Community Midwife

Job overview

Band 6 Community Midwife - Permanent, various hours available.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for band 6 NMC Registered Midwives to join our community midwifery team.

Our community midwifery services strive to provide high standards of evidenced-based, personalised care from hospital and community bases across Tameside and Glossop.

We are seeking experienced and enthusiastic midwives with a flexible approach to work, who can work autonomously and within a Multi-Disciplinary Team to provide safe and effective care across the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.

You should be confident and knowledgeable, with excellent interpersonal and clinical skills  to fulfil the requirements of this role. We expect our community midwives to advocate and provide holistic, individualised care and advice to meet the needs of individuals . You will work within our guidelines and pathways, and exercise professionalism, initiative, and sound clinical judgement to appropriately refer to and work alongside our MDT and partner agencies.

Main duties of the job

The post is for a Band 6 Midwife with post-qualification NHS experience to work in the community and intrapartum settings. The intrapartum care will be provided through an on-call basis to support the homebirth service.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details on the role and main duties; the recruiting manager can be contacted on the details provided if you wish to discuss this.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification also outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.