Hospital/Community Midwife

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is looking for highly motivated registered midwives to join their dynamic team. The role involves delivering high-quality care and supporting various maternity services including acute and community settings. Candidates must hold a valid midwifery registration and demonstrate excellent communication skills. The position offers opportunities for professional development and participation in on-call rosters, with a strong emphasis on compassionate leadership.

Benefits

Comprehensive training package

Excellent preceptorship package

Qualifications

• Candidates must hold a valid registration/revalidation in Midwifery.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must have completed a band 5 preceptorship.

Responsibilities

• Manage a ward/unit/caseload in absence of Band 7 Midwife.
• Supervise and support junior team members.
• Maintain high clinical standards in midwifery care.
• Participate in on-call hospital/community rota.
• Role model compassionate leadership.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Compassion

Flexibility

Willingness to develop new skills

Education

Valid registration/revalidation in Midwifery

Completed band 5 preceptorship

Job description

A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

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.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025