# Community Midwife - Lancaster > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-midwife-lancaster/8ec2be48-32d4-418f-a452-4a31cfdd8726 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-midwife-lancaster/8ec2be48-32d4-418f-a452-4a31cfdd8726.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Lancaster Infirmary - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Full time and part time available - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-07T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-24T08:30:51.867Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cumbria/Lancaster/University_Hospitals_Morecambe_Bay_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8249078 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8249078?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Do you consider caring with compassion to be fundamental to your role? Looking for a new career path in one of the most picturesque parts of the country? The Lake District, England's largest National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site would be on your doorstep. This beautiful part of the country would enable you to discover spectacular landscapes, picturesque villages, along with a warm welcome and rich cultural heritage. Our Trust is recruiting enthusiastic, highly motivated community midwives/birth centre midwives , to join our dynamic, dedicated, forward thinking professional team which serves a wide geographical area with rural and urban communities. - You will need to be reliable, flexible, motivated, have excellent clinical skills, a commitment to on going learning and development, a commitment to delivering high quality care, and be willing and open to embracing positive change and transformation in order to meet the demands of the community we serve. You will require the necessary skills and a passion to provide home birth and births within a birth centre.If this sounds like you, then we want to hear from you! Development OpportunitiesHere at Morecambe Bay we are committed to supporting our employees in mandatory training requirements and their professional development. We would encourage and welcome you to come and have a look beforehand. ### Main duties of the job The role involves working within the community as an autonomous practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team. It also involves maintaining a good relationship with other members of the team ensuring the women receive safe care. You will be need to be able to provide high quality women centred maternity care , effective leadership, optimise teaching opportunities and give support to all grades of staff; planning and directing activities to provide the optimal standard of care. The role involves giving appropriate education to women and their families and giving necessary care, advice and supervision throughout the pregnancy continuum. You will be required to ensure appropriate referral for mother or child, as required to other agencies and specialist midwifery team and to give necessary care advice and supervision to women and their families, wherever possible/appropriate. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/ ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of clinical competence/to work autonomously within multi-disciplinary team - Ability to make appropriate clinical decisions and prioritise care needs **Desirable** - Ability to make appropriate clinical decisions and prioritise care needs ### Education and qualifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife - Evidence of ongoing professional development **Desirable** - Current driving licence - 1st level degree in relevant field ### Skills, ability and knowledge **Essential** - Committed to CPD of self and others - Knowledge of research methodology **Desirable** - Understanding the role of Research and Development ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 166.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10561128) - [people strategy (pdf, 109.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2942) - [lgbt network leaflet (pdf, 226.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1741) - [band 6 midwife personal spec (pdf, 80.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10561129) - [access to work information sheet (pdf, 172.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2427) - [royal lancaster infirmary accessibility plan 2017 (pdf, 170.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1025) ## 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.