Birth Centre Midwife
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a Band 6 Midwife position within the Birth Centre (midwifery-led unit) team. The role focuses on supporting physiological birth, minimizing interventions, and providing enhanced patient experience. You will gain confidence in facilitating water births, active births, and working autonomously while liaising with the multi-disciplinary team. The position offers development in a supportive environment with Band 7s and Matron.
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- First degree in midwifery
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post registration education activity.
- Mentorship qualification
- NIPE
- Relevant current clinical experience
- Experience of staff management
- Experience in change management
- Previous mentorship experience
- Skills/knowledge/ abilities
- Evidence of applying current research to practice.
- Able to demonstrate a working knowledge in standard setting and quality management.
- Experience in conducting audits.
- IT skills including Microsoft office, Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience in supervision of staff.
- Education / Qualifications
- Registered Midwife
- First degree in midwifery
- Evidence of post registration education activity.
- Mentorship qualification
- NIPE
- Relevant current clinical experience
- Experience of staff management
- Experience in change management
- Previous mentorship experience
- Skills/knowledge/ abilities
- Evidence of applying current research to practice.
- Able to demonstrate a working knowledge in standard setting and quality management.
- Experience in conducting audits.
- IT skills including Microsoft office, Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience in supervision of staff.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Birth Centre Midwife
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 midwife to join our Birth Centre (midwifery-led unit) team. Must be able to demonstrate excellent decision making and communication skills, with the ability to liaise with the multi-disciplinary team, to facilitate safe care and provide an enhanced patient experience.
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in supporting physiological birth, within a bio-psycho-social model of care and minimise unnecessary interventions. You will be supported by the core Birth Centre team including Band 7s and Matron and contribute to the provision of midwife-led care at Imperial.
Specifically working at the Birth Centre will enable you to:
- Gain confidence in facilitating water births.
- Gain confidence in facilitating active births.
- Gain confidence in working autonomously and knowing when to refer to MDT.
- Gain confidence in counselling women with personalised care plans.
For an informal discussion about joining the Birth Centre team please contact [contact details removed] (Matron) on [email removed] or mobile number [phone number removed]
Main duties of the job
- Provide high quality, evidence-based care and advice to women throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
- Enhance the
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