Community Midwife

Job overview

We invite you to join our progressive and compassionate Maternity Services team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB). We currently have Band 6 Midwife positions available across our Community Midwifery Service in Derbyshire.

Our Maternity Services are designed with the woman, baby, and family at the heart of everything we do. At UHDB we birth 700 babies across both sites and with our Homebirth Service per month, providing high-quality, personalised care to a diverse population with varying medical and social needs. You will have the opportunity to work alongside a highly skilled team of Specialist Midwives, Consultant Midwives, and the wider Multi Professional team, gaining invaluable experience in supporting women through normal pregnancies, physiological births, and complex pregnancies.

You should hold a full UK driving licence.

Main duties of the job

• Our Community Midwifery teams are GP caseload holding, providing antenatal and postnatal care, as well as supporting a 24-hour homebirth service.  Each midwife has an allocated caseload, and we maximise locality working by utilising children's centres, community hospitals and public buildings.
• Our Community midwifery service supports a wide geographical area There are 7 community teams based across Staffordshire and Derbyshire as well 2 continuity of carer teams. Community midwives benefit from working within small, well-led teams.  We also provide care to the women housed in the Foston Prison Service.
• We are looking for midwives who have the ability to assess and plan care for women in all aspects of midwifery care with awareness and knowledge of vulnerable adult and child protection procedures.  Who can also demonstrate midwifery skills underpinned by current evidence, to include suturing, venepuncture, perineal repair and have experience of caring for women in low risk settings including home births and waterbirths.

• We can offer posts within community and welcome candidates who may wish to consider a dual contract between community and acute midwifery services. We are also able to offer family friendly flexible working arrangements with full time or part time hours.

• This position will include On-Call, Weekend and Night working obligations.

Closing date of applications: 01st June 2026

Interview date: 12th June 2026

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are considering applying for an internal secondment, please ensure you have discussed this with your line manager and obtained their support prior to submitting your application.

Please be aware that there is no guarantee that you will be released from your substantive post, so you should seek approval before applying as you are applying or a Secondment.

If you have any questions or require further guidance, please contact the Recruitment Team.

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