South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Midwife

The closing date is 01 December 2025

Job summary

Are you enthusiastic about personalised, woman centred care?

Are you passionate about delivering high quality care?

Do you have a positive and flexible approach to work?

Are you interested in working in a friendly and supportive environment?

Then South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the Trust for you! We are offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic and inspirational band 5 or band 6 midwife, to join our dynamic Midwifery team.

We are a dynamic and diverse Trust, with a friendly and supportive atmosphere and our team delivers of over 5500 births a year between our two hospitals; The James Cook University Hospital and the Friarage Midwifery-led unit.

Main duties of the job

As a Newly Registered Midwife, we offer an innovative, robust, comprehensive 12-month preceptorship programme, designed to support your transition and to successfully achieve the required competencies to progress to a confident band 6.

We provide an in-depth induction programme and continuous support throughout with clinical and practical skills, training, and pastoral care with full support from our dedicated Preceptorship Lead Midwife.

You will have the opportunity to rotate to all maternity areas in our Trust, including community, to maximise your professional development and gain relevant experience.

If you are an experienced band 6 midwife, we offer a bespoke training induction to smooth your transition into our team and we welcome your fresh energy, experience and passion to drive our service forward. You will have the opportunity to utilise your well-honed skills to provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for women and their families in our area.

This vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Date posted

17 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £46,580 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

328-WAC-7533055

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

NMC registered midwife

Experience

Essential

Completion of midwifery qualification working across all areas of maternity.
To identify and utilise appropriate opportunities within the clinical area in order to develop the skills required to fulfil own professional and personal development.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships.
To fulfil the NMC framework appropriate to the role of the midwife.
To maintain knowledge and work within the midwives code of practice and midwives rules.
To ensure knowledge updated and maintained as follows: - oPREP requirements. oLocal and national policy development.
All aspects of corporate and obstetric mandatory training (as outlined in the training record).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

To hold and continually enhance effective communication skills in order to work efficiently within a multidisciplinary team.
To maintain clinical skills to provide high quality midwifery care in a variety of settings.
To develop skills and experience with the promotion, support and assistance of infant feeding.
To utilise their professional judgement to assess problems/conditions and needs to plan care for women and babies
To develop awareness and skills in clinical audit systems, leading to improvements in care for women, babies and their families.
To develop skills and competence to participate in the teaching and mentorship of learners within the clinical area.
To continually develop the skills to safely utilise equipment for the provision of maternity care.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

NMC registered midwife

Experience

Essential

Completion of midwifery qualification working across all areas of maternity.
To identify and utilise appropriate opportunities within the clinical area in order to develop the skills required to fulfil own professional and personal development.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships.
To fulfil the NMC framework appropriate to the role of the midwife.
To maintain knowledge and work within the midwives code of practice and midwives rules.
To ensure knowledge updated and maintained as follows: - oPREP requirements. oLocal and national policy development.
All aspects of corporate and obstetric mandatory training (as outlined in the training record).

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

To hold and continually enhance effective communication skills in order to work efficiently within a multidisciplinary team.
To maintain clinical skills to provide high quality midwifery care in a variety of settings.
To develop skills and experience with the promotion, support and assistance of infant feeding.
To utilise their professional judgement to assess problems/conditions and needs to plan care for women and babies
To develop awareness and skills in clinical audit systems, leading to improvements in care for women, babies and their families.
To develop skills and competence to participate in the teaching and mentorship of learners within the clinical area.
To continually develop the skills to safely utilise equipment for the provision of maternity care.

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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)