Community Midwife

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Community Midwife Band 6

This role is offered on a part time basis of 25 hours per week, this means that candidates interested in working part time are encouraged to apply and will receive a salary on a pro rata basis.

……it’s an exciting yet challenging time for the Maternity Services at GWH, as we embrace a period of improvement and development focusing on Continuity of Care for our women/birthing people in line with the Better Births agenda…

As part of this we have a number of opportunities for both experienced and newly appointed band 6 midwives to join our fabulous community team.

We are looking for midwives who have experience across all maternity areas, can demonstrate kindness and compassion and are passionate about providing gold standard care to the families who choose to birth with us.

We have full and part time vacancies in our community midwifery team and will consider a mixture of shifts and flexible working patterns.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to provide holistic midwifery care to women/birthing people and babies in the antenatal, Intrapartum and postnatal periods. The midwifery care is provided both in hospital, birth centre and community settings including the management of individual caseloads, clients and/or ward areas. The post holder will deputise for the Band 7 in all clinical areas. The role is multidimensional and requires the post holder to integrate and fulfil all the identified dimensions.

Person Specification

Qualifications B6

Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • Practising Midwife band 6
  • Maintained an up to date professional portfolio
  • To have obtained or be studying to degree level (or diploma with equivalent experience)
  • Training in management of obstetric emergencies

Desirable

  • Teaching/Mentoring qualification

Experience B6

Essential

  • Recent experience in working in a busy NHS Maternity Hospital Setting
  • Recent experience in all aspects of midwifery practice
  • Competencies relevant to sphere of practice
  • Good clinical skills, a commitment to patient care and the ability to work efficiently in a fast paced and high pressured environment

Desirable

  • Evidence of further study and development of professional and academic skills
  • Experience of mentoring students
  • Previous community experience

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: 22 July 2026

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