Band 6 Midwife

Job overview

Are you an experienced midwife looking for your next opportunity within a supportive, forward-thinking maternity service?

We are recruiting Band 6 Midwives across our maternity services and invite you to attend our Midwifery Recruitment Event, where you can explore a range of exciting opportunities across our sites and clinical teams.

We have opportunities within:

• Inpatient maternity services – rotational throughout labour ward, postnatal & antenatal ward and Maternity Assessment Unit.
• Community maternity services
• Continuity of Care and Homebirth teams

We are seeking enthusiastic and compassionate midwives who have successfully completed a formal programme of preceptorship or have a minimum of one year's post-registration experience consolidating their midwifery practice within an NHS maternity service.

Recruitment Event

Interviews will be conducted through a recruitment event model, allowing candidates to discuss their skills, experience and career aspirations with our leadership teams.

Candidates will be asked to indicate their preferred site and area of practice. Offers of employment will be made against available vacancies within teams at the point of appointment, taking individual preferences into consideration wherever possible.

*Please note, we are currently updating job descriptions across the Trust with a final version anticipated at the time of appointment*

Join our dynamic maternity teams and help shape the future of maternity care across Sussex.

This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds, and any role-specific criteria. For example, applicants for the Senior HCA role must be able to evidence a minimum of 2 years’ experience in the same role to qualify for sponsorship.

If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.

Main duties of the job

The Band 6 Midwife is responsible for delivering safe, compassionate and evidence-based care across the maternity pathway, working autonomously while contributing to multidisciplinary team care. The post holder will support women, birthing people and families through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period, provide leadership within clinical areas, contribute to teaching and service improvement, and help deliver outstanding maternity services across University Hospitals Sussex.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Why Join Us?

Our maternity services are on a significant improvement journey, creating exciting opportunities for midwives who want to contribute to service transformation while delivering outstanding care to women and birthing people, babies and families.

We are committed to supporting our staff and have invested in enhanced pastoral, wellbeing and professional support, including:

• Dedicated Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMAs)
• Staff psychological support services
• Enhanced wellbeing initiatives
• Visible clinical and leadership support

We are proud of our strong retention record, with workforce stability and staff turnover rates consistently performing better than local and national benchmarks. Our focus on staff experience ensures teams feel valued, supported and empowered to thrive.

Please see the detailed job description and person specification attached for main responsibilities.

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.