Midwife (Rotational) – Inpatient/Community/Homebirth

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

An exciting opportunity to join our expanding Homebirth Team.

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is delighted to announce the expansion of our dedicated Homebirth Team. We are looking for passionate, motivated, and compassionate Band 6 Midwives who are committed to providing personalised, women-centred care in the community.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a small, close-knit caseload team where continuity, autonomy, and meaningful relationships with women and families are at the heart of what we do.

The role:

The post holder will assist the Senior Charge Midwife to deliver high quality evidence based woman and baby centred care. You will be involved in providing both individualised patient care and in planning, implementing and evaluating clinical care within all areas of the maternity service, ensuring compliance with Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GG&C) policies and procedures and maintaining statutory requirements in accordance with the NMC.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

• Permanent
• Base location - New Victoria Hospital
• The shift pattern is: 0830-1630 Monday – Sunday (4 days per week)
• 1-2 on calls per week (24-hour)
• All unsocial hours paid at enhanced rates

Key responsibilities:

As a Homebirth Midwife, you will:

• Provide holistic, woman-centred antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care in the community
• Work within a continuity-based model, planning and delivering care for your allocated caseload
• Attend homebirths and provide intrapartum care in the community setting
• Participate in the team’s on-call rota, supporting safe and responsive homebirth provision
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to promote safe, high-quality car

What we offer:

• Small, manageable caseloads enabling high-quality, personalised care
• Genuine continuity of carer and strong therapeutic relationships
• A supportive, experienced and welcoming team
• Excellent work–life balance with flexible working patterns
• High job satisfaction due to meaningful, relationship-based work
• Opportunities to develop advanced community midwifery and intrapartum skills
• Being part of an innovative service with a strong commitment to normal birth and women’s choice

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

We are looking for Midwives who are:

• Registered Midwives with active NMC registration
• Passionate about physiological birth and continuity of care
• Confident, autonomous practitioners with strong clinical skills
• Excellent communicators who value personalised, relationship-based practice
• Flexible, adaptable, and committed to providing safe care in diverse community settings
• Enthusiastic about contributing to an expanding and progressive service
• Full driving licence essential

Why join us?

Working with the Homebirth Team offers a unique, rewarding midwifery experience where your skills, your passion, and your commitment to compassionate care truly make a difference. Our team is supportive, friendly, and dedicated to building a positive working environment where midwives can thrive.

What we offer:

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact:Gilean McKee, Senior Charge Midwife - Gilean.mckee@nhs.scot - 07833 436743

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates

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