Greenwich Birth Centre Midwife

Have you been qualified for two years or more? Are you confident to work autonomously? Would you like to join our team at Greenwich Birth Centre who are 100% focused on providing client centred care?

We are looking for enthusiastic team members to help us promote safe, compassionate care whilst working with women/birthing people and their families to provide care that puts them at the heart of everything we do. You could help us do this!

Do you think the birthing environment makes a difference to women and birthing people in labour and their positive birth experience? Would you like to come and find out with us? We work in a beautiful state of the art birth centre and want to offer you the chance to be part of a supportive team and have a role that is full of variety.

Greenwich Birth Centre is proud to report that it regularly receives 100% satisfaction rates through the Friends and Family Test from clients and families accessing their care.

You will be required to provide the full remit of midwifery care for women/birthing people on the Birth Centre, primarily intrapartum care. You will have a philosophy that is client centred, promotes choice and actively uses approaches to put women and birthing people at the centre of care, ensuring they get the birth of their choice by working in partnership.

You will work within a small team including maternity support workers to provide appropriate care for women, birthing people and their families. You will be expected and encouraged to teach and supervise student midwives. You will be designated to take charge of a ward area in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility. You will be expected to work in the birth centre but may be asked to rotate between all clinical areas to cover service needs and demands at times of escalation.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement.

Details:

• Date posted: 21 January 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata plus HCAS
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 197-RF7816
• Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, London SE18 4QH

The post holder will be required to provide the full remit of midwifery care for women/birthing people on the Birth Centre, primarily intrapartum care. The post holder should have a philosophy that is client centred, promotes choice and actively uses approaches to put the client at the centre of care, ensuring they get the birth of their choice by working in partnership.

The post holder should have a philosophy that supports birth within a midwifery led setting and works in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the safety of both the birthing person and the baby.

Midwives will work within a small team including maternity support workers to provide appropriate care for women/birthing people and their families. The teaching and supervision of student midwives is expected and encouraged. The post holder will be designated to take charge of a ward area in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility. The post holder is expected to work in the birth centre but can be asked to rotate between all clinical areas to cover service needs and demands at times of escalation.

Essential Qualifications & Training:

• Registered Midwife
• NMC approved Practice Assessor / commitment to complete training when appropriate

Desirable:

• BSc Honours or MA/MSc (or working towards)

Experience:

• Significant Post Registration experience
• Be proficient in the use of natural methods of pain relief including Hydrotherapy.
• Ability to assess and plan care for women in all aspects of midwifery care.
• Evidence of ability to take charge in the absence of their direct Line Manager.
• Knowledge of how to access emergency services in both hospital and community setting.
• Can interpret CTGs and identify features which deviate from accepted parameters of normality.
• Experienced in resuscitation of the newborn.

Desirable:

• NLS Provider course
• Examination of Newborn course
• Waterbirth course

Knowledge & Skills:

• Demonstrate midwifery skills, underpinned by current evidence.
• To include:

• Fetal surveillance and appropriate escalation when deviations occur.
• Competence in keeping birth normal.
• Competent in suturing & cannulation.
• Competent in the promotion of breast feeding.

Desirable:

• Competent in delivering antenatal parent education session/committed to achieve competence within 6 months of appointment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration:

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details:

Employer name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, London SE18 4QH

Employer's website: https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/