Band 6 Midwife

Main area Maternity Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (This post requires candidates to work Nights, Weekends, Bank Holidays and other unsocial hours.) Job ref 396-8325652-PB-TA

Site Maternity Unit Town Kingston Upon Thames Salary £45,953 - £54,254 pa inc HCAS (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59

Home, community, hospital

KingstonandRichmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range offantasticopportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level,weare uniquely placed toprovide therightenvironment to support your professional development.With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the firsttrustof our kindin London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for bothoverallquality andleadership.We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

• Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
• Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
• Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
• Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.

Job overview

Kingston Hospital is looking for caring, enthusiastic, and talented midwives to join our team. We have opportunities forsenior midwives (Band 6) to join our Maternity Team.

Kingston Maternity is a friendly, welcoming and supportive unit, and a popular choice for our local population, caring for around 5200 birthing people per annum. We are proud to support a full range of birth options including our established birth centre and home birth teams. Our service is funded to a ratio of 1 midwife to 22.3 women, enabling high quality, midwifery focused care to be provided. The birth centre team are skilled in aromatherapy, and biomechanics and the rooms have birthing couches and pools. We promote a philosophy of holistic, woman-centred care in all birthing areas.

Main duties of the job

Maintain a high standard of woman focused care in accordance with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures across all clinical areas as required.

Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of maternity care for women ensuring accurate documentation is kept.

Maintain a safe and clean working environment.

Communicate with women and their partners to ensure they have access to appropriate information.

Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the woman.

Act in accordance with the Nursing and midwifery Council Code of Conduct

Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands.

Education and Training

Kingston is proud of its strong multi-disciplinary (MDT) culture. We provide a well evaluated, in-house MDT programme and staff have the opportunity to attend external study days or enrol for academic modules at our local higher education institutes.

If you are a passionate midwife with excellent communication skills and a drive to provide high quality care to women please apply to join our multi professional maternity team.

This role requires candidates to work Nights, weekends, Bank Holidays and other unsocial hours.

Working for our organisation

Kingston and Richmond Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames.

The most recent National Maternity Survey has rated Kingston as one of the top 5 best performing maternity services within London. The CQC rated Kingston Hospital’s Maternity Service as ‘good’ in 2022 and the Trust ‘outstanding’ in 2019, with staff positive about the hospital and the services they were able to offer women and their families. Leadership is strong and well respected and there is a culture of learning and a desire to improve the service.

Trust Values

• Inclusive
• Inspiring

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide woman and babies with high quality, safe midwifery care during childbirth. The care will be evidence based and holistic in meeting women’s needs in a variety of practice settings.

"Our mission is to create an anti-racist, supportive, and inclusive environment where every team member feels safe, valued, and empowered. We are dedicated to dismantling barriers through a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination, addressing and challenging racism to foster a culture of accountability and respect. Through collaboration and compassionate leadership, we strive to create a safe and equitable space that positively impacts the wellbeing and development of our team, and the communities we serve."

Our Aim: Diversity should be celebrated and acknowledged in all aspects of our work. We will achieve this by promoting continuous learning, encouraging open dialogue, and providing resources for personal and professional growth. By recognising and celebrating each other’s cultural differences, we will cultivate mutual respect and understanding.

Please see the job description and person specification form for more details:

This role requires candidates to work Nights, weekends, Bank Holidays and other unsocial hours.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with NMC registration
• Commitment to professional development and evidence of CPD

Experience

• Previous NHS experience
• Experience of working in all areas of maternity services

Knowledge

• Demonstrate understanding of Trust values and Kingston Hospital
• Knowledge of statutory regulations governing midwifery

Skills

• Demonstrates understanding of role boundaries and able to recognise when to escape
• Demonstrates a family centred approach to care provision
• Ability to coordinate and liaise within a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal skills along with excellent written and verbal communication skills

We support the NHS Flex for the Future pledge

We welcome conversations about flexible working from day one, including options such as adjusted hours, compressed hours and other arrangements. If flexibility matters to you, please talk to us - we’ll be happy to explore what’s possible for the role and the service.

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