Midwife
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This Midwife role involves working across all areas of Maternity Services, providing comprehensive care to mothers/parents and babies from antenatal through postnatal periods. It is a transitional post designed to help newly qualified midwives gain essential clinical experience and competencies, supported by a twelve-month preceptorship program, to progress to a Band 6 role. Responsibilities include assessing care needs, developing and evaluating care programmes, and maintaining accurate documentation according to NMC guidelines. The role also involves working in various settings, including home and hospital births, and developing skills in resuscitation, suturing, cannulation, and venepuncture.
Key responsibilities
- Be accountable for midwifery practice in accordance with NMC Code, Standards of proficiency, and Trust policies.
- Maintain professional development and contribute to Continuity of Care models.
- Act as the professional lead for low-risk women/people, promoting normal birthing processes.
- Plan and deliver evidence-based midwifery care in partnership with women/people, respecting their informed decisions.
- Monitor maternal and fetal well-being, promote breastfeeding, and provide care to bereaved patients.
- Participate in in-service training, audit, and actively teach student midwives and unqualified staff.
Essential criteria
- Satisfactory DBS / OH Clearance
- BSc Midwifery Degree
- Registered NMC Midwife
- Undertaken a Higher Education Training Programme in Midwifery
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Midwife
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder will work in all areas of the Maternity Service and is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, for mothers/parents and babies in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period, ensuring liaison with all relevant agencies.
This post is a transition post from training to practice, which will enable the post holder to obtain the required experience in clinical midwifery practice to successfully achieve the required competences that are essential to move through to a Band 6 role. In order to support this transition, the post holder will be supported through a twelve-month preceptorship programme by experienced midwives in each location.
They will maintain correct documentation in accordance with NMC Midwives Rules and Code of Practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work in a variety of settings, undertake homebirth or hospital birth and work towards and maintain competencies for adult and neonatal resuscitation, suturing, cannulation and venepuncture as appropriate. In addition, they will take responsibility for a clinical area or workload in the absence of a more senior midwife; maintaining skills in all aspects of midwifery care on a rotational basis.
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