Maternity Hub Midwife

Job summary

An exciting opportunity is available to work in the Antenatal Clinic and Day Assessment Unit at Worcester Maternity Hub as a Band 6 Midwife. We are looking for a compassionate Midwife with excellent communication skills to manage high risk pregnancies. The care will be evidence based and you will help the team to coordinate multidisciplinary collaboration to maintain best outcomes for birthing people and babies.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be required to assess and provide the full range of care needs to develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period for women and their babies.

Driving our commitment to local families and babies are the Trust-wide values:

• Being open and honest
• Ensuring people feel cared for
• Showing respect for everyone

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Details

• Date posted: 30 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: C9365-26-0132
• Job locations: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

To assess and provide the full range of care needs to develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period for women and their babies.

To provide effective leadership and to act as a good role model.

To supervise junior staff and to teach qualified and unqualified staff, acting as a mentor, as appropriate, providing advice and support as necessary.

Work autonomously within guidelines and spheres of professional practice.

Key Duties:

Patient Care:

To assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.

To be responsible for the organisation of midwifery care for the patients assigned to you.

To aid and establish postnatal care within the Maternity Hub.

To be able to provide antenatal and postnatal care within a community setting.

Utilise the full skills of a midwife practitioner (both integral and extended) to a named caseload of women.

To discuss with the Ward Manager/Team Leader development and changes both midwifery and medical, which affect patients directly and indirectly.

Provide care to bereaved patients and their relatives, breaking bad news and supporting other staff undergoing this process.

Communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary professionals and agencies, ensuring seamless care at a high standard.

To take appropriate action to ensure the safety of patients, including the delegation of patient care to midwives, with the appropriate level skill at all times.

To report any accidents/incidents to the Ward Manager/Team Leader.

To ensure that midwifery procedures/guidelines are implemented and maintained in accordance with the policies of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and national guidance.

To ensure that acceptable standards of care are maintained and, where necessary, instigate changes in agreement with the Ward Manager/Team Leader.

To be fully conversant in dealing with complex midwifery problems such as child protection issues.

Education & Training:

Supervise the training of qualified and unqualified staff and assist junior staff to develop clinical and managerial skills, in accordance with their level of competence.

To act as a preceptor for junior staff.

To participate in teaching for all learners in accordance with their objectives, working closely with local education providers.

To provide support and supervision as a mentor to student midwives.

To participate in teaching programmes as required.

Maintain knowledge of current midwifery practice by reading relevant journals and attending study days where appropriate, promoting research-based practice in agreement with Ward Manager/Team Leader.

To organise and provide training programmes in accordance with the identified needs of the ward.

To participate in further post-registration training, as evidenced by developments in practice.

Management:

To autonomously manage a caseload within the Clinic/DAU area, making decisions and acting on care needs as they arise.

To manage effectively the Clinic/DAU in the absence of the Ward Manager, co-ordinating and allocating work to staff.

To carry out annual Personal Development Reviews for junior midwives under the direction of the Senior Midwife/Ward Manager.

To liaise with the midwives in charge of the wards/departments within the Trust to plan workloads and staffing levels as effectively as possible.

To inform and discuss with the Ward Manager any problems regarding management and/or care of the woman. Maintain the custody of controlled drugs according to statutory procedure, ordering replacements, checking and administering all drugs according to the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

To participate in Audit programmes.

To take all measures to ensure safety and report all accidents/incidents to the Ward Manager/Senior Midwife and to monitor the safe and effective use of all equipment and the economic use of supplies.

Maintain accurate management records at all times, ensuring appropriate reporting mechanisms are used.

To assist in other wards/departments of the maternity services if the clinical situation or staffing levels demand.

To become familiar with ward/department budget and efficient and effective utilisation of resources.

Be conversant with Trust and other Policies and Procedures and mechanisms in place for effective care and efficient management of the Maternity Unit.

Professional:

To maintain a professional attitude at all times, developing the role of the midwife in the best interest of the patient and profession in accordance with the NMC documents.

Be responsible for maintaining accurate and contemporaneous midwifery records, written and electronic in accordance with Midwives Rules (1988) Rule 42.

To be aware of extended personal and professional development.

To attend courses and conferences as relevant according to the requirements of the role of an experienced midwife.

Develop competencies in the use of equipment in the clinical area, attend teaching sessions as appropriate.

To attend courses and conferences as relevant.

To be conversant and comply with the Trust policies and regulations and attend compulsory lectures as instructed.

To maintain good standards of care and assist in the implementation of recommendations from Government and professional bodies in relation to maternity care.

Participate in research projects where appropriate, report findings within a multi-disciplinary framework.

Implement research projects where appropriate.

To be professionally accountable for ones own midwifery practice, acting in a professional manner at all times abiding by the Midwives Rules and Code of Practice and all other relevant NMC and Trust practice protocols and guidelines.

To be responsible for the maintenance and improvement of own professional knowledge and competence in keeping with the practice and CPD standard laid down by the NMC to ensure continued professional registration.

Personnel:

To participate in the selection and interviewing of new members of staff within the ward / department.

Participate in the devising and implementation of induction programmes for newly appointed staff.

To assist the ward manager/team leader in monitoring staff performance.

Participate in staff appraisal and the investigation of complaints and incidents.

To assist the ward manager in the maintenance of day-to-day discipline within the ward/department.

To inform the Ward Manager/Team Leader of staff failing to meet the required standard of performance.

To counsel staff in relation to personnel and professional matters