Job summary
Is making a difference what drives you most? Are you caring and fair, treating everyone individually? Is doing the right thing important to you? Are you reliable, hardworking, and committed to excellence?
If this sounds like you, and you value the responsibility and accountability of being a midwife, we'd love to hear from you.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Continuity of Carer Midwifeto join our supportive maternity team.You will provide personalised, relationship-based care to
women, birthing people, and families throughout pregnancy, birth, and the
postnatal period.
This advert is specifically for Band 6 Midwives who are post preceptorship and have clinical experience.
Please note this is a fixed term 12 month opportunity.
Band 6 Midwives: Youll work flexibly and autonomously across
antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal settings (inpatient/community) with a
defined caseload, ensuring seamless continuity for those in your care. You'll
role model best practice, support junior staff and promote high standards
across our service.
You will join a small integrated approachable team that values personalised care, teamwork and growth. Our commitment was reflected in our recent CQC inspection, where maternity services were ratedGood.
Recruitment for this post will involve a two-phase interview process to select the most suitable candidate.
Main duties of the job
As a dedicated midwife, your main duties will revolve around providing safe, clinically effective and individualised care to women and birthing people throughout their pregnancy journey.
This role offers the opportunity to build meaningful relationships, support positive birth experiences, and make a genuine impact on the health and wellbeing of our community. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will deliver safe, high-quality, and compassionate care.
We are committed to the national maternity agenda and also have an impressive home birth record.
Youll work flexibly across antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal settings (inpatient/community) with a defined caseload, ensuring seamless continuity for those in your care. Excellent communication, clinical confidence, and a passion for promoting choice are essential.
In return, we offer a nurturing environment, professional development opportunities, and the chance to be part of a team that truly values your skills and commitment to exceptional maternity care.
When working in one of our established teams, you will have time to complete antenatal and postnatal visits for the caseload under your care, and other times where you will be available to care for women in labour (hospital, birth centre and home).You and your team write your own rota, decide on annual leave and support each other in weekly team meetings. This allows you to gain transferrable skills such as time management, managing your own caseload and team working.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large
acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute
services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a
larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from
three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our
caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred
care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to
work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are proud to have achieved Timewise
accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working
within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for Band 6 Midwives to view the full details for this opportunity at Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications and skills. If there are a large amount of applications, it is vital that you also aim to evidence any desirable criteria to show case your suitability for this position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for Band 6 Midwives to view the full details for this opportunity at Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications and skills. If there are a large amount of applications, it is vital that you also aim to evidence any desirable criteria to show case your suitability for this position.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 1) Please demonstrate your knowledge and practical experience across a broad range of maternity services, including your midwifery experience within a UK maternity setting.
- 2) Experience of mentoring junior colleagues/students
Desirable
- 1) Experience in service development or clinical governance projects
- 2) Experience of working in a community or continuity of carer setting
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- 1) Please demonstrate how, as a midwife, you ensure your practice is guided by current evidence-based practice and the importance of this.
- 2) Competent in Venepuncture & Cannulation
- 3) Competenct in IV Therapy
- 4) Competent in Perineal Suturing
Desirable
- 1) Familiarity with maternity-specific IT systems (e.g., BadgerNet).
Personal Qualities
Essential
- 1) Please provide examples of your flexibility, reliability, and adaptability.
- 2) Please demonstrate, with examples, how you have used strong organisational and time management skills to achieve results while working collaboratively with others.
Desirable
- 1) Please provide examples that demonstrate your leadership potential and ability to influence positive change in practice.
Qualifications
Essential
- 1) BSc (Hons) Midwifery or equivalent qualification
- 2) UK NMC registration as a Midwife
- 3) Completion of practice supervisor or assessor training.
Desirable
- 1) NIPE Training
- 2) Advanced training or certification in specialist areas
Motivation and Commitment to the Organisation
Essential
- 1) Please explain why you would like to work at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and what attracts you to this organisation.
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- 1) Ability to undertake manual handling and movement tasks
- 2) Professional appearance in line with trust uniform policy
- 3) Valid driving license or ability to travel between sites if required
- 4) Ability to participate in the on-call rota and work flexibly (including nights and weekends to support cover of a 24/7 service)
Desirable
- 1) Willingness to undertake secondments or extended roles
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 1) Please demonstrate your knowledge and practical experience across a broad range of maternity services, including your midwifery experience within a UK maternity setting.
- 2) Experience of mentoring junior colleagues/students
Desirable
- 1) Experience in service development or clinical governance projects
- 2) Experience of working in a community or continuity of carer setting
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- 1) Please demonstrate how, as a midwife, you ensure your practice is guided by current evidence-based practice and the importance of this.
- 2) Competent in Venepuncture & Cannulation
- 3) Competenct in IV Therapy
- 4) Competent in Perineal Suturing
Desirable
- 1) Familiarity with maternity-specific IT systems (e.g., BadgerNet).
Personal Qualities
Essential
- 1) Please provide examples of your flexibility, reliability, and adaptability.
- 2) Please demonstrate, with examples, how you have used strong organisational and time management skills to achieve results while working collaboratively with others.
Desirable
- 1) Please provide examples that demonstrate your leadership potential and ability to influence positive change in practice.
Qualifications
Essential
- 1) BSc (Hons) Midwifery or equivalent qualification
- 2) UK NMC registration as a Midwife
- 3) Completion of practice supervisor or assessor training.
Desirable
- 1) NIPE Training
- 2) Advanced training or certification in specialist areas
Motivation and Commitment to the Organisation
Essential
- 1) Please explain why you would like to work at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and what attracts you to this organisation.
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- 1) Ability to undertake manual handling and movement tasks
- 2) Professional appearance in line with trust uniform policy
- 3) Valid driving license or ability to travel between sites if required
- 4) Ability to participate in the on-call rota and work flexibly (including nights and weekends to support cover of a 24/7 service)
Desirable
- 1) Willingness to undertake secondments or extended roles
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
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).
