# Band 6 Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-midwife/9aad24f7-7a52-4cbf-b5a0-8f87db253d3f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-midwife/9aad24f7-7a52-4cbf-b5a0-8f87db253d3f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kingston Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 pa inc HCAS (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (This post requires candidates to work Nights, Weekends, Bank Holidays and other unsocial hours.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-14T12:58:22.368Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Kingston_Upon_Thames/Kingston_Richmond_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Maternity/Maternity-v8325652 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8325652?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kingstonandrichmond.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Kingston Hospital is looking for caring, enthusiastic, and talented midwives to join our team. We have opportunities for senior midwives (Band 6) to join our Maternity Team. Kingston Maternity is a friendly, welcoming and supportive unit, and a popular choice for our local population, caring for around 5200 birthing people per annum. We are proud to support a full range of birth options including our established birth centre and home birth teams. Our service is funded to a ratio of 1 midwife to 22.3 women, enabling high quality, midwifery focused care to be provided. The birth centre team are skilled in aromatherapy, and biomechanics and the rooms have birthing couches and pools. We promote a philosophy of holistic, woman-centred care in all birthing areas. ### Main duties of the job Maintain a high standard of woman focused care in accordance with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures across all clinical areas as required. Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of maternity care for women ensuring accurate documentation is kept. Maintain a safe and clean working environment. Communicate with women and their partners to ensure they have access to appropriate information. Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the woman. Act in accordance with the Nursing and midwifery Council Code of Conduct Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands. Education and Training Kingston is proud of its strong multi-disciplinary (MDT) culture. We provide a well evaluated, in-house MDT programme and staff have the opportunity to attend external study days or enrol for academic modules at our local higher education institutes. If you are a passionate midwife with excellent communication skills and a drive to provide high quality care to women please apply to join our multi professional maternity team. This role requires candidates to work Nights, weekends, Bank Holidays and other unsocial hours. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To provide woman and babies with high quality, safe midwifery care during childbirth. The care will be evidence based and holistic in meeting women’s needs in a variety of practice settings. "Our mission is to create an anti-racist, supportive, and inclusive environment where every team member feels safe, valued, and empowered. We are dedicated to dismantling barriers through a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination, addressing and challenging racism to foster a culture of accountability and respect. Through collaboration and compassionate leadership, we strive to create a safe and equitable space that positively impacts the wellbeing and development of our team, and the communities we serve." Our Aim: Diversity should be celebrated and acknowledged in all aspects of our work. We will achieve this by promoting continuous learning, encouraging open dialogue, and providing resources for personal and professional growth. By recognising and celebrating each other’s cultural differences, we will cultivate mutual respect and understanding. Please see the job description and person specification form for more details: ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Demonstrates understanding of role boundaries and able to recognise when to escalate - Demonstrates a family centred approach to care provision - Ability to coordinate and liaise within a multi-disciplinary team - Excellent interpersonal skills along with excellent written and verbal communication skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrate understanding of Trust values and Kingston Hospital - Knowledge of statutory regulations governing midwifery ### Experience **Essential** - Previous NHS experience - Experience of working in all areas of maternity services ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife with NMC registration - Commitment to professional development and evidence of CPD ## Documents - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2412) - [band 6 job description and person specification (pdf, 600.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10647820) ## 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.