Community Midwife - Lancaster

Main area: Midwifery

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract: Permanent, Full time and part time available

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata

Closing: 08/07/2026 23:59

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview: Do you consider caring with compassion to be fundamental to your role? Looking for a new career path in one of the most picturesque parts of the country? The Lake District, England's largest National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site would be on your doorstep. This beautiful part of the country would enable you to discover spectacular landscapes, picturesque villages, along with a warm welcome and rich cultural heritage.

Our Trust is recruiting enthusiastic, highly motivated community midwives/birth centre midwives, to join our dynamic, dedicated, forward-thinking professional team which serves a wide geographical area with rural and urban communities. You will need to be reliable, flexible, motivated, have excellent clinical skills, a commitment to ongoing learning and development, a commitment to delivering high quality care, and be willing and open to embracing positive change and transformation in order to meet the demands of the community we serve. You will require the necessary skills and a passion to provide home birth and births within a birth centre.

Development Opportunities: Here at Morecambe Bay we are committed to supporting our employees in mandatory training requirements and their professional development. We would encourage and welcome you to come and have a look beforehand.

Main duties of the job: The role involves working within the community as an autonomous practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team. It also involves maintaining a good relationship with other members of the team ensuring the women receive safe care. You will need to be able to provide high quality women-centered maternity care, effective leadership, optimise teaching opportunities and give support to all grades of staff; planning and directing activities to provide the optimal standard of care. The role involves giving appropriate education to women and their families and giving necessary care, advice and supervision throughout the pregnancy continuum. You will be required to ensure appropriate referral for mother or child, as required to other agencies and specialist midwifery team and to give necessary care advice and supervision to women and their families, wherever possible/appropriate.

Working for our organisation: We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre. FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. We are working towards becoming a truly inclusive organisation by celebrating inclusion and diversity, and are committed to eliminating discrimination, reducing health inequalities, promoting equal opportunities and respect for all of our colleagues and patients. We are working hard to enhance the health and wellbeing of our workforce, improving the quality of their working life and valuing their contribution to high quality patient care. Our Flourish at Work is a big part of that.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website.

Person specification:

• Education and qualifications:
• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Current driving licence
• 1st level degree in relevant field

• Experience:
• Evidence of clinical competence/to work autonomously within multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to make appropriate clinical decisions and prioritise care needs

• Skills, ability and knowledge:
• Committed to CPD of self and others
• Knowledge of research methodology
• Understanding the role of Research and Development

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL. The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive. The trust operates a No Smoking Policy. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview. We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received. The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert. If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and an additional £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts. Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment. We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us at UHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new role including: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more.