# Community Midwife-Complex needs in pregnancy > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-midwife-complex-needs-in-pregnancy/6788fd97-e9c3-43cc-8e34-243c318bed50 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-midwife-complex-needs-in-pregnancy/6788fd97-e9c3-43cc-8e34-243c318bed50.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Colchester General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 34.5 hours per week (We have 34.5 hours per week and 22.5 hours per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-09T11:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-30T11:21:07.664Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/East_Suffolk_North_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Maternity_Services/Maternity_Services-v8332922 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8332922?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a compassionate, experienced midwife looking for an opportunity to make a real difference to women and families with complex needs? We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Community Midwife (Complex Needs) to join our dedicated maternity team. This is an exciting opportunity for a midwife who is passionate about providing individualised and inclusive care to women and pregnant people who may experience additional social, emotional, psychological or clinical complexities during pregnancy and the postnatal period. As a Complex Needs Community Midwife, you will provide personalised midwifery care, working collaboratively with women, families and a wide range of health and social care professionals. We are looking for a registered midwife who is compassionate, resilient, non-judgemental and committed to personalised care. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to work autonomously, and the confidence to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. Experience of working with women and families experiencing complex social or clinical circumstances would be highly desirable. Most importantly, you will share our commitment to ensuring that every woman and family feels heard, respected and supported throughout their maternity journey. If you are passionate about making a difference and want to develop your expertise in complex needs maternity care, we would love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job You will: - Provide high-quality, evidence-based antenatal and postnatal care in community settings. - Build trusting relationships with women who may have complex health, social or safeguarding needs. - Coordinate care with maternity, primary care, mental health, social care and voluntary-sector colleagues. - Advocate for women and families and promote informed choice and shared decision-making. - Recognise and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns and health inequalities. - Support women to access appropriate services and improve engagement with maternity care. - Contribute to reducing inequalities and improving outcomes for women, babies and families. - Work flexibly across community settings, providing care that is responsive to individual needs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role, please see the attached job description. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Has knowledge of clinical midwifery practice to be able to provide specialist advice to mothers and members of multi-agency team. - Possesses knowledge of safeguarding and child protection strategy - Knowledge of Trust’s safeguarding and child protection strategy ### Experience **Essential** - Proven post registration experience as clinical midwife - Recent clinical experience in community setting working with vulnerable caseloads. - Evidence of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal clinical practice. - Evidence of advanced decision making skills. **Desirable** - Experience in report writing ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife - Attendance at NLS course - Degree level qualification in relevant subject. - Child protection training level 3 **Desirable** - NIPE qualification - Educated to Masters level - Mentor ## Documents - [jd and ps (docx, 52.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10656092) - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [apprenticeship handbook (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2499) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) ## 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.