Midwife (Band 6)

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking enthusiastic Band 6 Midwives to join their maternity service in Worcestershire. You will work autonomously across various wards, providing holistic care and supporting both patients and junior staff. The ideal candidate has clinical experience, is a qualified midwife registered in the UK, and is committed to providing compassionate care. This role offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Dedicated retention midwife support

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a 24/7 maternity service environment.
• Experience with evidence-based practices in midwifery.
• Flexibility to work nights and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic care across various maternity wards.
• Support junior colleagues and promote service standards.
• Engage in continuous professional development.

Skills

Manual handling ability

Mentoring junior colleagues

Leadership in shift coordination

Strong organizational skills

Competent in IV Therapy

Competent in Perineal Suturing

Education

BSc (Hons) Midwifery or equivalent

UK NMC registration as a Midwife

Training in practice supervision or assessor

Tools

Maternity-specific IT systems (e.g., BadgerNet)

Job description

Job Summary

Is making a difference what drives you most? Are you caring and fair, treating everyone individually? Is doing the right thing important to you? Are you reliable, hardworking, and committed to excellence? If this sounds like you, and you value the responsibility and accountability of being a midwife, we'd love to hear from you. We are seeking enthusiastic, compassionate midwives to join our maternity service. This advert is specifically for Band 6 Midwives who are post preceptorship and have clinical experience. Recruitment for this post will involve a two-phase interview process to select the most suitable candidate.

Band 6 Midwives

You’ll work autonomously across Delivery Suite, Antenatal, Triage, and Postnatal Wards, delivering safe, holistic, evidence-based care. You’ll role model best practice, support junior colleagues, and promote high standards across our service. You’ll also have access to a dedicated retention midwife to support your ongoing development. You’ll join an approachable team that values personalised care, teamwork, and growth. Our commitment was reflected in our recent CQC inspection, where maternity services were rated Good.

Main Duties

As a dedicated midwife, your main duties will revolve around providing safe, clinically effective and individualised care to women and birthing people throughout their pregnancy journey. Working collaboratively as part of a dynamic team, you will be involved in all areas of the maternity services. By staying up to date with advancements in midwifery care and embracing evidence-based practices, you will contribute to the continuous improvements of our services. Your dedication to providing compassionate care and your commitment to ongoing professional development will make a significant impact on the lives of the families within the Worcestershire area.

About Us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation – this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Your values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpins our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do:

• Being open and honest
• Ensuring people feel cared for
• Showing respect to everyone

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job Details

Pay scheme: Agenda for change. Band 6. Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year NHS Pay Band 6 (2025/2026). Contract: Permanent. Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time.

Job locations: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD.

Reference number: C9365-25-0944. Date posted: 13 November 2025.

Person Specification

Essential

• Ability to undertake manual handling and movement tasks
• Professional appearance in line with trust uniform policy
• Knowledge and practical experience across a broad range of maternity services, including your midwifery experience within a UK maternity setting.
• Experience of mentoring junior colleagues/students
• Experience of leading or coordinating a shift within a ward area, ensuring patient flow and team oversight
• Flexibility, reliability, and adaptability, including the ability to work nights and weekends to support a 24/7 maternity service
• Strong organisational and time management skills to achieve results while working collaboratively with others
• As a midwife, ensure practice is guided by current evidence-based practice and the importance of this
• Competent in Venepuncture & Cannulation
• Competent in IV Therapy
• Competent in Perineal Suturing
• BSc (Hons) Midwifery or equivalent qualification
• UK NMC registration as a Midwife
• Completion of practice supervisor or assessor training

Desirable

• Valid driving license or ability to travel between sites if required
• Willingness to undertake secondments or extended roles
• Experience in service development or clinical governance projects
• Leadership potential and ability to influence positive change in practice
• Familiarity with maternity‑specific IT systems (e.g., BadgerNet)
• NIPE Training
• Advanced training or certification in specialist areas

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.

The Organisation

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Details

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
Website: https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)