Community Midwife: Sponsorship Available

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Job summary

The Band 6 Community Midwife provides holistic, evidence-based care to women and their families throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period.

Working in partnership with multidisciplinary teams, the role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care in line with Trust policies and NMC standards. Responsibilities include promoting informed choice, supporting healthy lifestyles, facilitating parent education, and supervising junior staff and students.

The midwife ensures continuity of care, maintains accurate records, and contributes to clinical governance through audits and risk management. Strong leadership, communication, and clinical skills are essential to deliver safe, high-quality care within community and hospital settings.

Main duties of the job

  • The midwife is responsible and accountable for his/her own midwifery practice.
  • To work in partnership with women and their families, GP, obstetrician and other agencies to ensure optimum care.
  • Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of mothers and babies in accordance with the Trust’s policies and guidelines.
  • Strive for continuity of care and informed client choice within the limitations of the service.
  • Facilitate the learning of midwifery skills through supervision, teaching an support.
  • Actively promote and encourage a healthy lifestyle, advising and arranging support for women as required.
  • Participate in parent information groups, facilitating preparation for childbirth and the postnatal period.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Midwife (on NMC register)
  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject area

Desirable

  • Mentorship qualification
  • Evidence of post registration education activity

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant current clinical experience
  • Experience of staff management.
  • Experience in change management
  • Previous mentorship experience.

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential

  • Able to manage difficult situations effectively. Able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
  • Evidence of applying current research to practice
  • Able to demonstrate a working knowledge in standard setting and quality management.
  • IT skills including Microsoft office, Excel and PowerPoint

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 31 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.