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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Home Birth Midwife to join Artemis Home Birth, a continuity team dedicated to supporting women planning home births across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care.

You will be a B6 midwife with significant experience, NIPE trained and ideally NLS certified, able to provide autonomous care and drive to home visits. The role includes on-call duties and promoting UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiatives.

Qualifications

• NIPE training and NLS certification preferred (we can support you to gain if needed)
• Ability to work autonomously and provide continuous care
• Must be able to travel to home visits using own vehicle
• Strong compassion and clinical excellence in home birth settings

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical activities required of a midwife across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care
• Assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate care plans
• Provide accurate assessments during antenatal and labour care, including home birth support
• Participate in a 24-hour on-call service and home visits using own car

Skills

NIPE trained

NLS certification

Autonomous practitioner

Car owner/driver

Education

B6 midwife

Job description

Home Birth Midwife | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Company:

Company: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

We have an exciting opportunity foramidwife who is passionate about physiological birth and supporting women to birth at home to join our Team of experienced home birth midwives.

We are Artemis Home Birth, an established continuity team for women and their families who are planning home births.We provide all our care at home from booking throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. We have a named consultant obstetrician and are supported by the wider MDT team including our specialist and consultant midwives.

You will be a B6 midwife with significant experience of all aspects of midwifery care.You will need to be a confident and competent autonomous practitioner and able to demonstrate understanding, kindness and compassion for a caseload that includes women choosing to birth outside of guidance.You will be supported by the Team at every step of your journey.

We’d like you to be NIPE trained and have NLS certification but can support you to gain these if not yet achieved.You will need to be a car owner/driver.

Some of the key duties of the job include:

• Fundamentally required to undertake all clinical activities that are required of a midwife
• Responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care in accordance with best practice
• Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model
• Undertake continual assessment and analysis providing continuity of carer throughout pregnancy, birth and postnatal period to ensure women/birthing people’s clinical, psychological and social needs are assessed and holistically cared for
• Provide and perform accurate assessments and procedures during antenatal appointments, labour care (including supporting home birth, water birth, perineal suturing, cannulation and intravenous administration of drugs) and in the postnatal period.
• Continuously develop clinical skills to meet the needs of the woman/birthing person, babies and families
• Organise and participate in the provision of parent education
• Support women/birthing people’s choices regarding feeding their infant, whilst encouraging and promoting UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiatives.
• Participate in a 24 hour on call service in partnership or within the caseload team to encourage continuity and flexibility to meet the needs of the service
• Undertake home visits and assessments within the outpatient area using own car as transport

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Thank you for the interest in this role. Please see attached Job Description for further details for the homebirth midwife role.

This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Sep 2026

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Home Birth Midwife | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Company: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Salary: £45,953 - £54,254 Pro rata per annum inc HCAS (outer London) Hours: Full-time Location: Carshalton, SM5 1AA Job type: Permanent Posting date: 1 Sept 2026 Closing date: 1 Oct 2026

Summary

We have an exciting opportunity foramidwife who is passionate about physiological birth and supporting women to birth at home to join our Team of experienced home birth midwives.

We are Artemis Home Birth, an established continuity team for women and their families who are planning home births.We provide all our care at home from booking throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. We have a named consultant obstetrician and are supported by the wider MDT team including our specialist and consultant midwives.

You will be a B6 midwife with significant experience of all aspects of midwifery care.You will need to be a confident and competent autonomous practitioner and able to demonstrate understanding, kindness and compassion for a caseload that includes women choosing to birth outside of guidance.You will be supported by the Team at every step of your journey.

We’d like you to be NIPE trained and have NLS certification but can support you to gain these if not yet achieved.You will need to be a car owner/driver.

Some of the key duties of the job include:

• Fundamentally required to undertake all clinical activities that are required of a midwife
• Responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care in accordance with best practice
• Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model
• Undertake continual assessment and analysis providing continuity of carer throughout pregnancy, birth and postnatal period to ensure women/birthing people’s clinical, psychological and social needs are assessed and holistically cared for
• Provide and perform accurate assessments and procedures during antenatal appointments, labour care (including supporting home birth, water birth, perineal suturing, cannulation and intravenous administration of drugs) and in the postnatal period.
• Continuously develop clinical skills to meet the needs of the woman/birthing person, babies and families
• Organise and participate in the provision of parent education
• Support women/birthing people’s choices regarding feeding their infant, whilst encouraging and promoting UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiatives.
• Participate in a 24 hour on call service in partnership or within the caseload team to encourage continuity and flexibility to meet the needs of the service
• Undertake home visits and assessments within the outpatient area using own car as transport

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Thank you for the interest in this role. Please see attached Job Description for further details for the homebirth midwife role.

This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Sep 2026

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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