Integrated Midwife - Band 5/6

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Torquay; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a Part Time Midwife (Band 5/6) to join the integrated midwifery team at Torbay Hospital, Torquay. The post requires night and weekend work to provide 24-hour cover, with 31.5 hours per week in a fully integrated maternity service.

Applicants should have completed at least 6 months of a preceptee programme and be prepared to progress to Band 6 upon demonstrated competencies.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with ongoing professional development.
• Completed a preceptor programme.
• Experience in mentoring students and less experienced staff.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
• Work autonomously within guidelines and professional practice.
• Mentor or supervise students and junior staff in the team.
• Lead Professional for low-risk women and provide care in home or hospital settings.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support women with complex needs.
• Promote equality, diversity and rights in care delivery.

Skills

Autonomy

Communication

Mentoring

Priority setting

Education

Registered Midwife

Preceptor programme

Job description

Main area Midwifery Grade NHS AfC: Band 5/6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 31.5 hours per week (Night working and weekend working to provide 24 hour cover) Job ref 388-8243347-FC&I

Site Torbay Hospital Town Torquay Salary per annum pro rata Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, and committed midwife ready to make a difference? We’re looking for passionate midwives to join our integrated midwifery team workforce!

This is your chance to be part of Torbay’s nationally renowned and well-established integrated team midwifery model—a true leader in innovative maternity care.

We are dedicated to supporting women to have safe, personalized, and empowering birth experiences. Working closely with the Devon LMS and neighbouring Maternity Units, we ensure every woman in Devon receives the highest quality care.

Our fully integrated teams within the Torbay Maternity Service offer midwives the incredible opportunity to maintain and develop all of their skills in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Band 5 midwives must have completed at least 6 months of a preceptee programme. Please do not apply if you do not have this already.

Please be mindful that if you are commencing employment in a developmental capacity, you will start at the bottom of Band 5 and progress to a Band 6 once evidence of competencies and qualifications have been achieved.

Main duties of the job

• To assess the full range of care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period for women and their babies
• To work autonomously within guidelines and sphere of professional practice
• To act as a mentor or practice supervisor for less experienced midwives, students and other members of the multi-professional team
• Work within NMC codes of practice and professional guidelines.
• Lead Professional for low-risk women
• Provide antenatal, intrapartum and post-natal care in a variety of settings, including home and hospital
• Work collaboratively with professional colleagues to provide midwifery care to with women with complex needs
• Contribute with feedback, to ensure the health and social care setting is responsive to the individual needs of women, particularly those who are disadvantaged, and where appropriate, advocate for these women
• Advocate and support the rights of individual women to make informed choices about their care
• Promote equality, diversity and rights
• Participate in and undertake annual appraisal, identifying specific training requirements as part of service planning and continuous personal development

Working for our organisation

Our fully integrated midwifery teams are meeting the Better Birth recommendations for providing a Continuity of Carer model for women.

We support women in the choice agenda; at least 6% of women we care for choose to birth their baby out of hospital. We work closely with the Devon LMS and our neighbouring Maternity Units to ensure that women in Devon receive high quality care.

We are proud of our commitment to safe and individually focused birth and offering women choice in where to birth their baby.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

F ull Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification .

Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important in order to carry out your duties.

Person specification

Qualifications and training

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Completed a preceptor programme

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of child protection, domestic violence, substance misuse and working with women with special needs
• Ability to cope with a stressful environment with emotional women, their families/supporters and staff members
• Community experience
• Experience of home births
• Parent Education training

Specific skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.

If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.

The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.