# Midwife - Acute unit

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/midwife-acute-unit/77b5497d-5141-4db0-a339-d49faaf68672
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/midwife-acute-unit/77b5497d-5141-4db0-a339-d49faaf68672.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** St Leonards On Sea
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Midwife
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-24T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-10T09:52:13.219Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Hastings/East_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Maternity/Maternity-v8102621
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8102621?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.esht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

East Sussex Healthcare Trust is offering the opportunity  for innovative and compassionate Midwives to join our existing exceptional Midwifery team. We are seeking enthusiastic midwives, passionate about providing high level care to all the patients accessing our services. This opportunity will allow you to develop in a supportive and caring environment, and will allow you to bring choice and support to all birthing women/people. Working alongside out close knit multidisciplinary team, you will provide both low and high risk care.  This is one of the most supportive and caring places to work, so don't hesitate in applying now.

Eastbourne and Hastings is on the South East Coast of England with its beautiful seaside towns and villages, a stones through away from the beautiful countryside of the South Downs and Kent. A perfect place to work!

### Main duties of the job

We are looking for midwives to join our hospital team at Hastings.  You will have the opportunity to work within a variety of settings to provide women/birthing people with holistic and individualised care. Our consultant led unit at Conquest Hospital is based on the Hastings site.

We are a tight knit team working closely together to provide women/birthing people and their families with high quality, evidence based midwifery care. You will need to be a highly motivated team player, committed to drive forward an innovative service with the existing team.  Midwives with a commitment to provide safe, cohesive and collaborative working is essential.  We offer an excellent induction programme for all and full preceptorship programme for newly qualified midwives and a friendly, supportive and highly driven team to develop with for all experienced band 6's.  Excellent communication skills and the ability to work confidently and autonomously within the team is essential. You will gain experience in all aspects of midwifery care and will be supported to provide compassionate care.

Please note - Previous unsuccessful candidates need not apply.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Evidence of continued professional development
- 1 years clinical experience including use of cardiotocographs
- Demonstrate interest in developing midwifery practice.

**Desirable**

- Experience of undertaking project work

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered midwife on the NMC register.
- Evidence of continued professional development to diploma level qualification
- Ability to undertaken further training

**Desirable**

- D32/33 Teaching & Clinical Assessment (formerly ENB 997/998)
- IT Literate

### Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

**Essential**

- Able to carry out full range of midwifery practice including extended skills
- Work as part of a team
- Understanding of the new NHS and the opportunities it offers
- Effective and adaptable interpersonal and organisational skill

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of quality, audit, research
- Understanding of child protection issues

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 312.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10396894)
- [job hazard form (pdf, 880.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10396895)
- [guidance for applicants - afc (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=672)

## 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.