Community Midwife

Job summary Band 6 Community Midwife Abbey Community Midwives Team Are you an enthusiastic motivated Band 6 Midwife who has a passion for working with women and families in the community Then please join one of our well-established community midwifery teams within Worcestershire. An opportunity has arisen within the Abbey Community Midwives Team, based at the Evesham Medical Centre, Evesham. The post is a permanent contract working 22.5 hours per week. Main duties of the job You will have the opportunity to work independently yet be part of an integrated team who provide women and families with excellent evidence-based care. We are committed to the national maternity agenda and have an impressive home birth record. Working as a community midwife provides unique access to the dynamics of family life within the local community and true multiagency working. You will gain a range of transferable skills including time management, team working and family centred care. 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 Please join our forward-thinking community midwifery teams, previous community experience not essential. For further information please contact Emma Hillstead, Team Leader on emma.hillstead@nhs.net or 07786 915624. 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 06 October 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £39,959 to £48,117 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time, Flexible working Reference number C9365-26-0801 Job locations Evesham Medical Centre Abbey Lane Evesham Worcestershire WR11 4BS United Kingdom Job description 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. Utilise the full skills of a midwife practitioner (both integral and extended) to a named caseload of women. To discuss with the 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 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 stands of care are maintained and, where necessary, instigate changes in agreement with the 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 accordanc