# Band 6 Multiple Pregnancy Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-multiple-pregnancy-midwife/e71bacb0-52ab-49cd-9d75-40117fb433c6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-multiple-pregnancy-midwife/e71bacb0-52ab-49cd-9d75-40117fb433c6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Luton - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Secondment: 12 months (Fixed Term also available) - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (days and some weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-12T09:03:28.850Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bedfordshire/Luton/Bedfordshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8006571 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8006571?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ldh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you ready to take the next step in your midwifery career? We’re excited to invite applications from Midwives who have successfully completed their preceptorship programme and are looking for a fresh, rewarding challenge. In this role, you’ll play an integral part in delivering truly holistic, person‑centred care for women, birthing people, and their babies. Whether leading care independently or working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you’ll champion pregnancy as a  transformative physiological experience. Your practice will involve assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care, ensuring every individual and family receives the highest standard of support. ### Main duties of the job The specialist midwife for multiple births has a responsibility to develop and provide comprehensive midwifery care for multiple pregnancies that is individualised, woman/birthing person focused, and evidence based. The post holder will work in collaboration with the multi- disciplinary team that advocates pregnancy as a normal physiological life event.  The midwife will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for the women/babies.  The role will encompass taking responsibility for the management of the community caseload on a shift-by-shift basis.  To collaborate with external agencies and consumer groups, and work in line with the transformation of maternity services (Better Births).The Midwife participates in the supervision and teaching of staff as well as being a Mentor/Assessor for midwifery students Support the clinical teams and Band 7 Team Managers in the execution of his/her role. To provide midwifery care, ensuring that sound up to date advice is given to women and their families in all care settings in accordance with best practice informed by NICE and Government initiatives. Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills Home visits are a requirement of this role, so being a car owner/driver is desirable. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities It is an exciting time at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital as maternity, neonatal, critical care and theatre services have recently moved into a state of the art Acute Services Block. Through this work, the Trust will be able to increase capacity, improve sustainability and efficiency, maintain and improve quality standards and support patient-centred clinical services. Care will be delivered in modern, uplifting and fit for purpose environments, that will also enhance the patient and staff experience. The maternity services that have moved to the new clinical buildings are the Antenatal Ward,  Delivery Suite and Obstetric Theatres, Maternity Triage, Midwifery Led Birthing Unit, Postnatal ward, Day Assessment Unit, Bereavement Suites and Transitional Care. Benefits for staff: Modern and spacious facilities for our pregnant women / birthing         people, their families and our staff Dedicated courtyard for to support mobilisation in labour Separate courtyard for staff to use Co-designed areas with service user and stakeholder input which is highly valued The midwife has a responsibility to provide holistic woman/birthing people/baby centred midwifery care; this maybe leading midwifery care or working in collaboration with the multi- disciplinary team that advocates pregnancy as a normal physiological life event. The midwife will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for the women/birthing people/baby. The role will encompass taking responsibility for the management/ leadership of the ward/department/ community caseload on a shift-by-shift basis. To collaborate with external agencies and consumer groups. The Midwife (Band 6) participates in the supervision and teaching of staff as well as being a Mentor/Assessor for midwifery students. Promote the wellbeing and safeguarding of children and young people by implementing the Trust’s policy and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. Assess, plan implement and evaluate care women/birthing people/babies for a defined caseload, using evidence to rationalise prescribed care. Develop link with all care agencies to facilitate seamless approach to maternity care. Practice within boundaries of autonomy as described by the NMC Code 2015. Review practices to reduce clinical risk. Record and report any untoward incidents and take action to avoid further incidents. Promote health and wellbeing through practice and education of women/birthing people, relatives, carers and staff Support student midwives and other healthcare professional as a mentors and sign off mentors and assessors to ensure that the hospital/community midwifery experience meets the required practical and educational standards. Facilitate parenting education to women/birthing people during the antenatal /postnatal period. ## Job Details Are you ready to take the next step in your midwifery career? We’re excited to invite applications from Midwives who have successfully completed their preceptorship programme and are looking for a fresh, rewarding challenge. In this role, you’ll play an integral part in delivering truly holistic, person‑centred care for women, birthing people, and their babies. Whether leading care independently or working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you’ll champion pregnancy as a transformative physiological experience. Your practice will involve assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care, ensuring every individual and family receives the highest