# High Risk Specialist Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Whittington Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/high-risk-specialist-midwife/864eabd2-8330-48fd-8027-d52026329688 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/high-risk-specialist-midwife/864eabd2-8330-48fd-8027-d52026329688.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Whittington Health NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum, pro rata including HCAS - **Contract type:** Secondment: 12 months - **Employment type:** Part time - 7.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-19T15:42:18.177Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Whittington_Health_NHS_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8037864 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8037864?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whittington.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview High Risk Specialist Midwife An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced midwife to join our Antenatal Clinic team as a High Risk Specialist Midwife. We look after a diverse population where women/birthing people and their families are treated as individuals providing personalised care. We are at the forefront of innovation, this includes partners staying overnight, enhanced recovery, and midwifery led induction of labour and normalising birth.  We work closely alongside Health Visitors who are also part of our integrated service. We provide a first class service, which is reflected in the number of positive compliments received from our satisfied service users. We have a beautiful Birth Centre with four pools and our Labour Ward has two birthing pools and telemetry to encourage normality. ### Main duties of the job The successful applicant will join the ANC team and work alongside the existing post holder, providing first class midwifery care for our service users on a high risk pathway. They will work closely with the  multi disciplinary team as well as the Diabetes Specialist midwife and the Maternal Medicine Specialist midwife. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details. The successful applicant will join the ANC team and work alongside the existing post holder, providing first class midwifery care for our service users on a high risk pathway. ## Job Details High Risk Specialist Midwife An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced midwife to join our Antenatal Clinic team as a High Risk Specialist Midwife. We look after a diverse population where women/birthing people and their families are treated as individuals providing personalised care. We are at the forefront of innovation, this includes partners staying overnight, enhanced recovery, and midwifery led induction of labour and normalising birth. We work closely alongside Health Visitors who are also part of our integrated service. We provide a first class service, which is reflected in the number of positive compliments received from our satisfied service users. We have a beautiful Birth Centre with four pools and our Labour Ward has two birthing pools and telemetry to encourage normality. ## Job Description The successful applicant will join the ANC team and work alongside the existing post holder, providing first class midwifery care for our service users on a high risk pathway. They will work closely with the multi disciplinary team as well as the Diabetes Specialist midwife and the Maternal Medicine Specialist midwife. ## Responsibilities Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details. The successful applicant will join the ANC team and work alongside the existing post holder, providing first class midwifery care for our service users on a high risk pathway. ## Person Specification ### PERSONAL QUALITIES **Essential** - Evidence of recent personal development activity - Demonstrates an ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team - Role model ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Good communication skills. Good counselling and listening skills - Understanding of principles of good leadership - Understanding of current issues in high risk maternity care - Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Post registration experience in all aspects of Midwifery Care - Evidence of clinical competence - Experience in antenatal care - Evidence of teaching and developing junior staff both formally and informally **Desirable** - Experience in developing and implementing guidelines - Experience of data collection and analysis - Experience of counselling ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife - NMC registration - First Degree or working towards in relevant subject ## Documents - [functional requirement form (pdf, 248.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10326127) - [whittington employment promise (pdf, 22.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=839) - [whittington probationary policy (pdf, 298.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=621) - [high risk specialist midwife jd/ps (pdf, 300.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10389863) ## 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.