Band 6 - Community Midwife, Women's and Children's | West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife with a passion for community-based care to join our friendly and well established team.
Full time and part time positions are available. You must be able to work weekends and overnight on calls.
Our midwives work either 10 or 7.5 hour days, covering a 7 day a week service on a rostered basis.
Our community area is large and you must be able to travel independently between clinical sites and women’s homes.
Our community midwives work in teams to provide antenatal and postnatal care to a geographically defined group of women, as well as provide intrapartum care at homebirths as part of an on call rota.
Occasional support of the inpatient unit as part of the escalation process is also required.
With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and require support or guidance please contactwestherts.recruitment@nhs.net
You will provide antenatal and postnatal care in hospital /community clinics and women’s homes and will be required to participate in the community on call service to support women birthing at home and the trust escalation process.
You will provide a full range of perinatal care, including health education, liaising with multi-disciplinary/agency groups to continually improve maternity care for women and their families.
You will be responsive to the needs of the women and obtain user views as appropriate. You will be required to support student midwives and junior members of staff as we guide and encourage them through their professional development.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and compassionate midwife with excellent communication and time management skills.
This advert closes on Tuesday 8 Sep 2026
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