# Community Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-midwife/5d821158-c265-4018-92f3-c84ed1b1113e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-midwife/5d821158-c265-4018-92f3-c84ed1b1113e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust - **Location:** Darent Valley Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 incl Fringe HCAS per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (Weekends, public holidays and overnight on call rota) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T11:41:16.317Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Dartford/Dartford_Gravesham_NHS_Trust/Community_Midwifery/Community_Midwifery-v8072418 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8072418?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dvh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking Band 6 midwives to join our community midwifery teams. As a forward thinking and innovative maternity unit being led by a supportive management team, we can offer exciting and excellent opportunities for your midwifery career development. We are a growing organisation which can provide the successful candidate the opportunity to participate in exciting new developments. We are affiliated to the University of Greenwich where midwives can undertake courses at Level 6 and 7. The Maternity services run an excellent in-house training programme, including an advanced fetal monitoring workshop and intensive emergency skills drills workshop, soon to include community settings. Our Maternity Unit currently supports 5,000 births a year serving women living in the areas of Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Bexley divided amongst 7 Community Midwifery teams. We are looking for midwives who have successfully completed a preceptorship programme or have experience at band 6. Experience of community midwifery would be beneficial but not necessary as a full introduction to community midwifery will be provided by the trust and supported by the Community Matron, Team Leaders and the Practice development team. ### Main duties of the job Applicants should be competent and confident at facilitating and supporting normality in childbirth . If you are highly motivated, enthusiastic, experienced and woman-centred, we would welcome your application. For more information, please contact Lorraine Heather on 07735745750 ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities General responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities Managerial responsibilities Professional responsibilities Education and development responsibilities For a detailed description of the Job roles and responsibilities 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 ### Experience **Essential** - All round midwifery experience and be experienced in all required competencies. **Desirable** - Experience of working within the community setting. ### Personal Atributes **Essential** - Ability to present an open and nonjudgemental demeanour - Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service. ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Well-developed interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively at all levels, verbally and in writing. - Able to function as a practitioner, as well as part of a multi- disciplinary team. - Have an interest in and the ability to teach and be a mentor for students. - Able to lead and organise. - Able to manage a caseload in the community. To take 24-hour responsibility for area of practice including participating in an ‘on- call’ rota. - Able to demonstrate good levels of theoretical midwifery knowledge - A good standard of computer skills - Ability to adapt to meet changing needs and to work under pressure - Able to act as the clients advocate. - Knowledge and an understanding of current Professional issues and initiatives **Desirable** - Has a knowledge of the principles / recommendations of current professional issues - A special interest in an aspect of midwifery has been developed. - Knowledge and experience of handling differing cultural and religious needs - Knowledge of research methodology. ### Education and Training **Essential** - NMC Registered Midwife with extensive midwifery experience. - Qualified driver. - Evidence of CPD **Desirable** - Mentorship or appropriate course. - NIPE trained ## Documents - [our behaviours (pdf, 86.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2315) - [staff car parking (pdf, 70.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2307) - [information for applicants (pdf, 92.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2308) - [community midwife - band 6 (pdf, 560.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10363915) - [staff benefits and incentives (png, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2309) ## 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.