Job summary
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is looking for Band 6 Integrated Community Midwives to join our supportive, forward thinking maternity service in permanent positions. You'll provide high quality, personalised and evidence based midwifery care across our community teams and alongside colleagues within our midwifery led Birth Centre.
Working both autonomously and as part of the wider multidisciplinary team, you will support women and birthing people throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. You will contribute to the delivery of safe, equitable and compassionate care, while playing an active role in promoting informed choice, continuity and positive experiences.
Main duties of the job
- Provide the full range of midwifery care throughout pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period, ensuring practice is safe, holistic and evidence based.
- Deliver personalised care plans, supporting women/birthing people to make informed decisions.
- Build effective relationships with colleagues across midwifery, maternity support workers, neonatal teams, obstetricians, GPs, health visitors and safeguarding services.
- Facilitate physiological birth and support the management of complex needs in partnership with the multidisciplinary team.
- Prioritise and organise your workload to meet service needs across community and birth centre settings.
- Recognise and escalate deviations from the normal childbearing continuum, performing timely risk assessments.
- Respond appropriately in emergency situations and support the management of obstetric emergencies.
- Maintain timely, accurate and confidential documentation within maternity systems.
- Provide mentorship, supervision and support to students and junior staff.
- Contribute to quality improvement, audits, safety initiatives and ongoing professional development.
- Participate in the community on call rota and the 24 hour maternity service provision.
About us
At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:
- Flexible working options to help you balance work and life
- NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security
- Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax
- A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential
Additionally, you'll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.
We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.
The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.
Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical Care: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate midwifery care across all stages of pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Promote safe, individualised care and advocate for women/birthing people, supporting their preferences wherever clinically appropriate. Provide care for both low risk and complex cases, recognising when to escalate concerns or seek additional clinical input.
- Community & Birth Centre Practice: Work flexibly across community settings and the midwifery led Birth Centre, contributing to continuity of care, safe birth environments and effective team based care. Support homebirths and waterbirths in line with Trust pathways and professional guidance.
- Communication & Relationships: Establish strong therapeutic relationships with families, providing reassurance, sensitive communication and clear information. Work collaboratively with safeguarding teams, GPs, health visitors and other external agencies when required.
- Risk Assessment & Safety: Perform ongoing clinical risk assessments, identify deviations from expected progress and take appropriate action. Participate in emergency responses, adhere to local guidelines and contribute to maintaining a safe environment for families and colleagues.
- Professional Standards: Maintain professional accountability in line with the NMC Code and Trust policies. Engage in regular supervision, mandatory training, reflective practice and continuing professional development to support safe, contemporary midwifery practice.
- Leadership & Support: Act as a role model within the team, supporting junior colleagues, students and newly qualified midwives. Provide guidance and contribute to a positive, learningfocused culture.
- Documentation & Information Management: Ensure all care, advice, tests and interventions are accurately recorded in maternity records and clinical IT systems. Maintain confidentiality at all times and share information only when appropriate and necessary.
- Service Delivery: Participate in local governance, audits, incident reporting and service improvement activities. Support the daily functioning of the maternity service, including meetings, caseload management and operational tasks. Contribute to the wider Trust commitment to safe, equitable maternal and neonatal care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical Care: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate midwifery care across all stages of pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Promote safe, individualised care and advocate for women/birthing people, supporting their preferences wherever clinically appropriate. Provide care for both low risk and complex cases, recognising when to escalate concerns or seek additional clinical input.
- Community & Birth Centre Practice: Work flexibly across community settings and the midwifery led Birth Centre, contributing to continuity of care, safe birth environments and effective team based care. Support homebirths and waterbirths in line with Trust pathways and professional guidance.
- Communication & Relationships: Establish strong therapeutic relationships with families, providing reassurance, sensitive communication and clear information. Work collaboratively with safeguarding teams, GPs, health visitors and other external agencies when required.
- Risk Assessment & Safety: Perform ongoing clinical risk assessments, identify deviations from expected progress and take appropriate action. Participate in emergency responses, adhere to local guidelines and contribute to maintaining a safe environment for families and colleagues.
- Professional Standards: Maintain professional accountability in line with the NMC Code and Trust policies. Engage in regular supervision, mandatory training, reflective practice and continuing professional development to support safe, contemporary midwifery practice.
- Leadership & Support: Act as a role model within the team, supporting junior colleagues, students and newly qualified midwives. Provide guidance and contribute to a positive, learningfocused culture.
- Documentation & Information Management: Ensure all care, advice, tests and interventions are accurately recorded in maternity records and clinical IT systems. Maintain confidentiality at all times and share information only when appropriate and necessary.
- Service Delivery: Participate in local governance, audits, incident reporting and service improvement activities. Support the daily functioning of the maternity service, including meetings, caseload management and operational tasks. Contribute to the wider Trust commitment to safe, equitable maternal and neonatal care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registrationEducated to Diploma/degree level or aboveCompleted preceptorship development programme with post qualification experience.Mentor/assessor training qualificationSafeguarding (level 3) adults and children's training
Desirable
- Neonatal and Infant Physical Examination qualification (NIPE) or working towardsNeonatal Life Support
Experience
Essential
- Experienced clinical midwifePortfolio of annual continuing professional development to include the management of Obstetric emergenciesExperience of assist instrumental births
Desirable
- Completed preceptorship Management of homebirth and water birth
Additional Criteria
Essential
- UK driving licence and access to carClinical skills and experience in venepuncture, cannulation, perineal suturingCan practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registrationEducated to Diploma/degree level or aboveCompleted preceptorship development programme with post qualification experience.Mentor/assessor training qualificationSafeguarding (level 3) adults and children's training
Desirable
- Neonatal and Infant Physical Examination qualification (NIPE) or working towardsNeonatal Life Support
Experience
Essential
- Experienced clinical midwifePortfolio of annual continuing professional development to include the management of Obstetric emergenciesExperience of assist instrumental births
Desirable
- Completed preceptorship Management of homebirth and water birth
Additional Criteria
Essential
- UK driving licence and access to carClinical skills and experience in venepuncture, cannulation, perineal suturingCan practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
