Band 6 - Community Midwife, Women's and Children's
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife to join a friendly and well-established community team. The role involves providing antenatal and postnatal care to women in a geographically defined area, including homebirths as part of an on-call rota. Occasional support for the inpatient unit is also required. The successful candidate will also support student midwives and junior staff.
Essential criteria
- Current NMC Registered Midwife qualification
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship qualification
- Understanding of the role of the midwife as defined by the NMC and The Code
- An in depth understanding of all aspects of evidenced based practice
- Experience of working in all areas of midwifery, including intrapartum experience and completion of preceptorship
- Education
- Current NMC Registered Midwife qualification
- Mentorship qualification
- Understanding of the role of the midwife as defined by the NMC and The Code
- An in depth understanding of all aspects of evidenced based practice
- Experience of working in all areas of midwifery, including intrapartum experience and completion of preceptorship
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £41,957 – £50,387 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Band 6 - Community Midwife, Women's and Children's
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife with a passion for community-based care to join our friendly and well established team.
Full time and part time positions are available. You must be able to work weekends and overnight on calls.
Our midwives work either 10 or 7.5 hour days, covering a 7 day a week service on a rostered basis.
Our community area is large and you must be able to travel independently between clinical sites and women's homes.
Main duties of the job
Our community midwives work in teams to provide antenatal and postnatal care to a geographically defined group of women, as well as provide intrapartum care at homebirths as part of an on call rota.
Occasional support of the inpatient unit as part of the escalation process is also required.
About us
With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us. We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare. Staff wellbeing and development are a pri
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