Community Midwives, Band 5 & 6 | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

University Hospitals of Leicester; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in the UK is seeking Newly Qualified and experienced Midwives to join their Community Midwifery Service. You will provide antenatal and postnatal care, work within a supportive team, and benefit from flexible working arrangements. Opportunities for development are available, with a focus on team collaboration and high-quality care.

Benefits

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Pensions and discounts

Supportive staff events

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Midwife with current registration.
• Experience in community settings is preferred.
• Strong ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide antenatal and postnatal care in the community.
• Work with families and support safe childbearing outcomes.
• Build relationships as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Community care experience

Excellent communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Midwife qualifications

Job description

Overview

University Hospitals of Leicester offers a supportive and stimulating working environment. Our preceptorship and retention package provides excellent support for new team members. Our Community Midwifery Service is expanding and covers Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We are looking for Newly Qualified, plus experienced Band 5 and Band 6 Midwives to join our team. We offer Monday to Sunday daytime shifts, on a part time and full time basis. We promote a flexible working policy and facilitate individualised working patterns, including long and short shifts to suit work life balance.

Responsibilities

• Work in geographical Community Maternity teams, providing antenatal and postnatal care to new families.
• Work from GP surgeries, community centres and community hospitals, run antenatal and postnatal clinics, and visit new families in their own homes.
• Build relationships with caseload and support safe childbearing outcomes, informed choice and personalised care plans.
• Work as part of a MDT team, including GPs, specialist midwives, the home birth team, maternity support workers, admins, obstetric unit clinicians, and standalone birth centre staff.
• Demonstrate care, independence, and collaborative team work in a positive working culture.

Band 5 — Preceptorship

We have a dedicated team of community recruitment and retention midwives to support, guide and develop newly qualified and experienced Band 5 midwives. We offer a dedicated preceptorship pathway in the community which includes specially designed clinical templates, supernumerary time, teaching and assessments. This ensures you consolidate theory and practice from midwifery training with the support of the multidisciplinary team. You will be enabled to acquire additional competencies to progress toward a Band 6 role in the community.

Band 6 — Development

You are empowered to develop as a Band 6 in the direction you choose and will be supported with your personal and professional development needs, enabling further progression. A dedicated management team supports you to fulfil your potential and enhance midwifery skills, with opportunities for development. The Maternity service is dynamic with investment in digital systems and new infrastructure.

What we offer

• Salary sacrifice benefit schemes for items such as new vehicles, childcare, home electricals, leisure equipment, IT and bicycles.
• NHS Pensions and NHS discount.
• Excellent staff support and services including social and wellbeing events, craft groups, festival celebrations, and a Trust Charity Lottery.
• Fuel reimbursement for essential car users pledged to increase beyond Agenda for Change rates.

Strategy and values

Leicester maternity services provide safe, high quality care and encourage innovation and development from all staff. We pride ourselves on staff engagement and a safe working environment where staff feel safe to speak up and raise concerns. Our new strategy (2023-2030) focuses on four primary goals: high-quality care for all, being a great place to work, partnerships for impact, and research and education excellence. We will embed health equality in all we do, actively reducing avoidable differences in healthcare by working with communities. Our values are: compassionate, proud, inclusive, and one team.

Closing date

This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Oct 2025.