# Community Midwife

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** London
- **Profession:** Midwife
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 pa inclusive pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours available)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07T13:40:34.493Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8215518
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8215518?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Band 6 Community Midwife provides holistic, evidence-based care to women and their families throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period.

Working in partnership with multidisciplinary teams, the role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care in line with Trust policies and NMC standards. Responsibilities include promoting informed choice, supporting healthy lifestyles, facilitating parent education, and supervising junior staff and students.

The midwife ensures continuity of care, maintains accurate records, and contributes to clinical governance through audits and risk management. Strong leadership, communication, and clinical skills are essential to deliver safe, high-quality care within community and hospital settings.

### Main duties of the job

- The midwife is responsible and accountable for his/her own midwifery practice.
- To work in partnership with women and their families, GP, obstetrician and other agencies to ensure optimum care.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of mothers and babies in accordance with the Trust’s policies and guidelines.
- Strive for continuity of care and informed client choice within the limitations of the service.
- Facilitate the learning of midwifery skills through supervision, teaching an support.
- Actively promote and encourage a healthy lifestyle, advising and arranging support for women as required.
- Participate in parent information groups, facilitating preparation for childbirth and the postnatal period.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

### 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**

- Relevant current clinical experience
- Experience of staff management.
- Experience in change management
- Previous mentorship experience.

### Education / Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Midwife (on NMC register)
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject area

**Desirable**

- Mentorship qualification
- Evidence of post registration education activity

### Skills/knowledge/ abilities

**Essential**

- Able to manage difficult situations effectively. Able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Evidence of applying current research to practice
- Able to demonstrate a working knowledge in standard setting and quality management.
- IT skills including Microsoft office, Excel and PowerPoint

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 310.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10523379)
- [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427)
- [functional requirements form (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10523380)

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