Community Midwife - Band 6
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Community Midwife at Wallingford Midwifery Led Unit, part of Wallingford Community Hospital. The midwife will provide holistic care across antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods in the Wallingford area, including clinic appointments and home visits. The position requires participation in a community on-call rota to support community births. Full and part-time hours are available, and applicants must be car drivers with access to a car.
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife with current UK Registration
- Has completed NMC preceptorship and/or has worked as band 6 midwife or equivalent
- Mentor/Practice Supervisor Qualification
Desirable criteria
- NIPE Trained
- Skills and Knowledge
- Awareness of OUH community maternity services
- Evidence of recent midwifery research and clinical audit
- Qual knowl and comps
- Registered Midwife with current UK Registration
- Has completed NMC preceptorship and/or has worked as band 6 midwife or equivalent
- Mentor/Practice Supervisor Qualification
- NIPE Trained
- Skills and Knowledge
- Awareness of OUH community maternity services
- Evidence of recent midwifery research and clinical audit
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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Job summary
Wallingford Midwifery Led Unit is part of the Wallingford community hospital. It has a wonderful, homely atmosphere with a birthing pool room for women choosing to birth in the community. There is a small yet dedicated team of midwives and support workers who provide care for birthing people and their families in the surrounding area. Wallingford is a lovely town in South Oxfordshire, ideal for families and ongoing transport links to London and the South coast.
Across Oxfordshire, we have four freestanding birth centres--located in Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage, and Wallingford--alongside a homebirth service. Our community birth rate is above the current national average at 5%.
As a member of the Wallingford team, you will join the community on-call rota to support the community birth service, this is a requirement of the role: our high birth rate offers frequent opportunities to attend community births. We also enable staff to take shifts on the main delivery suite if they wish to maintain or broaden their skills and knowledge.
Applicants must have an existing NMC with UK Midwifery experience and have completed their preceptorship in a UK hospital. They must be currently working at a Band 6 level
Main duties of the job
The postholder is required to provide holistic midwifery care to services users across the antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum p
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