Midwifery Practitioner

Midwifery Practitioner – Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a passionate midwife looking to make a real difference in your community? We are excited to offer an opportunity for a midwife to join our traditional community midwifery team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, covering the Mansfield, Sherwood, Ashfield, or Newark areas.

This is a dynamic and rewarding role that offers a diverse working pattern, including on‑call night shifts, to ensure we meet the needs of the women and families in our care. You will be part of a supportive and forward‑thinking team, delivering evidence‑based, woman‑centred care across a variety of models, including home visits, clinics, and birth settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide total midwifery care for both high and low risk women in the community, offering expert supervision, care, and advice throughout the pregnancy journey.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with acute maternity services and wider multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless, high‑quality care.
• Deliver evidence‑based, woman‑centred care across home visits, clinics, and birth settings.
• Participate in on‑call night shifts as required to support the community.

Qualifications & Experience

• Professional, reliable, and compassionate midwife.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Commitment to continuous improvement through evidence‑based practice.
• Experience or interest in community midwifery (preferred).

About the Trust

We are an award‑winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything we do and aim to treat every patient as we would want a member of our own family to be treated.

We are proud that our Trust has been voted the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as outstanding for care and our Kings Mill Hospital as the only outstanding NHS‑run hospital in the East Midlands.

Application Process

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Apply directly via our portal or click the link to submit your application.