Staff benefits and wellbeing services

Transportation incentives

On-site nursery

Qualifications

• Experience as a midwife, demonstrating a strong team ethic.
• Ability to provide individualized care and support.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and planning care in partnership with women and families.
• Monitoring and evaluating care plans, escalating issues as needed.
• Providing antenatal and postnatal care in community settings.

Skills

Teamwork

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

Join our team of dedicated Community Midwives at St Helier! Are you passionate about making a lasting difference in the lives of the families you care for? We have an exciting opportunity to join us as a Band 6 Community Midwife. Our maternity team provides a forward-thinking environment, offering comprehensive and high-quality care to women and their families. Our team are committed to promoting woman-centred, individualised care to a diverse population.

• We care for approximately 4,300 women annually across our two sites, utilising digital maternity systems.
• Comprehensive Service Offering: Includes assisted conception, community services, obstetric-led labour wards, birth centres, specialist midwifery teams, and home birth team.
• Positive Feedback: Women and families consistently report positive experiences, highlighting the quality of care provided. The 2024 Maternity Benchmark survey demonstrated ESTH performed above average, particularly in postnatal care.
• Active Improvement Culture: On-going improvement projects that aim to enhance service delivery and workforce development.
• Collaboration with Local Maternity Systems

At Epsom and St Helier we pride ourselves in offering flexible working arrangements, a robust in service training package and a positive working culture. Our Community midwives provide an excellent standard of midwifery care in the community setting. They will be expected to carry out all relevant forms of midwifery care and will supervise other midwives, preceptors, maternity assistants and students as necessary.

Role and responsibilities

• Assessing, planning and implementing care plans in partnership with women and their families and the wider healthcare team.
• Monitoring and evaluating plan of care, escalate any deviations from the norm to the MDT.
• Providing care in antenatal and postnatal clinics in the community.
• Providing home visits to families.
• Running clinics from the hospital.
• Within limitations of service, strive for continuity and promote informed client choice.
• Work as part of the second-on-call rota to support our experienced homebirth team.

Requirements and team fit

• We are seeking experienced midwives with a great team ethic. A car driver would be ideal, who brings a flexible approach to work.

About ESTH

ESTH is a family of nearly 8,000 colleagues, serving a population of over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey. Nearly 900,000 patients come to our hospitals for treatment every year. We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. As teaching hospitals working alongside our partnered universities, we play a vital role in the education and development of midwives, doctors and other health professionals. Benefits to working for ESTH are vast, including career development, community, staff benefits, staff wellbeing services, transportation incentives, on-site nursery (STH) and our accredited Simulation Centre.

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Community Midwife role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025