# Band 6 - Community Midwife, Women's and Children's > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-community-midwife-womens-and-childrens/9eed9e3a-6997-49b1-930a-2b290d324a61 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-community-midwife-womens-and-childrens/9eed9e3a-6997-49b1-930a-2b290d324a61.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Watford General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 pa pro rata inc HCA - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (full time and part time hours available) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-25T09:00:39.620Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Watford/West_Hertfordshire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Womens_Childrens/Womens_Childrens-v8252121 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8252121?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife with a passion for community-based care to join our friendly and well established team. Full time and part time positions are available. You must be able to work weekends and overnight on calls. Our midwives work either 10 or 7.5 hour days, covering a 7 day a week service on a rostered basis. Our community area is large and you must be able to travel independently between clinical sites and women’s homes. ### Main duties of the job Our community midwives work in teams to provide antenatal and postnatal care to a geographically defined group of women, as well as provide intrapartum care at homebirths as part of an on call rota. Occasional support of the inpatient unit as part of the escalation process is also required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will provide antenatal and postnatal care in hospital /community clinics and women’s homes and will be required to participate in the community on call service to support women birthing at home and the trust escalation process. You will provide a full range of perinatal care, including health education, liaising with multi-disciplinary/agency groups to continually improve maternity care for women and their families. You will be responsive to the needs of the women and obtain user views as appropriate. You will be required to support student midwives and junior members of staff as we guide and encourage them through their professional development. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and compassionate midwife with excellent communication and time management skills. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Education **Essential** - Current NMC Registered Midwife qualification **Desirable** - Mentorship qualification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of the role of the midwife as defined by the NMC and The Code - An in depth understanding of all aspects of evidenced based practice ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working in all areas of midwifery, including intrapartum experience and completion of preceptorship ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 712.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10564632) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.