standard of support. ## Job Description The specialist midwife for multiple births has a responsibility to develop and provide comprehensive midwifery care for multiple pregnancies that is individualised, woman/birthing person focused, and evidence based. The post holder will work in collaboration with the multi- disciplinary team that advocates pregnancy as a normal physiological life event. The midwife will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for the women/babies. The role will encompass taking responsibility for the management of the community caseload on a shift-by-shift basis. To collaborate with external agencies and consumer groups, and work in line with the transformation of maternity services (Better Births).The Midwife participates in the supervision and teaching of staff as well as being a Mentor/Assessor for midwifery students Support the clinical teams and Band 7 Team Managers in the execution of his/her role. To provide midwifery care, ensuring that sound up to date advice is given to women and their families in all care settings in accordance with best practice informed by NICE and Government initiatives. Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills Home visits are a requirement of this role, so being a car owner/driver is desirable. ## Responsibilities It is an exciting time at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital as maternity, neonatal, critical care and theatre services have recently moved into a state of the art Acute Services Block. Through this work, the Trust will be able to increase capacity, improve sustainability and efficiency, maintain and improve quality standards and support patient-centred clinical services. Care will be delivered in modern, uplifting and fit for purpose environments, that will also enhance the patient and staff experience. The maternity services that have moved to the new clinical buildings are the Antenatal Ward, Delivery Suite and Obstetric Theatres, Maternity Triage, Midwifery Led Birthing Unit, Postnatal ward, Day Assessment Unit, Bereavement Suites and Transitional Care. Benefits for staff: Modern and spacious facilities for our pregnant women / birthing people, their families and our staff Dedicated courtyard for to support mobilisation in labour Separate courtyard for staff to use Co-designed areas with service user and stakeholder input which is highly valued The midwife has a responsibility to provide holistic woman/birthing people/baby centred midwifery care; this maybe leading midwifery care or working in collaboration with the multi- disciplinary team that advocates pregnancy as a normal physiological life event. The midwife will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for the women/birthing people/baby. The role will encompass taking responsibility for the management/ leadership of the ward/department/ community caseload on a shift-by-shift basis. To collaborate with external agencies and consumer groups. The Midwife (Band 6) participates in the supervision and teaching of staff as well as being a Mentor/Assessor for midwifery students. Promote the wellbeing and safeguarding of children and young people by implementing the Trust’s policy and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. Assess, plan implement and evaluate care women/birthing people/babies for a defined caseload, using evidence to rationalise prescribed care. Develop link with all care agencies to facilitate seamless approach to maternity care. Practice within boundaries of autonomy as described by the NMC Code 2015. Review practices to reduce clinical risk. Record and report any untoward incidents and take action to avoid further incidents. Promote health and wellbeing through practice and education of women/birthing people, relatives, carers and staff Support student midwives and other healthcare professional as a mentors and sign off mentors and assessors to ensure that the hospital/community midwifery experience meets the required practical and educational standards. Facilitate parenting education to women/birthing people during the antenatal /postnatal period. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - NMC The Code (2015) - Ensure care is provided based on evidence and in line with the protocols and guidelines of the unit - Ability to deputise in the absence of Senior Midwife - Able to support learners achieve department objectives - Knowledge of clinical governance **Desirable** - Knowledge of audit and research and standard setting ### Experience **Essential** - Suitable Post-Registration experience within relevant speciality - Clinical experience in low and high risk intrapartum areas including cannulation, caring for women with epidurals, suturing - Competent in CTG interpretation **Desirable** - Human Factors training/attendance - Teaching Antenatal classes ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife with NMC Pin, and completed a preceptorship programme in UK - Evidence of teaching and assessing experience - Evidence of ongoing further professional and personal development **Desirable** - Degree/Masters level study - Fetal monitoring masterclass attendance - Teaching qualification/Mentorship/N97 ### Personal skills **Essential** - Organisational skills and the ability to work effectively within a management structure - Effective communicator and team player - Analytical skills - Work with the MDT as well as autonomously when required ## Documents - [brochure (pdf, 697.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10291949) - [staff benefits (png, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2879) - [job description (pdf, 784.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10292088) - [functional aspects (pdf, 141.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10291948) - [l&d hospital site map (pdf, 96.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1454) - [personal specification (pdf, 40.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10291947) - [staff diversity network (pdf, 140.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2866) - [information for disabled applicants (pdf, 98.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2870) - [disclosure & barring information and recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 78.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1456) ## 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.