Midwife-led Unit and Home Birth Midwife

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT; Warrington; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare organization in Warrington is seeking a Midwife-led Unit and Home Birth Midwife. Candidates should have a passion for low-risk care, excellent communication skills, and the ability to provide continuity of care. This role involves working with women during home births and in the midwife-led unit. Successful candidates will join a supportive team dedicated to creating positive outcomes for families and will have access to training and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Completed Preceptorship Programme.
• Experience in low-risk settings and home births.
• Current live PIN on NMC register.

Responsibilities

• Provide midwife-led care in The Nest or at home.
• Support women planning home births.
• Work collaboratively with Team Lunar midwives.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to provide continuity of care

Understanding of current issues in Midwifery and NHS

Experience delivering Parent Education

Education

Registered Midwife qualification

Teaching & Assessing qualification

NIPE

Aromatherapy qualification

Job description

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Midwife-led Unit and Home Birth Midwife

The closing date is 01 February 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for midwives who are passionate about supporting women to birth in low-risk settings, and who can demonstrate excellence, kindness and compassion, to come and join our team of experienced midwives providing excellent low-risk care.

Team Lunar midwives each care for a caseload of women who are planning home births, providing continuity of care at home throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. They will also support women who choose to birth on The Nest, our beautiful, alongside midwife-led unit, providing intrapartum and postnatal care. Team Lunar midwives will also support our post-dates aromatherapy clinics. Team Lunar will be based on The Nest, working in a shift-model, with no current requirement to be on-call from home.

The maternity team at Warrington are a friendly, welcoming team with a passion for positive change.

In 2021 the team were shortlisted for an HSJ Patient Safety Award and more recently were nominated for the regional Nursing and Midwifery Award at the 2022 NHS Parliamentary Awards. In 2024 CQC have rated our Maternity Services as "Good" and as a team, Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust prides itself on training and development opportunities which will be offered to the successful candidate based on their needs and chosen future career pathway.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have varied post qualification midwifery practice. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills will be required as will the ability to demonstrate a passion for both continuity and for woman centred care. You will work across Warrington and Halton and will need access to your own vehicle.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

Job responsibilities

Team Lunar midwives are based on The Nest, our alongside, midwife-led unit. They provide midwife-led care women on The Nest or at home, and they caseload women planning home births.

For a full list of the main responsibilities for this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Experience

• Completed Preceptorship Programme
• Practice as an accountable midwife in an acute and primary care setting in the NHS
• Experience providing midwifery care in a low-risk setting
• Experience of caseloading/continuity of care model
• Experience of initiatives which develop the service
• Experience attending home births

Qualifications

• Completed and obtained RM qualification and has current live PIN on NMC register
• Teaching & Assessing qualification
• NIPE
• Aromatherapy

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies

• Must be able to practice in all areas
• Evidence of understanding and insight into current issues in Midwifery and NHS
• Demonstrable commitment to the provision of a high-quality safe service for all women and their families
• Experience of delivering Parent Education
• Understanding of Population Health Agenda

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.