Hospital/Community Midwife

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for registered midwives to join their team in Cramlington. The role involves delivering high-quality care across various maternity services, managing teams, and ensuring clinical standards. Candidates must possess NMC registration and relevant qualifications, with the opportunity to participate in an extensive training package. The salary ranges from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, pro rata, making this a rewarding opportunity in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Valid NMC registration required.
• Mentorship qualification essential or within 12 months.
• Experience in change management and practice development.

Responsibilities

• Manage care assessments and programs in absence of Band 7 Midwife.
• Educate and support junior team members.
• Maintain high clinical standards in midwifery care.

Skills

Communication skills

Compassion

Flexibility

Leadership

Coaching

Education

1st Level live NMC Registered Midwife

Registered Mentor Qualification

Diploma or Degree in a related field

Leadership Course

Management Course

Job description

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Hospital/Community Midwife

The closing date is 22 December 2025

We are seeking highly motivated and dynamic registered midwives to join our team who are passionate about delivering high quality care, whilst achieving the best patient experience.

There are opportunities to support all areas within our maternity services including acute services, community settings in North Tyneside and South East Northumberland, and stand alone MLU’s; the innovative Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH) has a Birthing Centre, mixed antenatal/postnatal inpatient ward and a 24 hour Pregnancy Assessment Unit. The Birthing Centre offers women low risk midwifery care with state of the art facilities including waterbirth pools, alongside women who require Obstetric care with associated risk factors. We also have 3 stand‑alone midwifery led units offering continuity pathways of care.

We offer a comprehensive training package as well as having strong links with local universities and take great pride in the excellent preceptorship package of which we offer to our newly qualified midwives.

Main duties of the job

You should be able to demonstrate good communication skills, have a flexible approach to care and working practices as well as being sensitive to women's needs and choices.

• As part of the Midwifery profession, the successful candidates must hold a valid registration/revalidation.
• You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication/interpersonal skills, compassion, flexibility and willingness to develop new skills.
• You should have completed your band 5 preceptorship.
• Successful candidates are expected to participate in Trust statutory/mandatory training on a yearly basis.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job responsibilities

To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward/unit/caseload including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programme of care in the absence of the Band 7 Midwife.

To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team.

To be responsible for all midwifery care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.

To participate in on‑call hospital/community rota.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st Level live NMC Registered Midwife
• Registered mentor. Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification. (essential requirement or must be gained within 12 months of appointment)
• Diploma or degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Leadership Course
• Management Course
• Examination of newborn babies or working towards

Experience

• Evidence of change management in ward/dept area
• Evidence of practice development
• Experience of co‑ordinating a team
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Evidence of innovation in practice

Other

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maternity Trustwide- NSECH/Community/Midwifery Led Units

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPro Rata, Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

319-7636213AZ

Job locations

Maternity Trustwide- NSECH/Community/Midwifery Led Units